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June 24, 2024
Safe and Proud: the struggles for LGBTQ+ people in the asylum system
In this guest blog, writer and solicitor Tawseef Khan describes some of the barriers faced by…
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March 24, 2021
Refugee Council responds to the Home Office’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’
The Home Office has launched a public consultation on their ‘New Plan for Immigration’. The…
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March 19, 2021
The Government’s new strategy on violence against women and girls can no long ignore women in the asylum system
Both the Sarah Everard case, and the police clamp down on women at her public vigil,…
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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 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
Asylum claims fall as people waiting more than six months for a decision hits record high
Today the Home Office published the latest statistics on asylum and protection for year ending…
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August 27, 2020
Asylum applications fell by 40% during lockdown
Today the Home Office published the latest statistics on asylum and protection for year ending…
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August 21, 2020
Channel crossings: it’s time to set the record straight
People seeking safety in the UK should be met with compassion, not hostility. In response to…
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June 8, 2020
Refugee Council says 26p daily increase to asylum support allowance is “deeply insulting” to people seeking asylum
Today, Minister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts Chris Philip announced a 26p daily increase (£1.85…
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May 21, 2020
Number of people waiting more than six months for their asylum claim to be processed surges by 68%
Today sees the release of the latest statistics on asylum and protection for year ending…
