The MJC's activities will take place in three areas of action
Component 1: Public Education and Legal Information
- Information sessions relevant to the different stages of the migration process for asylum seekers, rejected asylum seekers and non-status persons and self-help groups for these same target populations
- Information sessions for community and institutional workers to support them in their interventions with these same target populations
- Information resource for organizations and the legal community, particularly in terms of the interaction between different areas of law
Component 2: Legal and psychosocial representation and support
- Representation in refugee and immigration law and related areas of law, legal information and referral
- Psychosocial support for individuals represented by MJC staff
- Referrals to existing resources and Navigator support for litigants not represented by MJC staff
It should be noted that MJC will establish a law firm to carry out this second component of its activities. The incorporation of the firm is pending.
Component 3: Community organizing and collective advocacy
- To carry out popular education activities and self-help groups
- Organize and participate in social mobilization activities
- Advocacy and representation before political and administrative bodies
- Conducting non-partisan analyses of social issues affecting MSPs