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Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU)

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2025

Impact Report 2025

594 legal cases taken on (July 2024–June 2025) for people from 58 nationalities across 23 of 24 North West local authority areas; 671 legal cases closed; 2,760 people given legal advice
Key Metric 1
236 grants of refugee status or humanitarian protection secured; 130 grants of indefinite leave to remain; 75 grants of limited leave to remain; 85 asylum applications for unaccompanied children
Key Metric 2
3,900 referral forms received; 1,284 advice phone calls handled; 1,190 people given legal advice even though cases could not be taken on; only not-for-profit provider of specialist immigration legal advice at this scale in the North West
Key Metric 3
New CEO Neil Frackelton appointed following outgoing CEO Denise McDowell's 17-year tenure; first dedicated Communications Officer appointed to strengthen media and community voice; North West Migrant Rights Conference co-hosted with Garden Court North Chambers in 2025