Media Coverage & Blogs

March 3, 2020

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2021

• The UK must be a place of sanctuary for refugees – Politics Home

2020

• UK government breaching obligations to child refugees – The National
• Refugee children in Luton blocked by UK government from being with families – Luton Today
• Northampton ‘Town of Sanctuary’ calls for some 300 asylum-seeking children in county to be reunited with their families – Northampton Chronicle
• Government urged to reunite child refugees with families – The Guardian
• Lockdown gives a sense of what divided refugee families go through – The Times
• Protesters urge UK to reunite child refugees with families – Aljazeera
• Create safe, legal routes for refugee families to reunite in UK, stars urge PM – The Guardian
• Gary Lineker and Emma Thompson back campaign asking Boris Johnson to help reunite refugee families – Independent
• UK family reunion visa system puts lives at risk – The Guardian
• Refugees forced to put themselves in danger to join relatives under Home Office family reunion policy – Independent
• British Red Cross reveals ‘human cost’ of LASPO on refugee family reunions – Law Gazette
• ALONE AND TRAUMATISED: THE UK’S EXCLUSION OF CHILD REFUGEES FROM FAMILY REUNION – No Walls
• Clean hands, clean conscience? – Amnesty UK

2019

• Olivia Coleman – Why I can’t stand by – The Telegraph
• Justice for the rich alone isn’t justice at all – The Times
• Juliet Stevenson calls for UK to welcome families – Metro UK
• Western Isles MP demands urgent reform to refugee family reunion rules – Press and Journal

2018

• Tim Farro MP: We defeated the govt over child refugees – Politics.co.uk
• Diane Abbott MP: In it to win it – Labour List
• Syrian boy living without parents backs law change – The Times
• MPs back bill to reunite child refugees with relatives – BBC News
• MPs back child refugee changes – Channel 4 News
• MPs back refugee family reunification bill – The Guardian
• Syrian refugees’ pain over separation from family – BBC News
• ‘SPITEFUL’ Tory MP blasted – The Sun
• Theresa May is probably hoping we were too distracted by Russia to notice a massive blow to her government – The Canary
• Diane Abbott MP: An important day – Labour List
• Lisa Nandy MP: If families are important to us why are we separating refugee children from theirs? – Politics Home
• SNP MP’s bid to reunite refugee families clears major hurdle – The Scotsman
• Refugees Family Reunion Bill: a success! – Thangam Debbonair
• The UK can offer sanctuary to the most vulnerable children in Europe – Labour List
• MPs urged to help bring refugee families together – The Church of Scotland
• The one small change which could improve life for thousands of refugees – politics.co.uk
• Mhairi Black MP calls for change in law to reunite refugee families in the UK – Renfrewshire 24 News
• SNP MP Angus Brendan MacNeil makes parliamentary bid to end ” injustice” for Syrian refugees – The Herald
• Family reunion bill offers hope to separated families in the North West – Rochdale Online
• The UK Must Do More To Help Separated Refugee Families – Huffington Post
• Call to reunite refugee families – Messenger
• MPs vote to reunite families torn apart by conflict – Ekklesia
• SNP MP’s ‘refugee family reunion’ bill passes first Westminster hurdle – Common Space
• View from the House: Why I support Refugee Family Reunion – Ilford Recorder
• MPs back fresh bid to reunite refugee families in the UK – ShropshireStar
• West Dunbartonshire MP backs Bill to see more refugee families reunited – Clydebank Post
• The plight of child refugees – Shoreham Herald
• Jewish human rights group urges support for refugee family reunions – Jewish News
• Advertiser letters: Wapping marathon and refugees – The Advertiser
• The one small change which could improve life for thousands of refugees – Politics.co.uk
• Mhairi Black MP calls for change in law to reunite refugee families in the UK – Renfrewshire 24 News
• The UK Must Do More To Help Separated Refugee Families – Huffington Post
• We can’t eat or sleep until we have our daughter with us – Independent
• Britain to debate letting more refugees’ children reunite with families – Reuters
• Refugees Like Me Are Going Without Food To Pay The Legal Costs – Huffington Post
• Why family reunion should be at the heart of immigration policy – Labour List
• Refugee Family Reunification Is The Right Thing To Do – Labour List
• Angus MacNeil urges fellow MPs to back child refugee reunion bill – The National
• A Safe Future for Refugee Families – The Sunday Times
• Syrian woman on having to leave family in a warzone – BBC News
• Amnesty International fights for reuniting refugee families with ‘living installation’ – Campaign
• ‘I’m all alone’: the child refugees desperate to be reunited with family – The Guardian
• Juliet Stevenson on playing two queens and supporting refugees – Evening Standard
• Reuniting Refugee Families Will Bring A Brighter Future For All – Huffington Post
• Refugees left suicidal by Government’s damaging immigration policy reports finds – Independent
• Campaign Groups call for change to ‘unfair’ refugee family reunion rules – Mail Online
• Reader letter: Refugees need their families – Eastern Daily Press
• Concern over family members overseas is hampering refugees from settling in UK, finds study – Holyrood  
• Reuniting Refugee Families Will Bring A Brighter Future For All – Huffington Post
• If The Government Believes In Family, Why Is It Keeping Refugee Children From Their Loved Ones? – Huffington Post
• ‘Unfair’ restrictions on families are unsettling refugees in the UK – The Guardian
• UK refugee law needs a new definition of ‘family’ – The New Arab
• Where Would You Be Without Your Family? – Huffington Post
• As a refugee, my brother crossed a desert and almost died for a better life – Metro UK

2017

• Average British adult has six family members they have completely lost touch with – The Sun
• Half of Brits wish they could spend more time with their family – The Mirror
• A teenage refugee on Ai Weiwei’s new film Human Flow – Dazed
• Usman Aslam – Reuniting child refugees with their families is difficult – The Scotsman