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February 15, 2023
Women’s rights in Afghanistan, 18 months after the fall of Kabul
By Zahra, Afghan journalist and women’s rights activist It has been 18 months since Kabul fell…
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December 23, 2022
Rwanda judgment: details of 8 individual cases show incompetent and unfair Home Office decisions
While the recent High Court judgment on the Government’s policy of sending people who have claimed…
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December 15, 2022
Scars like this never heal – Afghan evacuee Zahra speaks out on Channel tragedy
This blog post is by Zahra, a journalist, women’s rights activist and mother. She was evacuated…
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November 21, 2022
As a human and a refugee, I was heartbroken to hear of the situation in Manston
Photo: Reuters/Hannah McKay My name is Zahra and I know from experience how hard…
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November 8, 2022
Separated children abandoned in Home Office hotels in South East England
Separated children[1] abandoned in Home Office hotels in South East England It is a…
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October 20, 2022
Laying the groundwork for a new National Refugee Strategy
Our CEO, Enver Solomon, explains why we decided to co-author…
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October 5, 2022
Our reflections on the Home Secretary’s announcements at CPC22
Reflecting on the Home Secretary’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday, Tamsin Baxter, our Executive…
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September 30, 2022
The identity crisis at the heart of the asylum system
By Enver Solomon, CEO of the Refugee Council Every day at the Refugee Council we deal…
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September 28, 2022
Our Refugee Involvement Strategy
Our CEO, Enver Solomon, introduces the Refugee Council’s new Refugee Involvement Strategy A year ago the…
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August 15, 2022
Afghanistan – UK: a year on
By Zahra, Afghan journalist and women’s rights activist Before the Taliban arrived in Kabul I had…