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February 24, 2021
Refugee Council calls on London Mayor candidates to pledge support for homeless refugees
The Refugee Council is calling on the London Mayor candidates to publicly promise to address refugee…
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February 5, 2021
‘The welfare of the child must come first’ – Refugee Council responds to Children’s Commissioner’s report on the detention of unaccompanied children arriving in Kent by boat
A new report by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner reveals that one in six…
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January 28, 2021
Refugee Council and seven national charities call on Children’s Minister Vicky Ford to protect every unaccompanied child
The Refugee Council, together with The Children’s Society, Action for Children, National Children’s Bureau, Coram Children’s…
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January 25, 2021
Refugee Council is gravely concerned by reports of attempts to silence people seeking asylum at Napier Barracks
Recent media reports reveal that people seeking asylum at Napier Barracks, a disused army barracks…
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January 21, 2021
Our key policy calls to the Home Office in response to COVID-19
We’ve been calling on the government to protect people seeking asylum and refugees at risk due…
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January 6, 2021
Migrants are still left unprotected by the Domestic Abuse Bill
Yesterday (5 January 2021), peers debated the Domestic Abuse Bill at its Second Reading…
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December 29, 2020
Delivering therapy in a pandemic
In these uncertain and challenging times, refugees have needed therapeutic support more than ever, but how…
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December 15, 2020
What’s the real story behind people seeking asylum accused of lying about their age?
Statistics have been used in recent media reports to support a flawed narrative that a large…
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December 11, 2020
Changes to immigration rules will prevent people seeking asylum in the UK
Yesterday the Government laid new immigration rules that will prevent people from making an asylum…
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November 26, 2020
Looking back, my time as Chief Executive by Maurice Wren
I will be soon be retiring from my role as Chief Executive of the Refugee Council…
