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Refugee Council is the leading charity working with refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Regular tweets from our media, campaigns and fundraising teams.

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  1. 5 hours ago

    Family reunion amdt beaten. But you can still ask your MP to create safe routes for refugees

    Amendment 122A defeated 91 contents to 134 not contents.
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  2. 6 hours ago

    As midnight approaches, is now voting on an amendment to the Immigration Bill to help refugees reunite with family members

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  3. 9 hours ago

    The is currently debating Immigration Bill amendments on refugee family reunion. Read our briefing

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  4. 12 hours ago

    Europe was the birthplace of Refugee Convention. May now be its final resting place. Our verdict on EU/Turkey deal:

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  5. 14 hours ago

    Tired of reading about 'illegal immigrants' in your newsfeed? This Chrome extension will re-humanise

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  6. 16 hours ago

    Unsurprisingly, the boats still come: And none of the EU promised 2,300 strong taskforce have arrived in Greece.

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  7. 18 hours ago

    returns to Lords today - Peers will be debating amendments aimed at reuniting more refugee families

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  8. 21 hours ago

    Former Afghan interpreters for the British forces risk removal from UK to a place even Mail calls 'war torn':

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  9. Mar 20

    Good to see flagging that resettled Syrians can't access university until they've been here 3 years:

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  10. Mar 20

    Thank you Liverpool University Boat Club for taking on mammoth effort to row to Paris, in aid of Refugee Council

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  11. Mar 20

    . & give much needed exposure to grim measures in Immigration Bill going through Parliament

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  12. Mar 19

    Good to see examining the Government's abject failure to properly assess Eritrean asylum claims:

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  13. Mar 19

    Brilliant to see central London packed with crowds saying

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  14. Mar 19

    Refugees won't stop coming no matter how high we build the walls. Their routes will just get more dangerous. Need to find safety = priority.

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  15. Mar 19

    It's today and we're speaking at a rally in London this afternoon - join us:

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  16. Mar 18

    Not content with containing refugees in Turkey the PM wants to corral them in Libya too. Why that's a terrible idea:

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  17. Mar 18

    'Unacceptable', 'degrading' and 'unsanitary' - how Greek asylum system was recently described by one of Europe's top courts.

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  18. Mar 18

    85% from world's top 10 refugee producing countries. Over half women and children.

    As EU/Turkey agree deal to send refugees who arrive in Greece back, let's remember how desperate these people are
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  19. Mar 18

    EU's promise to resettle refugees from Turkey appears to be just that, a promise. No obligation for EU countries to actually resettle.

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  20. Mar 18

    Resettlement from Turkey very welcome - more safe routes needed - but it is not and can never be a substitute for the right to seek asylum.

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