Refugee Action

The solutions are clear and evidence-based:
➡️ The right to work for people seeking asylum after 6 months
➡️ Safe, affordable homes for all

This new rule will cause greater destitution, hunger and street homelessness, while doing nothing to address the real challenges communities face. This is another step down the wrong path.

Stripping support from people seeking safety while continuing to ban most people from working is outrageous.

People seeking asylum receive £1.40 a day in hotels, or £7 a day in houses. These poverty-inducing levels of support push people into exploitation and irregular work to survive.

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While wars rage that displace people and tear families apart, the government also making it harder for people to seek safety here.

Giving people 30 months of safety traps people in cycles of uncertainty, making it much more difficult for them to rebuild their lives.

Text on a textured background reads: "A 30-month stay is not a life, it is a countdown. After 12 years in limbo, my family deserves a decision, not another temporary permit. My children grew up here. We are a part of this community, and it is time the law recognized our right to a stable future." - Bsmah, Ras Voice campaigner. The text is enclosed in a green outline.

Text on a dark textured background reads: "We flee wars created by men only to face a new battle: a thousand questions. In the search for protection, misfortune is met with suspicion instead of sanctuary." Below, it credits Anusha - Ras Voice campaigner. The text is enclosed in a light green rectangular border.

Text on a dark textured background with a bright green border. Quote reads: "It is a vicious cycle: The UK foreign policy contributes to push factors that force people to flee, yet we respond with draconian measures like the 30-month stay." Attributed to Yanick M - Ras Voice campaigner.

The image features a quote on a dark, textured background with a green border. The text reads: "Our lives should be defined by our human rights, not by 30-month countdowns. Safety is not a temporary luxury. It is a fundamental necessity for survival." It is attributed to Rene, a Ras Voice campaigner.

The policies that are made in the grand building of parliament impact real people all around the country.

Yanick, Rene, Anusha and Bsmah have all experienced the asylum system first hand. They are members of our community. They campaign for justice. And we share their outrage.

The government must use this moment to work hard for peace and reaffirm its commitment to the Refugee Convention and the UK as a country that offers sanctuary to refugees.

When missiles land or where tyrants lead, people search for safety. Often that's in their own country or just across the border. Sometimes people travel to other parts of the world to unite with family and communities. This is their human right. People move to survive.

We are devastated to see what is happening in the Middle East/West Asia and stand in solidarity with all those affected.

As violence escalates in the region, our government is rolling back rights for refugees and refusing to open safe routes for people.

‘Labour’s two-child cap victory rings hollow while asylum-seeking children remain in poverty’ – LabourList The Government has finally scrapped the pernicious two-child benefit cap. Cue an avalanche of self-congratulatory posts from Labour MPs online. "This is the difference a…

The Labour Party says it's determined to lift children out of poverty.

So why don't children seeking sanctuary count?

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If the government truly wants to stop dangerous Channel crossings, then it must create safe routes.

It must also support all of us to thrive. Instead of chasing headlines and fuelling division, it can strengthen our communities by investing in real solutions, such as affordable housing.

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

This is an attack on our fundamental rights, and another divisive, scapegoating policy that tears at our communities and solves nothing. It must be reversed.

Everyone deserves the chance to settle, rebuild and put down roots, not face a life in limbo.

https://bit.ly/4rIVW7P

Don't miss out! This March, walk 30, 60 or 100 miles to support refugees in the UK.

Choose your distance, fundraise, and take steps toward a more welcoming country. Every mile makes a difference. Sign up! https://act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/185843/data/1?ea.tracking.id=M4ROrganicSocials

Want to learn more? Download your conversation guide to talking about the housing emergency: act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/186214/...

The conversation about housing is all wrong.

For decades, governments haven’t built enough social homes. People are struggling. Yet refugees get blamed.

Our new video flips the narrative and focuses on the real issue.

Watch it. Share it. Let’s change the conversation.

