Organisations providing refugee support say the Home Office must make systemic changes to the way it supports people seeking asylum, following criticism from the National…
Refugee ActionJuly 3, 2020
Longer asylum wait times and Government policy that bans employment is leaving people seeking asylum vulnerable to extreme poverty and homelessness, Refugee Action has warned.…
Refugee ActionFebruary 27, 2020
Refugee Action has responded to the latest immigration figures, which show 58% of people awaiting an initial decision on their claim had waited more than…
Refugee ActionNovember 28, 2019
Refugee Action has joined with more than 100 other organisations in a letter to Victoria Atkins MP, to set out our strong concerns about the…
Refugee ActionNovember 5, 2019
Thirty-nine people have been found dead in lorry container in Grays, Essex. Stephen Hale, Chief Executive at Refugee Action, said: “Though we don’t yet know…
Refugee ActionOctober 23, 2019
Two thirds (67%) of business leaders agree that the Government should lift the ban which blocks people seeking asylum from working, with a majority (64%)…
Refugee ActionSeptember 16, 2019
New research published today by the charities Refugee Action and NACCOM, the No Accommodation Network, has revealed that vulnerable people refused asylum in the UK,…
Refugee ActionSeptember 5, 2019
In response to today’s Spending Review announcement from the Chancellor, Stephen Hale, Chief Executive of Refugee Action, said: “Just a few short weeks ago Sajid…
Refugee ActionSeptember 4, 2019
Commenting on the government’s announcement of a new refugee resettlement programme Stephen Hale OBE, Chief Executive of Refugee Action, said: “Conflict and persecution scar our…
Refugee ActionJune 17, 2019
Refugee Voices
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Syamend
Syamend lived in Damascus, Syria, where he studied Arabic at a university. The civil war brought an end to all of that overnight. The whole…
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Abdullah
Abdullah found life unbearable as a gay man in his mid-20s in Saudi Arabia, a country where homosexuality is illegal and carries the death penalty….