7 Refugees from 7 decades and 7 countries mark 70 years of the UN Refugee Convention
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Government response to celebrities’ open letter
Here is the response to our open letter to the Prime Minister, calling for a kinder, fairer and more compassionate system for refugees in the UK. The letter was signed by Olivia Colman CBE, Stephen Fry, Shaparak Khorsandi, Joanna Lumley OBE FRGS, Thandiwe Newton OBE, Robert Rinder MBE and Dame Emma Thompson DBE along with 40 other famous people in UK.
Candlelit vigils honour refugees who lost their lives
People in towns and cities throughout the UK came together in silence to remember the men, women and children who perished at sea.
The vigils were organised following news that 27 people trying to reach safety here in the UK, drowned in the Channel.