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February 25, 2022
Government must take lead in supporting people of Ukraine – joint call from 50 charities
More than 50 charities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and aid agencies working with refugees have…
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February 24, 2022
Refugee Council responds to the latest Immigration statistics
Today the government published immigration statistics for the period ending 31st December 2021. We’ve summarised some…
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February 14, 2022
Brutal anti-refugee measures in the Nationality and Borders Bill to cost £2.7 billion a year
The taxpayer will pay an extra £2.7billion a year to fund schemes to block people fleeing…
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February 2, 2022
Our Impact Report for 2020/21 – as outlined by Enver Solomon, Refugee Council CEO
For all charities it’s important to show funders, supporters and all those they work with that…
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February 1, 2022
GOOD NEWS! Some recent successes from our advocacy and policy work.
It’s no great secret that positive change can be a frustratingly slow process, and there is…
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January 28, 2022
Support payments for asylum seekers living in poverty to increase by all of 17p a day, decides Home Office
The outcome of an annual review by the Home Office into support payments given to people…
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January 28, 2022
Changes to asylum & resettlement policy and practice in response to COVID-19
We’ve been calling on the government to protect people seeking asylum and refugees at risk…
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January 25, 2022
Government plans will “all but destroy” main safe route out of conflict for women and children at risk, warns Refugee Council
Up to 17,500[1] mainly vulnerable women and children who have become separated from loved ones…
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January 19, 2022
Refugee Council welcomes important judgment relating to age assessments
The Refugee Council today (Wednesday 19 January 2022) warmly welcomes a judgment made in the High…
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January 6, 2022
Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) announcement – Refugee Council response
Following the announcement in the House of Commons today to open the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme…
