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22 May 2025

Our response to the latest immigration and asylum statistics

Our CEO Enver Solomon responds to quarterly immigration statistics for the year ending March 2025.

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19 May 2025

EU-UK summit crucial time to cooperate to reduce the rise in deadly channel crossings

Our calls to leaders at the EU-UK summit to work together to reduce Channel crossings, with new analysis suggesting the current approach is not working.

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15 May 2025

It starts with safety…

The Refugee Council’s patron Lord Dubs shares his personal journey to find safety in Britain.

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12 May 2025

Refugee Council urges fair and humane approach to immigration reform

CEO Enver Solomon calls on the UK Government to protect the right to asylum and support refugees in building new lives as part of a stronger, more united Britain.

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24 Mar 2025

Creating real change: how our rebrand centres lived experience

Mahboobeh, one of the refugees who have been instrumental behind the Refugee Council’s new brand, shares her reflections on the brand development journey.

19 Mar 2025

New Refugee Council polling stats released today

A poll created by More in Common on behalf of the Refugee Council has found that over two thirds (71%) of people in Britain believe that the UK is more divided today than it was 20 years ago.

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18 Mar 2025

FAQs about our new look

The Refugee Council is the nation’s refugee charity. We are changing how we look and sound to reach more people and have greater impact.

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17 Mar 2025

Surge to clear asylum decisions backlog means appeals system struggling to cope

New Refugee Council analysis of official statistics calls on the Government to take immediate steps to help the struggling asylum appeals system cope.

04 Mar 2025

Children at risk in "deeply flawed" system

Hundreds of highly vulnerable refugee children continue to be at risk of abuse, neglect and criminalisation as a result of a "deeply flawed" system

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27 Feb 2025

Our response to latest immigration and asylum statistics

Enver Solomon, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council, responds to immigration and asylum statistics released on 27 February 2025.

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17 Feb 2025

Nearly 150 charities and faith leaders unite against refugee citizenship ban

149 charities and faith leaders have come together in an urgent call against the Government’s decision to effectively ban tens of thousands of refugees from ever becoming British citizens.

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11 Feb 2025

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Thanks to our generous supporters, we’ve raised over £130,000 through our recent winter campaign.