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The Latest Breaking News from the Refugee Council

‘Britain gave me safety, now as a doctor I can give back’: the charity helping refugees requalify to practise in the UK

Saad Maida was training in Glasgow when he realised he could not return home to Syria

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on refugees: two months to find a home is not too much to ask

Editorial: Making asylum claimants destitute is cruel and counterproductive. Support our charity appeal and help to change the rules

The Guardian - UK

‘They gave us blankets, helped with a house. It still makes me weepy’: how a UK charity helped refugees

They fled Soviet tanks, terrorism in Burkina Faso, war in Syria. Here, four refugees describe how the Refugee Councils of Britain helped them make Britain their home

The Guardian - UK

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A life is lost aboard the Bibby Stockholm. Do these posturing politicians even care?

Threatening asylum seekers with deportation to Rwanda is no deterrent - it just makes life harder for already vulnerable people, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

Refugee Charities Call Sunak's Emergency Rwanda Treaty 'Cruel And Nasty'

After ignoring two unlawful rulings, the UK Government implemented an emergency Rwanda Treaty "to ensure our plan cannot be stopped".

International Business Times UK

Monday briefing: How refugees are treated when they come to the UK – and how you can help

In today’s newsletter: The Guardian and Observer’s annual charity appeal focuses on improving the welfare of refugees like Farzad

The Guardian - UK

Sunak had no plan B for the Rwanda scheme – now tens of thousands are in desperate limbo

The Illegal Migration Act effectively extinguished access to asylum in the UK, and the chaos and uncertainty are driving people underground, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

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The U.K. Supreme Court has struck down a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

In a major defeat for the British prime minister, the Supreme Court has ruled the government's migrant plan is unlawful and would put asylum-seekers at risk of deportation back home.

WEKU

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 Guardian - UK

Tories accused of dog-whistle low as minister claims new towns will be ‘filled with illegal migrants’

Robert Jenrick accused of ‘hostile’ and ‘dangerous’ language after Commons outburst

The Independent UK

Plan for UK to host thousands of Gaza refugees drawn up by charities

Groups urge government to introduce emergency family reunion scheme modelled on initiative for Ukrainians

The Guardian - UK

UK charities call for safe passage for Palestinian and Israeli refugees

The bodies have created a list of emergency measures the Government can put in place, including an emergency refugee protection visa.

The Independent UK

Charity challenges home secretary’s claims about ‘economic migrants’

Refugee Council study suggests asylum claims by three out of four crossing Channel would be granted

The Guardian - 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.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer must do more than reverse the Tories’ cruelties. He should lead a global rethink on refugees

We don’t just need a better UK system. It’s vital that Labour addresses the root causes that lead to worldwide instability, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - AU

Home affairs under Peter Dutton was warned ‘failing’ immigration detention may have breached duty of care

Exclusive: 2020 report told of risk to detainees’ health from indefinite detention and sending ‘prison hardened’ cohort into system

Evening Standard

Home Office policy change will bring ‘crisis’ to councils and NHS, refugee expert warns

It is feared the change will make it ‘virtually impossible’ for refugees to find housing

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.

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The Guardian - UK

Asylum seeker children to get postcards after murals painted over

Cartoons Not Cruelty campaign inspired by government order to remove artwork at reception centres

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

Campaigners call for ‘compassion’ in asylum policy following Channel deaths

Opposition MPs said the tragedy highlighted the need for action to prevent dangerous crossings being made.

The Guardian - UK

Call for refugee visas to tackle Channel small boat crossings

Refugee Council says Illegal Migration Act will not work and calls for pilot of legal route for 10,000 asylum seekers

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’

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