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March 14, 2005
Refugee Council supports new handbook from the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA)
In response to the publication by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) of a handbook…
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March 9, 2005
Refugee Council responds to the Government’s newly-published national strategies for refugee integration and employment
In response to the publication today of the Government’s national strategies for refugee integration and refugee…
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March 4, 2005
Refugee Council leads call for a government review of detention centres following BBC documentary
In a letter published in the Guardian today, Maeve Sherlock, chief executive of the Refugee Council…
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February 7, 2005
Government Announces Five Year Plan for Asylum and Immigration
The government today outlined a number of measures relating to asylum and immigration to be implemented…
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January 24, 2005
Conservatives lay out asylum plans
In response to asylum plans outlined by the Conservative leader Michael Howard today Maeve Sherlock, Chief…
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December 15, 2004
Refugee Council’s response to David Blunkett’s resignation
In response to the news that the Home Secretary David Blunkett MP has resigned Maeve Sherlock,…
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December 9, 2004
Law Lords rule UK immigration policy on Roma discriminatory
Today the Law Lords ruled that the UK Government acted unlawfully in its policy of preventing…
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November 9, 2004
Prisons inspector’s report raises concerns over detention of children
Commenting on Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) Report on Oakington Immigration Reception Centre, published today,…
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November 4, 2004
Refugee protection must be the focus for the future of European asylum policy, says Refugee Council
As the leaders of all 25 EU member countries agree a plan for European asylum policy…
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October 18, 2004
Refugee Council hosts
Speak! – a literary evening featuring Louis De Berniere, Rachel Seiffert, Patrick Neate, Toby Litt,…
