Action Matters

Ask your MP to sign the
'let them work' pledge

This month Refugee Action are teaming up with the Refugee Council and the TUC to ask MPs to sign a pledge, calling for asylum seekers who have been here for more than six months to be allowed to work.

Currently, asylum seekers are not allowed to work while they wait for a decision on their claim. This restriction also applies to people who are refused refugee status yet cannot return home, due to ongoing conflict and human rights abuses. This leads to many people from places like Zimbabwe and Darfur becoming destitute – forced to rely on charity handouts and open to exploitation... Read more

Please help us to end destitution by sending our ‘Let them work’ e-card to your local MP.

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Sanaz's story and her future hopes

Last year we helped more than 10,000 women to build a future, by offering them support and advice. Like many refugee women Sanaz arrived in the UK as a single parent. After being subjected to verbal abuse she became isolated and scared to leave her home. Read about why Sanaz fled Pakistan, how we've helped her to regain her confidence and how you can support our work.

Read Sanaz's story

Simple acts campaign

To celebrate this year’s Refugee Week in June, why not take part in the Simple Acts campaign? The campaign is about inspiring people to use small, everyday actions to change perceptions of refugees. Refugee Action is promoting several of the simple acts: watching a film or reading a book about refugees, having tea with a refugee and sharing your sweets. For more ideas and info on how to take part, see: www.simpleacts.org.uk

Go the extra mile for refugees

Get fit and raise money to support refugees by joining Refugee Action's team for the Doitforcharity 5km run in Heaton Park, Manchester on Sunday 28th June. We have just 7 places left.

To sign up call Emilie on 020 7654 7705 or email emiliep@refugee-action.org.uk

Other News:

• In the run up to the next election, Liberty are asking MPs to pledge to remember Britain’s history as a place of sanctuary, and reject xenophobia in discussions on immigration and asylum.
  
  Read the pledge and send it to your MP