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Starmer under pressure to distance UK from Italy’s hard-right immigration plans

Backbenchers and NGOs criticise decision to explore how country has cut migrant numbers at Rome talks

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024

U-turn sees Ukrainian toddler reunited with refugee parents in UK as calls grow for government policy change

Exclusive: Labour peer Lord Dubs backs urgent calls for new government to reopen family reunion route for Ukrainian refugees

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2024

UK warned over treating child asylum seekers crossing Channel in small boats as adults

Exclusive: UN experts urge Home Office to take ‘all necessary measures’ to halt alleged violations of children’s rights

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

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As PM, Starmer will have to revamp the asylum system. Here are four ways to make a start

Right now the processes are cruel, chaotic and dysfunctional. A humane approach is possible: the worst approach is Tory-lite, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

The volunteer scheme taking first-timers to Glastonbury 2024: ‘We’re reaching people who wouldn’t get to go’

For financial or cultural reasons there are many who may never get the chance to enjoy the magic of Glastonbury. But now, a volunteer scheme is aiming to change that by offering places to refugees and others

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024

The UK’s broken refugee policy is delivering vulnerable children into the hands of people smugglers

The government is preventing refugee families being reunited – but one simple proposal could change that, says Alf Dubs, patron of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 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 · May 1, 2024

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Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly

Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024

Sunak and his cabinet think one packed Rwanda flight will save them. It won’t

After last night’s vote, they want a ‘proof of concept’ journey to get the tawdry policy back on track. But it’s too flawed for that, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024

Next London mayor should fund refugees' tenancy deposits to curb homelessness, says charity

There had been a 239 per cent increase in refugee homelessness across the UK in two years

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024

Number of asylum seekers left homeless after Home Office eviction soars

Exclusive: Data reveals 239% rise among those evicted from assigned accommodation, including hotels, in two years

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2024

Overseas aid budget 'raided' of £4.3billion for refugees in UK

The Home Office has been accused of conducting ‘raids’ on the UK’s overseas aid budget

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2024

The Lords have pulled apart the cruel and Orwellian Rwanda bill – yet still, the Tories press on

Behind the parliamentary ping-pong are tens of thousands of refugees, left in perilous limbo by a broken system, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

To use the case of chemical assault suspect Abdul Ezedi to ideologically attack asylum is so wrong

In the aftermath of last week’s attack, Tory MPs are calling for tougher laws. But that is not the solution, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024

More than 1,000 child refugees at risk after being classified as adults – report

Rushed and flawed age assessments leave hundreds of children exposed to abuse and exploitation

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023

‘Refugees need human connection’: how to help make Britain a true home for the displaced

Ahmad, who fled Iran more than a decade ago, has finally been reunited with his his wife and children … and the dog came too. Two charities proved crucial

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023

‘Britain gave me safety, now as a doctor I can give back’: the charity helping refugees requalify to practise in the UK

Saad Maida was training in Glasgow when he realised he could not return home to Syria

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023

The Guardian view on refugees: two months to find a home is not too much to ask

Editorial: Making asylum claimants destitute is cruel and counterproductive. Support our charity appeal and help to change the rules

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023

‘They gave us blankets, helped with a house. It still makes me weepy’: how a UK charity helped refugees

They fled Soviet tanks, terrorism in Burkina Faso, war in Syria. Here, four refugees describe how the Refugee Councils of Britain helped them make Britain their home

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

A life is lost aboard the Bibby Stockholm. Do these posturing politicians even care?

Threatening asylum seekers with deportation to Rwanda is no deterrent - it just makes life harder for already vulnerable people, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

International Business Times UK · Dec 11, 2023

Refugee Charities Call Sunak's Emergency Rwanda Treaty 'Cruel And Nasty'

After ignoring two unlawful rulings, the UK Government implemented an emergency Rwanda Treaty "to ensure our plan cannot be stopped".

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023

Monday briefing: How refugees are treated when they come to the UK – and how you can help

In today’s newsletter: The Guardian and Observer’s annual charity appeal focuses on improving the welfare of refugees like Farzad

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Sunak had no plan B for the Rwanda scheme – now tens of thousands are in desperate limbo

The Illegal Migration Act effectively extinguished access to asylum in the UK, and the chaos and uncertainty are driving people underground, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

WEKU · Nov 15, 2023

The U.K. Supreme Court has struck down a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

In a major defeat for the British prime minister, the Supreme Court has ruled the government's migrant plan is unlawful and would put asylum-seekers at risk of deportation back home.

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

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