IntroductionI work in the Good Practice and Partnerships Team at Refugee Action. As part of one of our programme’s — Explore Adapt Renew, we are creating trainee programme officer roles in the core delivery team. These roles are ring fenced for those w…
Category Archives: Blog post
“Co-op Foundation’s commitment feels like the highest form of relief”
A blog by Mercy Darlington, Chair of (Refugee Action) RAS Voice Steering GroupAt a time of huge challenges for refugees in the UK, I heard the news that Refugee Action would receive an additional unrestricted donation of £250,000 from the Co-op Fo…
“Co-op Foundation’s commitment feels like the highest form of relief”
A blog by Mercy Darlington, Chair of (Refugee Action) RAS Voice Steering GroupAt a time of huge challenges for refugees in the UK, I heard the news that Refugee Action would receive an additional unrestricted donation of £250,000 from the Co-op Fo…
To the promised safety
At 17, she followed her family wherever. She was giving up hope when a bright wormhole opened up and spat them to another country with a new identity: one they were completely unfamiliar with but that promised to save their lives and help them. The asy…
Boris Johnson’s legacy: all punishment and no protection
As Boris Johnson prepares to step down as Prime Minister, we reflect on his legacy of punishment of refugees and people seeking asylum, and the challenges posed by the anti-refugee laws. Blog by Harbi Jama, Corporate Partnerships Manager at Refuge…
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals gives Refugee Action a £100,000-a-year boost and three years commitment to support refugees into employment.
Phil Davey, Vice President and Country Manager, Alnylam UK and Ireland, and Tim Naor Hilton, Chief Executive, Refugee Action.We are excited to announce that Refugee Action has partnered with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to expand its Pathways to Work progra…
No access to justice: how legal advice deserts fail refugees, migrants and our communities
No access to justice: How legal advice deserts fail refugees, migrants and our communities, by Dr Jo Wilding
Foreword by Carolina Albuerne
Refugee Action has been committed to access to justice since it was founded more than 40 years ago. It si…
Celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2022
Volunteers’ Week, 1-7 June 2022A Message to Refugee Action Volunteers
THANK YOU to everyone who has volunteered with us over the past year and for giving your time so freely and generously. We are grateful and appreciative for everything you have given…
A Decade of Hostility
This article was written by members of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Voice (RAS Voice), a campaigning group that works alongside Refugee Action to change the systems that disempower and dehumanise people seeking safety. Names have been changed to protect t…
Rwanda: Priti Patel’s fantasy, our reality
Content warning: this post contains references to suicide.
Like many other asylum seekers, I am very concerned about the Government’s Rwanda plan. I put myself in their shoes, all those who will suffer from the decision. My husband arrived in the UK tw…