March 17, 2022
Representatives from the Refugee Council, Amnesty International UK and refugees representing the VOICES Network[1], posed for photos outside the Prime Minister’s residence holding placards reading,’36,500 believe families belong together.’ Every day, refugee families are torn apart by war and terror – during the brutality of conflict or in the urgency of fleeing a warzone. After…
View ArticleSeptember 6, 2021
Addis arrived in the UK in 2008 as an asylum seeker from Eritrea. She had left behind her husband and her 5-year-old daughter back home. She received a positive decision on her asylum case about 3 months ago, 13 years after her initial application. During the waiting period, Addis was left to rely on charities…
View ArticleJuly 21, 2021
On Monday the 19th and Tuesday the 20th of July, a parliamentary debate took place concerning the proposed changes to the UK asylum system laid out in the Nationality and Borders bill. At the close of yesterday’s debate, 366 MPs voted in favour of the bill, with 265 MPs voting against. The proposed legislation outlined…
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