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Facts and figures

Refugee Action is an independent national charity working with refugees to build new lives in the UK.

We provide practical advice and assistance for newly arrived asylum seekers and long-term commitment to their settlement through community development work.

Refugee Action was founded in 1981 to provide a new approach to the successful resettlement in the UK of refugees and asylum seekers. This was based on working in partnership with refugee communities.

Our work has included the reception and settlement of thousands of newly-arrived refugees from Vietnam, Bosnia and Kosova.

We provide advice and services from regional offices and outreach workers covering the North West, North East, East and West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, South West and South Central.

Last year we gave asylum seekers support in more than 50,000 advice sessions.