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March 22, 2007
Government policy “tries to starve people out of the country”
Experts from across the asylum field have come together in Yorkshire today March at a conference…
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March 8, 2007
Refugee Council responds to “enormous” immigration fees
The Home Office and Foreign Office have announced a series of changes to a large number…
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March 7, 2007
Refugee Council conference on the future of asylum in the UK
Experts from across the asylum field are coming together on Wednesday 7 March to lead a…
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March 6, 2007
Zimbabwe High Court appeal judgment
Today the Court of Appeal upheld the appeal of AA, a Zimbabwean asylum seeker whose case…
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March 1, 2007
Refugee Council responds to HO paper on unaccompanied asylum seeking children
In response to the Home Office consultation paper ‘Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum…
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February 28, 2007
ESOL: Mass lobby at Parliament
The Refugee Council took part in a mass lobby of Parliament in protest over planned cuts…
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February 27, 2007
Colin Firth voices outrage at deportations to Congo
A nurse from the Democratic Republic of Congo has won a reprieve from deportation at the…
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February 27, 2007
Latest asylum stats reveal UK not “fulfilling its responsibility”
The latest asylum statistics for the final quarter of 2006 were released by the government today…
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February 19, 2007
Stop treating asylum seekers as “non-humans”, say protestors
People sleep out in Parliament Square in fight to end policy that treats asylum seekers as…
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February 5, 2007
Refugee Council response to new immigration detention centre
The Home Office announced today that a new immigration detention centre is to be established on…