The UK’s top children’s charities have joined refugee charities, faith leaders, medical bodies and others to call on the government to scrap plans to lock up refugee children as part of the Illegal Migration Bill. The 152 signatories to an open letter to the Prime Minister, coordinated by Together With Refugees, include NSPCC, Save the…
The UK’s top children’s charities are today (Tuesday 11 July 2023) joining refugee charities, faith leaders, medical bodies and others to call on the government to scrap plans to lock up refugee children as part of the Illegal Migration Bill . They have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, published today, when MPs…
Two classrooms of children could be detained each day under the new Illegal Migration Bill, reveals Citizens UK and Together With Refugees today (27 June), as school children and community leaders demonstrate outside Parliament to call for an end to refugee child detention. A classroom of school children on Parliament Square wrote messages of support on giant teddies for…
Leaders from Muslim, Christian and Jewish faiths have joined forces to voice their opposition to the Illegal Migration Bill in a video co-ordinated by Together With Refugees and launched today at the start of Refugee Week 2023. Those taking part include the Right Reverend Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford and member of the House…
For more than ten years, Together With Refugees member organisation Micro Rainbow has been supporting the integration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people who flee persecution and reach the UK in search of safety. Micro Rainbow employs a holistic approach to integration which is person-centred and based on three pillars: safe…
Leading medical voices are today (Monday 19th June 2023) – at the start of Refugee Week – joining forces with Together With Refugees to raise their concerns about the plan to detain refugee children, without a time limit, in the new Illegal Migration Bill. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the British Medical…
During Refugee Week (19-25 June) and Scottish Refugee Festival (16-25 June), as the government’s #RefugeeBanBill continues through Parliament, we will stand up and show that our communities want Hospitality Not Hostility for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. We are inviting everyone in the Together With Refugees coalition – and beyond! – to show #HospitalityNotHostility by hosting a community…
On Sunday 23 April, Tynemouth Together With Refugees organised a march for compassion. This walk brought together different charity organisations, refugees, volunteers and all those who believe that a fairer asylum system is possible. Penny Henry, the organiser of the march, said “We are here standing in solidarity with refugees and asylum seekers in the…
Responding to far right attacks – some practical tips for local organisations HOPE not Hate tracked a 102% increase in anti-migrant far right activity in 2022, with frequent demonstrations across the country taking place outside asylum accommodation. In response, Together With Refugees joined up with coalition members HOPE not hate, City of Sanctuary and IMIX to put together…
Together with Refugees is profoundly concerned about the government’s proposed #RefugeeBanBill that is currently being rushed through parliament. The government’s proposed bill, if passed, will not just strip people fleeing war and persecution of their right to seek safety in the UK but punish them, based simply on how they came here, not whether they…