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Write to your MP and ask them to stand with us and stand up for refugee families so that they can be together again and live a life in safety in the UK
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Right now, unfair rules are keeping refugee families apart. We want to change that and bring #FamiliesTogether.
Where would you be without your family?
Imagine you had been forced to flee your home because of war and became separated from your mother, father, sister or brother. Alone, in a new country, you have to try and rebuild your life without the love and support of your family, all the while worrying about their safety. This is the reality faced by many refugees in the UK.
We have three simple demands to change this:
1
Children need their parents
Child refugees in the UK must have the right to sponsor their close family. This will allow them to rebuild their lives together and integrate into their new community.
2
Fair treatment for young and old
The definition of who qualifies as family to be expanded so that young people who have turned 18 and elderly parents can live in safety with their families in the UK.
3
Bring back legal aid
The reintroduction of legal aid so refugees who have lost everything have the support they need to navigate the complicated process of being reunited with their families.
Without My Mum
Did your mum ever cut your hair? Everyday family life is wonderful, even the unglamorous bits. But imagine being separated from your children by war and you can’t be there for them.
WatchLatest
Families Together Statement on Channel Tragedy
Today, we are thinking of all of those who have lost their lives in the channel whilst trying to find safety. We are thinking of all of their families and friends, who have lost loved ones.
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Baroness Ludfords Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill Passes its Second Reading
On Friday afternoon, the 10th of September, the second reading of Baroness Ludford's Refugees (Family Reunion) bill passed its second reading in the house of Lords. The ongoing crisis in Afghanistan has highlighted the vital importance of the measures in the bill, which seek to ensure that more refugees can be joined by family members in the UK.
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Families Together Coalition Responds to the Second Reading of the Nationality and Borders Bill
The proposed legislation outlined in the bill effectively creates a discriminatory two-tier asylum system, undermining how the UK fulfils its international obligations to those seeking asylum. The Bill will criminalise and punish refugees, depending on how they arrived in the UK, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of women, men and children who are able to access family reunion, one of the few existing safe and regular routes into the UK.
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Families Together Responds to the Nationality and Borders Bill
We are deeply concerned that the Bill seeks to cement many of the harmful proposals outlined in the New Plan for Immigration into UK law. The proposed legislation outlined in the bill effectively creates a discriminatory two-tier asylum system, undermining how the UK fulfils its international obligations to those seeking asylum.
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