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January 31, 2006
Scrap Section 9 – Refugee charities condemn policy as ‘inhumane and ineffective’
The government’s controversial Section 9 policy, which can split asylum seeker children from their families, should…
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January 31, 2006
Section 9 is a question of morality, not law, says the Refugee Council
The first legal challenge to the government’s controversial Section 9 policy—which can split asylum seeker children…
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January 27, 2006
Shock as another detained asylum seeker takes his own life
Shock and outrage have been expressed at the recent suicide of Bereket Yohannes, 26, from Eritrea,…
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January 23, 2006
Refugee Council announces its first-ever appointment of patrons
The Refugee Council today announces the first-ever appointment of patrons to the independent charity which works…
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December 21, 2005
Children’s Commissioner report on Yarl’s Wood finds significant shortcomings
The first report on Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre from the Children’s Commissioner for England has…
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December 20, 2005
Home Office searches Iraq for wrongly returned Iraqi Kurd
Yesterday the Home Office admitted that they were searching for an Iraqi Kurd who had been…
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December 12, 2005
End destitution for Zimbabweans and give them the right to work, say MPs
At a news conference in the House of Commons this morning, the All Party Parliamentary Group…
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December 7, 2005
Refugee Council issues stark winter warning on destitute asylum seekers
The Refugee Council in Yorkshire and Humberside today expressed grave concerns for the welfare of Iraqi…
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December 2, 2005
Refugee Council backs pilgrimage in support of destitute asylum seekers
The Refugee Council in Leeds has expressed its support for a pilgrimage organised by churches in…
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November 21, 2005
Refugee Council responses to renewed forced returns to Iraq
On Sunday, the Home Office confirmed that it had forcibly removed 15 Iraqi asylum seekers to…
