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Refugee Action's response to Darfur Court of Appeal Ruling

4 April 2007

In response to today's Court of Appeal ruling that refugees from Darfur should not be removed to Sudan, Sandy Buchan, Chief Executive of Refugee Action, said:

"We are delighted with this ruling. It is incredible to think that the UK government should return people back to a country where large-scale massacres and persecution has been taking place, and where some two million displaced people live in dangerous and overcrowded refugee camps.

"The people who have reached the UK are a fraction of the number affected by this conflict and we encourage the UK government to allow them status so that they can work and support themselves until the situation improves."

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Refugee Action is an independent, national charity working to enable 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, and advised more than 40,000 asylum seekers and refugees last year. As one of the country’s leading agencies in the field, Refugee Action has 25 years’ experience in pioneering innovative work in partnership with refugees.