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Who won Celebrity Traitors 2026?

After a gripping series of twists and turns and a tense finale The Celebrity Traitors came to an end on Friday night

Evening Standard · Oct 31

Romesh Ranganathan donates Traitors prize money to Refugee Council charity

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The Independent UK · Oct 30

Celebrity Traitors series 2 winners declared after chaotic final episode

Faithfuls Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft have won The Celebrity Traitors series 2 after successfully eliminating both remaining Traitors Maya Jama and King Kenny in the finale. However, chaos erupted at the fire pit. After Sebastian Croft, James Blunt and Romesh Ranganathan correctly voted to eliminate King Kenny, they chose…

The Independent UK · Oct 30

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Emma Thompson and Greg Wise welcomed a Rwandan refugee into their family

Tindyebwa Agaba fled armed rebels, endured imprisonment and arrived in Britain as an asylum seeker before a chance meeting at a Refugee Council Christmas event introduced him to Emma Thompson and Greg Wise. Welcomed into their family life, he went on to pursue higher education and an international career focused…

The Times of India · Oct 21

UK to pay France extra cash to stop small boat crossings – but only if it works

Some of UK funding for French police will be conditional on success in stopping Channel crossings

The Independent UK · Apr 22

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved from hotels to army barracks, Home Office announces

Refugee Council criticises Labour’s decision, saying military sites are unsuitable and ‘more expensive than hotels’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14

From Iran to Yorkshire: How a refugee found his drive, thanks to the Refugee Council

Mo knew what it was like to starve; now he delivers food to the hungry

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025

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Migrants to UK will not get benefits until becoming citizens under new plans

Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limbo

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

Government could close asylum hotels next year with ‘one-off scheme’ – charity

The Refugee Council has proposed granting temporary permission to stay for certain asylum seekers to cut the need for hotels by next spring.

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025

Asylum seekers are being targeted – and so are those who help them. It’s a disturbing new reality

Far-right influencers are menacing charities and individuals to further isolate the people we work with. Ensuring safety is now part of the job, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025

The Refugee Council's rebrand is a warm celebration of Britain

The use of beautiful lino cut illustrations gives the brand a textured feel.

Creative Bloq · Apr 1, 2025

Number of UK asylum seekers awaiting appeals up by nearly 500% in two years

Refugee Council analysis of figures released by MoJ shows there are 41,987 claims in backlog of tribunal courts

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2025

'Shocking' UK Reality TV Show Retraces Refugee Journeys

Britain's newest reality TV show has been slammed as "insensitive", "voyeuristic" and even "nauseating" for recreating with six Britons the often fatal journeys made by thousands of refugees to the UK. Bluntly titled "Go Back to Where You Came From", the part-documentary, part-reality TV show by Channel 4 follows the…

International Business Times · Feb 9, 2025

Refugee Council urges UK to introduce special visas in effort to stop deaths in the Channel

Record number of deaths in 2024 leads to call for safe and legal routes for people to travel to UK to stop them resorting to smugglers

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025

Government must say how many die attempting small boat crossings – charity

Research by the Refugee Council suggested that more migrants died in the Channel in 2024 than in the previous three years combined.

AAP · Nov 26, 2024

MPs on notice as key review targets 'entrenched' racism

Australian leaders are being urged to set an example to eliminate racism through a national plan involving sweeping legal and behavioural changes.

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2024

Asylum backlog clearance could grant refugee status to 62,000 migrants

The Refugee Council predicts over 62,000 migrants may be granted asylum in the UK as efforts to reduce the backlog progress

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Top Tories and Trump helped create ‘overt racism’ in UK, says Labour minister

‘Toxic discourse’ against asylum seekers gave ‘yellow flashing light’ to racists, Angela Eagle tells the Labour conference

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The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

Child refugees using people smugglers to reach family in UK, report warns

Delays in government family reunion processes see stranded children crossing the Channel in small boats, charities’ report says

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2024

Lone children at risk of deportation to Rwanda after being classified as adults, says charity

Refugee Council issues warning after children wrongly issued with notices of intent by Home Office

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023

‘I need mum and dad here’: the charity helping young Afghan footballers reunite with relatives

The Refugee Council is welcoming those who fled the Taliban and providing legal advice on resettlement in the UK• Donate to our charity appeal here

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023

Ministers urged to abandon Rwanda policy and Illegal Migration Act

Amnesty International and Asylum Aid said measures preventing refugees claiming asylum in the UK should be scrapped.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

Let’s be clear on children seeking asylum

Letter: Home Office figures about the number of age-disputed asylum seekers who are found to be adults are misleading, writes Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

Child asylum seekers in UK forced to share hotel rooms with adults

Concerns raised over possible misclassification of children as adults as Home Office’s new hotel ‘maximisation’ policy begins

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Three-quarters of small boat arrivals would be granted asylum, study suggests

The Refugee Council says the Government’s own figures counter the narrative that most people crossing the Channel do not require protection.

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