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Migrants to UK will not get benefits until becoming citizens under new plans

Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limbo

The Guardian - UK

Government could close asylum hotels next year with ‘one-off scheme’ – charity

The Refugee Council has proposed granting temporary permission to stay for certain asylum seekers to cut the need for hotels by next spring.

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers are being targeted – and so are those who help them. It’s a disturbing new reality

Far-right influencers are menacing charities and individuals to further isolate the people we work with. Ensuring safety is now part of the job, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

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Number of UK asylum seekers awaiting appeals up by nearly 500% in two years

Refugee Council analysis of figures released by MoJ shows there are 41,987 claims in backlog of tribunal courts

The Guardian - UK

'Shocking' UK Reality TV Show Retraces Refugee Journeys

Britain's newest reality TV show has been slammed as "insensitive", "voyeuristic" and even "nauseating" for recreating with six Britons the often fatal journeys made by thousands of refugees to the UK. Bluntly titled "Go Back to Where You Came From", the part-documentary, part-reality TV show by Channel 4 follows the…

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Refugee Council urges UK to introduce special visas in effort to stop deaths in the Channel

Record number of deaths in 2024 leads to call for safe and legal routes for people to travel to UK to stop them resorting to smugglers

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Government must say how many die attempting small boat crossings – charity

Research by the Refugee Council suggested that more migrants died in the Channel in 2024 than in the previous three years combined.

The Independent UK

MPs on notice as key review targets 'entrenched' racism

Australian leaders are being urged to set an example to eliminate racism through a national plan involving sweeping legal and behavioural changes.

AAP

Asylum backlog clearance could grant refugee status to 62,000 migrants

The Refugee Council predicts over 62,000 migrants may be granted asylum in the UK as efforts to reduce the backlog progress

Evening Standard

Top Tories and Trump helped create ‘overt racism’ in UK, says Labour minister

‘Toxic discourse’ against asylum seekers gave ‘yellow flashing light’ to racists, Angela Eagle tells the Labour conference

The Guardian - UK

Child refugees using people smugglers to reach family in UK, report warns

Delays in government family reunion processes see stranded children crossing the Channel in small boats, charities’ report says

The Guardian - UK

Lone children at risk of deportation to Rwanda after being classified as adults, says charity

Refugee Council issues warning after children wrongly issued with notices of intent by Home Office

The Guardian - UK

‘I need mum and dad here’: the charity helping young Afghan footballers reunite with relatives

The Refugee Council is welcoming those who fled the Taliban and providing legal advice on resettlement in the UK• Donate to our charity appeal here

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The Independent UK

Ministers urged to abandon Rwanda policy and Illegal Migration Act

Amnesty International and Asylum Aid said measures preventing refugees claiming asylum in the UK should be scrapped.

The Guardian - UK

Let’s be clear on children seeking asylum

Letter: Home Office figures about the number of age-disputed asylum seekers who are found to be adults are misleading, writes Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

Child asylum seekers in UK forced to share hotel rooms with adults

Concerns raised over possible misclassification of children as adults as Home Office’s new hotel ‘maximisation’ policy begins

The Independent UK

Three-quarters of small boat arrivals would be granted asylum, study suggests

The Refugee Council says the Government’s own figures counter the narrative that most people crossing the Channel do not require protection.

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The Independent UK

‘Refugees being driven to homelessness by shorter eviction notice periods’

The Refugee Council and other charities have written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Housing Secretary Michael Gove.

The Guardian - UK

We know people seeking asylum die in the Channel, but callous hardline policy kills them too

When you get behind the public soundbites, you hear an ugly ideology that has scant sympathy for those who risk it all, or even die, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Independent UK

Ruling over child asylum seekers in hotels ‘landmark day for children’s rights’

Several charities welcomed the High Court’s ruling on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Test ‘refugee visa’ to curb Channel crossings, urges charity

The idea is one of a series put forward by the Refugee Council.

The Guardian - UK

The illegal migration bill has passed, and here’s what will happen: children lost, abused and exploited

The new law will not act as the deterrent the UK government says it will – it just puts more vulnerable people in harm’s way, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

Evening Standard

Home Office must process asylum claim ‘every four minutes’ to hit backlog target, Refugee Council claims

The Refugee Council suggests the Prime Minister’s pledge to curb the backlog by the end of the year ‘is unlikely’

The Guardian - UK

Child refugees could develop PTSD if locked up by UK, medical bodies say

Letter sent to home secretary warns tens of thousands of children could be locked up indefinitely if illegal migration bill passes

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