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June 6, 2021
Kent County Council support for separated children – Refugee Council response
Kent County Council has announced that the Council will stop accepting separated children into its care…
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June 3, 2021
Napier Barracks ruling – Refugee Council response
The High Court has today ruled that the government’s use of Napier Barracks to accommodate people…
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June 1, 2021
Women and children abandoned by proposed refugee rules, reveals new campaign coalition
Two in every three women and children that the UK would accept as refugees now, would…
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May 27, 2021
Latest quarterly immigration statistics reveal low asylum application rate
As we continue to live through Covid-19, it is unsurprising the pandemic is still having an…
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May 11, 2021
Refugee Council responds to Queen’s Speech 2021
Today saw the State Opening of Parliament and the Queen’s Speech, which set out the Government’s…
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April 23, 2021
Refugee Council deeply concerned by dehumanising treatment of people seeking asylum during pandemic
A new report from the Refugee Council published today reveals the dehumanising conditions people fleeing war,…
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March 24, 2021
Refugee Council responds to the Home Office’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’
The Home Office has launched a public consultation on their ‘New Plan for Immigration’. The…
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March 19, 2021
The Government’s new strategy on violence against women and girls can no long ignore women in the asylum system
Both the Sarah Everard case, and the police clamp down on women at her public vigil,…
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March 16, 2021
As the House of Lords votes to protect migrant survivors of domestic abuse, will MPs now do the same?
Throughout the passage of the Domestic Abuse Bill in Parliament, campaigners have repeatedly asked one question:…
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March 16, 2021
Comprehensive analysis of UK asylum system published
The latest analysis of the UK ’s asylum system has been published, including all relevant statistics…