‘One in, one out’: what has happened to asylum seekers forced to return to France? In rare interviews, some of those sent back across the Channel after arriving in the UK on small boats describe what happened next – and the risks of a system organised to get rid of them

"Deterrence” policies don’t work, they only push people into further danger.

A few hundred have been sent back to threats, homelessness and overwhelming dispaif. This approach causes harm without solving the issue. Read more: https://bit.ly/3OGgK1c

Are you in? This March, take on a challenge to change the future for refugees in the UK.

Sign up: https://act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/185843/data/1?ea.tracking.id=M4ROrganicSocials

National Storytelling Week: Holding Space for Refugee Voices - Refugee Action Stories are one of the oldest ways we make sense of the world. They help us understand where we come from, who we are, and...

Stories remind us of our shared humanity. They help us meet people rather than categories. And they invite us to slow down, listen properly, and make space for voices that are too often ignored.

https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/national-storytelling-week-holding-space-for-refugee-voices/

Our findings, due to be published soon, expose how racialised state violence and harassment are being enabled by policies that criminalise people seeking asylum and externalise borders.

This is exactly why our researchers, who have lived and learned experience of the UK asylum system, have spoken with dozens of people seeking safety, from the living sites of Calais to the UK's asylum hotels.

The British people expect more from this government.

We want policies that keep people safe, not keep people out or force them to take dangerous crossings.

Systemic failures, missed opportunities to act, and chronic under-resourcing undermined search and rescue, leading to men, women, and children dying in the Channel. The findings of the Cranston Inquiry are truly devastating.

Loss of life was 'avoidable' in deadliest ever Channel migrant boat sinking, inquiry finds More than 30 people died trying to make the journey from France to the UK in the early hours of 24 November 2021.

One survivor told the inquiry that they were treated differently because they were refugees. This led to delays in the search and rescue mission.

This is yet another tragic example of why racialised assumptions and racist rhetoric is so dangerous – it costs lives.

news.sky.com/story/loss-o...

A BBC news website screenshot of article titled "Millionaire GP behind asylum seeker hotels." It includes a photo of Dr. Faisal Maassarani looking to the side. The article is attributed to Marc Waddington from BBC North West Investigations.

This story lays bare the forces shaping how people who need a home are housed:

- Vulgar profitmaking

- Divided communities

- Refugees scapegoated


If we are to heal our communities, this must end.

It is important that we come together as a community, to stand up against division. By bringing your friends together for a Potluck meal, you’re raising awareness, funds, and a voice in support of refugees.

Sign up and receive a welcome pack: https://bit.ly/4a1k1jU

UK’s ‘one in, one out’ scheme has failed to protect torture survivors, says charity Medical Justice report finds Home Office approach has led to ‘near total disregard for identified vulnerabilities’

New reporting shows the “one in, one out” scheme is harming survivors of torture and trafficking while failing to deter crossings. Safeguards in detention are breaking down. This is performative cruelty, not effective policy.

Read the investigation: https://bit.ly/4sKHBZA

‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France Aid groups say rise of far-right rhetoric in politics has fed into intimidation, vandalism and hate graffiti around migrant camps

The Guardian reports far- right groups harassing people seeking safety in northern France, destroying water supplies and invading sleeping spaces. This is where the politics of division leads. We need leaders who choose hope and unity. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/4sRPMn2

Finding a safe home should not be this hard. People seeking safety face unacceptable conditions, social homes are not being built, and decades of underinvestment have created a housing emergency affecting us all.

Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly

People who survive an authoritarian regime should not have to risk their lives again just to exercise their right to seek asylum here.

Leaked photos show hundreds killed in Iran's brutal crackdown The images from one mortuary in Tehran were shown to families who went to identify their loved ones.

The atrocities in Iran show how important it is that the UK welcomes and provides safe routes for refugees.

4,780 Iranians were forced to make dangerous channel crossings in the year ending September 2025.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro