The Latest Breaking News from Refugee Council

UK to pay France extra cash to stop small boat crossings – but only if it works

Some of UK funding for French police will be conditional on success in stopping Channel crossings

The Independent UK · Apr 22

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved from hotels to army barracks, Home Office announces

Refugee Council criticises Labour’s decision, saying military sites are unsuitable and ‘more expensive than hotels’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14

From Iran to Yorkshire: How a refugee found his drive, thanks to the Refugee Council

Mo knew what it was like to starve; now he delivers food to the hungry

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025

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 · Mar 16, 2025

'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…

International Business Times · Feb 9, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025

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 · Jan 2, 2025

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 · Nov 26, 2024

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 · Oct 17, 2024

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 · Sep 23, 2024