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January 26, 2023
Over 100 charities call for action on children going missing from Home Office hotels, at risk of trafficking and exploitation
Charities including NSPCC, Barnardo’s, The Children’s Society, ECPAT UK and the Refugee Council have written to…
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January 11, 2023
Our response to the recent AESAC report on using scientific methods to assess age
At the Refugee Council, we support hundreds of children every year who arrive to the UK…
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January 5, 2023
New Ukraine visa figures show need for more safe routes
New figures show how the UK has stepped up to support families fleeing the war in…
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December 20, 2022
Rwanda flights asylum policy High Court ruling – Refugee Council Response
Reacting to Monday’s high court ruling on the plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda,…
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December 14, 2022
Channel tragedy – Refugee Council reaction to loss of life in freezing waters
Responding to news of today’s incident in the Channel, Enver Solomon, CEO of the Refugee Council,…
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December 13, 2022
Our response to the Government’s announcement of changes to the asylum system
On 13 December 2022, the Government announced some changes to the asylum system. Here we set…
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November 30, 2022
Sector urges the Government to set up Manston inquiry
Image: Hannah McKay, Reuters Following the shocking treatment of people seeking asylum at the Manston processing…
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November 24, 2022
Government statistics show a staggering backlog of asylum claims, a high grant rate, and a lack of safe routes
The government has published immigration statistics for the year ending September 2022. These provide figures for…
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November 14, 2022
New figures reveal scale of asylum backlog crisis
Figures show fresh evidence of the staggering number of people in the asylum system living in…
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October 31, 2022
Manston emergency: Ministers urged to create taskforce to tackle crisis in asylum system
Ministers are today being urged to put in place an urgent task force to tackle the…