Supporters

The following people and organisations are supporting the campaign. If your organisation wants to add its support, please email campaigns@refugeecouncil.org.uk

We are asking MPs to and return a declaration of support. Please email your MP to ask them to sign.

Politicians
Unions and Trade Associations
Charities and NGOs
Faith Groups and Leaders
Councils
Academics and Academic Institutions

Brendan Barber of the TUC signs our campaign pledge

Brendan Barber of the TUC signs
the pledge

Politicians

Norman Baker MP	Liberal Democrat, Lewes
Katy Clark MP	Labour, Ayrshire North and Arran
Edward Davey MP	Liberal Democrat, Kingston and Surbiton
Kate Hoey MP	Labour, Vauxhall
Martin Horwood MP	Liberal Democrat, Cheltenham
Simon Hughes MP	Liberal Democrat, North Southwark and Bermondsey
Lord Hylton
John Leech MP	Liberal Democrat, Manchester, Withington
John McDonnell MP	Labour, Hayes and Harlington
Greg Mulholland MP	Liberal Democrat, Leeds North West
Lord Ramsbotham
Linda Riordan MP	Labour/Co-operative, Halifax
The Earl of Sandwich
Jo Swinson MP	Liberal Democrat, East Dunbartonshire
Sarah Teather MP	Liberal Democrat, Brent East
Stephen Williams MP	Liberal Democrat, Bristol West
Roger Williams MP	Liberal Democrats, Brecon and Radnorshire

Unions and Trade Associations

Mary Bousted	General Secretary	Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)
Lesley Mercer	Director of Employment Relations and Union Services	Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
Billy Hayes	General Secretary	Communications Workers Union (CWU)
Leslie Manasseh MBE	Deputy General Secretary	Connect
Matt Wrack	General Secretary	Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
Jonathan Baume	General Secretary	First Division Association
Paul Kenny	General Secretary	GMB
John Smith	General Secretary	Musicians Union (MU)
Chris Keates	General Secretary	National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
Jeremy Dear	General Secretary	National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
Christine Blower	Acting General Secretary	National Union of Teachers (NUT)
Tim Poil	General Secretary	Nationwide Group Staff Union (NGSU)
Brian Orrell	General Secretary	Nautilus UK
Colin Moses	National Chairman	Prison Officers' Association (POA)
Paul Noon	General Secretary	Prospect
Mark Serwotka	General Secretary	Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)
		Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU)
Gerry Doherty	General Secretary	Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA)
Brendan Barber	General Secretary	TUC
Gloria Mills	President	TUC
Alan Ritchie	General Secretary	Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT)
Dave Prentis	General Secretary	UNISON
		UNISON (University of Brighton branch)
Sally Hunt	General Secretary	University College Union (UCU)

Charities and NGOs

Maurice Wren	Director	Asylum Aid
		Amnesty International (Weston-Super-Mare branch)
Celia Clarke	Director	Bail for Immigration Detainees
Martin Narey	Chief Executive	Barnardos
		Brighton Voices In Exile
Niall Cooper	National Coordinator	Church Action on Poverty
Bjarte Vandvik	Secretary General	European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
Keith Best	Chief Executive	Immigration Advisory Service
Louise Zanre	Director	Jesuit Refugee Service
Shami Chakrabarti	Director	Liberty
Simon Carruth	Chief Executive	Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
		People and Planet (Cardiff University branch)
Sandy Buchan	Chief Executive	Refugee Action
Paul Kazadi	Chair	Refugee Action Group (Northern Ireland)
Douglas Board	Chair of Board of Trustees	Refugee Council
Donna Covey	Chief Executive	Refugee Council
Amanda Webb-Johnson	Director	Refugee Resource
		Southampton and Winchester Visitors’ Group (SWVG)
Mike Kaye	Advocacy Manager	Still Human Still Here
Emma Williams	Chief Executive	Student Action for Refugees
		Women Asylum Seekers Together (Manchester)

Faith Groups and Leaders

The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England
The Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill	Bishop of Lichfield
The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe	Bishop of Hulme
St Mary Magdalene Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The Rt Rev John Packer	Bishop of Ripon and Leeds
The Rt Rev Stephen Plattern	Bishop of Wakefield
The Rt Rev Peter Price	Bishop of Bath and Wells
Bishop Geoffrey Rowell	Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe
The Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt	Bishop of Winchester

Councils

Manchester City Council
Salford City Council

Academics and Academic Institutions

Elly Tobin	Director	College for International Citizenship
Professor Ruth Lister CBE	Professor of Social Policy	Loughborough University

Please email campaigns@refugeecouncil.org.uk if your organisation or your MP has signed the pledge and you can’t see their name here.

Would your organisation like to be part of the campaign? Find out how here.