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March 29, 2004
Refugee and human rights organisations call on EU to scrap key asylum proposal
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles today call on…
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March 23, 2004
UK refugee resettlement programme begins
The first refugees to take part in a government refugee resettlement scheme have arrived in the…
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March 17, 2004
Refugees should receive their full entitlement to benefits, says Refugee Council
The Sun newspaper today reported that the UK Government is planning to stop refugees receiving back…
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February 24, 2004
Refugee Council response to publication of 2003 asylum statistics
The asylum statistics for 2003 have today been published by the Home Office. In response, Maeve…
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February 24, 2004
Report calls for new approach to government asylum policy
The Asylum Rights Campaign, a coalition of leading voluntary organisations including the Refugee Council, today publishes…
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February 19, 2004
Refugee agencies demand UK Government puts an end to the destitution of asylum seekers
A report out today provides fresh evidence of ongoing destitution for asylum seekers. The Government’s policy…
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February 10, 2004
Human Rights Committee publishes report on current Asylum & Immigration Bill
The Joint Committee on Human Rights today published its fifth report on the Asylum & Immigration…
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January 8, 2004
Refugee Council calls for re-think on anniversary of controversial asylum policy
One year to the day since the legislation was implemented (8 January 2003), the Refugee Council…
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December 18, 2003
Home Secretary announces policy change regarding Section 55
The Home Secretary David Blunkett yesterday announced that asylum seekers who can give a ‘credible explanation’…
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December 17, 2003
UK Asylum: new Bill endangers refugee protection in UK
A government Bill that ‘denies asylum seekers a fair hearing’ was branded as ‘devastating’ by refugee…
