Refugees and young migrants

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Migrant & Refugee Woman of the Year Awards logo
Recognising and celebrating brave young refugee and migrant women
Each year hundreds of unaccompanied young women escape persecution at home to seek protection in the UK - nominate a refugee woman you admire
03 December 2012, 1 comment
Ilona Pinter, Policy Adviser
Policy team
MPs and peers hear startling stories of life on asylum support
At the first evidence session of the parliamentary inquiry into asylum support for children and young people, experts said that essential needs are unmet
22 November 2012
Nadine Ibbetson, Policy Officer
Policy team
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The state of support for families seeking protection in the UK
Around 20,000 people, including unaccompanied children, seek asylum in the UK. The level of support they receive is being discussed in parliament
19 November 2012
David Hounsell, Economic Adviser
Policy team
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Singing to support young people
Funds raised while carol singing this year help pay for our work with thousands of young people across the country
16 October 2012
Loretta Jones, Regional Fundraising Development Coordinator
Fundraising and events team
Supporting Roma families through multi-agency mediation
After a TV programme raised Roma residents' fears, our SMART programme worked with local agencies to allay the community's fears
10 October 2012, 2 comments
Rosie Tapsfield, Senior Practitioner
Programme staff
Reviewing children's journeys through the asylum process
Our Policy Advisor Ilona Pinter explains the importance of our new report on young people's journeys through the UK asylum process
24 September 2012
Ilona Pinter, Policy Adviser
Policy team
Humane levels of support for asylum-seeking families
In a recent case the German Constitutional Court ruled that the current benefits level paid to asylum seekers in Germany was insufficient.
04 September 2012
Ilona Pinter, Policy Adviser
Policy team
Zeina looking at camera
Seven months with MPs, practitioners and an amazing range of children
Our policy team volunteer Zeina writes about her experiences working across issues such as poverty, disability and asylum-seekers
27 June 2012
Zeina Whalley, Policy and Public Affairs Volunteer
Policy team
Refugee Week and why it matters
Our Policy Adviser addresses the history of Refugee Week and how it matters just as much today as when it was founded fifteen years ago.
17 June 2012
Natalie Williams, Policy Officer
Policy team
Immigration policies push 120,000 children towards destitution
Ilona Pinter writes of a new report from a centre at Oxford University that addresses immigration policies' effects on children.
17 May 2012
Ilona Pinter, Policy Adviser
Policy team

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