The Refugee Council is the nation’s refugee charity. We support refugees to rebuild their lives, integrate into communities and play a part in Britain.
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The violence and intimidation we have seen on the streets of Portsmouth and Dover in recent days is deeply disturbing and an affront to the values we share as a country. Read our full statement here - bit.ly/3Uznz7X
At the Refugee Council, we have helped Afghan refugees to rebuild their lives - like Khadija, a former tailor who is now part of a Refugee Council sewing club in Yorkshire: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8e…
5 years since Kabul fell to the Taliban, Najiba is happy to call Yorkshire her second home. Every day she misses her work, her family and friends who still live in dangerous circumstances in Afghanistan. ➡️ Read about Najiba's journey to safety in Britain: bit.ly/4z6s89u
Today marks 5 years since the Taliban took control of Kabul. It is also 5 years since Saif fled Afghanistan & last saw his family.
➡️ Read about how Saif's love of cricket helped him connect with a new community, playing a key role in rebuilding his life bit.ly/4z6s89u
When he was just 6 years old, Britain's involvement in the Kindertransport rescue mission saved Lord Dubs' life. He was 1 of 10,000 refugee children brought to safety and given the chance to rebuild their lives. Watch him share his inspiring story: bit.ly/4z6s89u
2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention, a vital global agreement protecting the rights of refugees. To George, it's an extension of kindness, providing safety to those in danger. Learn about the convention, & its lifesaving impact: bit.ly/4z6s89u
Poet & translator George Szirtes was just 8 when his life was turned upside down, fleeing Soviet troops in Hungary. After finding safety in Britain, the many kindnesses they received made a lasting impact. bit.ly/4z6s89u
Lord Dubs was just six years old when he escaped Czechoslovakia following the Nazi invasion. He was one of 10,000 refugee children whose lives were saved by being taken in by Britain from 1938-39.
Watch his remarkable life story: refugeecouncil.org.uk/suppor…
It is heartbreaking to hear that four people have died in the Channel overnight while attempting to reach safety in the UK. Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones.
Refugees are ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, and those who risk dangerous small boat journeys do so only out of desperation. We need safe and legal routes now so that people have other pathways to find sanctuary in the UK.
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Today is the 75th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention.
To mark this anniversary, we're sharing the remarkable story of how Lord Alf Dubs escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport at just six years old.
His story is an important reminder that asylum can be the difference between life and death.
🔗 Watch the full film: refugeecouncil.org.uk/suppor…
Safe & legal routes save lives. The Government should urgently restore refugee family reunion, which was paused last September, so that women & children fleeing devastating wars and brutal regimes can join their families and rebuild their lives in safety.
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Safe and legal routes save lives. We welcome the government’s commitment to creating new safe routes, but these must not come at the expense of existing pathways that would have helped women and children to flee devastating wars and brutal regimes: theguardian.com/world/2026/j…
This week, the government introduced an Immigration and Asylum Bill that could cause chaos for years to come.
Like generations of refugees before them, all they want is to settle and stand on their own two feet, finding work in our NHS, our care homes and on our high streets.
But now they will face an unfair extra tax of £10,000, just when they are trying to rebuild their lives.
Read our Director of External Affairs, Imran Hussain, responding to the new immigration bill on our website: refugeecouncil.org.uk/press-…
The sight of “modern-day pogroms” on the streets of Belfast last week was truly chilling, as our Director of External Affairs told The Times: thetimes.com/comment/letters…
