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Refugee Council Research

Refugee Council research reports are based on solid research, either carried out by us or in conjunction with other sector bodies.

These research reports, reviews and policy positions deal with key issues of policy and legislation which we believe should be tackled urgently. Older papers are available also for research purposes.

2008
Inclusive Schools
Inclusive Schools
'Beyond the school gates': Refugee Council's research report on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in secondary school [May 2008]
 
Section 4 Vouchers
Section 4 Vouchers
'More Token Gestures': A Refugee Council report into the use of vouchers for asylum seekers claiming Section 4 support [October 2008]
 
Bail hearings
Bail hearings
Immigration bail hearings by video link: a monitoring exercise by Bail for Immigration Detainees and the Refugee Council [March 2008]
 
Older refugees
Older refugees
A Working Paper for the Older Refugees Programme – A Literature Review and Interviews with Refugees [January 2008]
 
NAM Monitoring
NAM Monitoring
Asylum seekers’ experiences of the New Asylum Model: Findings from a survey with clients at Refugee Council One Stop Services [January 2008]
 
2007
Integration: employment and training
Integration: employment and training
Refugee Council and University of Birmingham research report on Refugees’ Experiences of Integration: Policy related findings on employment, ESOL and vocational training [November 2007]
 
Refugee integration
Refugee integration
Refugee Council's research report on refugees’ experiences of integration [October 2007]
 
Prisoners of terrorism?
Prisoners of terrorism?
The impact of anti-terrorism measures on refugees and asylum seekers in Britain [February 2007]
 
2006
Denying healthcare
Denying healthcare
First do no harm: denying healthcare to people whose asylum claims have failed [June 2006]
 
Section 9
Section 9
Inhumane and Ineffective - Section 9 in Practice; A Joint Refugee Council and Refugee Action report on the Section 9 pilot. [January 2006]
 
Older refugees
Older refugees
Older Refugees in the UK: A literature review. A Refugee Council Working Paper for the Older Refugees Programme [April 2006]
 
2005
Education of Refugee Children
Education of Refugee Children
Daring to dream: Raising the achievement of 14 to 16 year old asylum-seeking and refugee children and young people [October 2005]
 
Asylum seekers with special needs
Asylum seekers with special needs
A study by the Refugee Council documents the findings of a survey of asylum seekers with special needs [April 2005]
 
Asylum seekers and employment
Asylum seekers and employment
The Forbidden Workforce: Asylum seekers, the employment concession and access to the labour market [March 2005]
 
Unaccompanied minors
Unaccompanied minors
Ringing the Changes: The impact of guidance on the use of Sections 17 and 20 of the Children Act 1989 to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children [January 2005]
 
Legal aid cuts
Legal aid cuts
The Refugee Council’s submission to the Campaign Against Legal Aid Cuts (CALAC) about the impact of changes to legal aid [February 2005]
 
2004
Refugee integration
Refugee integration
Agenda for Integration [November 2004]
 
Improving the asylum system
Improving the asylum system
Refugees: Renewing the Vision. An NGO working paper on improving the asylum system [July 2004]
 
Withdrawal of state support
Withdrawal of state support
Hungry and Homeless: the impact of the withdrawal of state support on asylum seekers, refugee communities and the voluntary sector [April 2004]
 
Section 55
Section 55
The impact of section 55 on the Inter-Agency Partnership of leading UK refugee agencies and the asylum seekers it supports [February 2004]
 
Refugee rights
Refugee rights
ARC report: Providing Protection in the 21st Century - Refugee rights at the heart of UK asylum policy [2004]
 
2003
Children in Detention
Children in Detention
Children in Detention [November 2003]
 
Internally displaced persons
Internally displaced persons
Examining the conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to ethnic conflict and war in Sri Lanka 2003 [September 2003]
 
Unsafe havens
Unsafe havens
Unsafe havens, unworkable solutions [May 2003]
 
2002
Disability issues
Disability issues
Support (and lack of) available to refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities [September 2002]
 
Poverty and asylum in the UK
Poverty and asylum in the UK
Research revealing the unacceptable levels of poverty that asylum seekers are living with [July 2002]
 
Return to uncertainty
Return to uncertainty
Examining in detail the developments in the peace process in Sri Lanka in 2002 and potential for repatriation [July 2002]
 
A case for change
A case for change
How young refugee children in England are missing out [June 2002]
 
2001
Where are the children?
Where are the children?
The results of a mapping exercise on the whereabouts of unaccompanied refugee children [June 2001]
 
Separated Children in the UK
Separated Children in the UK
An overview of the UK's policy and practices of caring for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum [August 2001]
 
Rights and returns of Sri Lankans
Rights and returns of Sri Lankans
Research on the experiences of returned Sri Lankan refugees prior to 2002 [December 2001]