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Month: April 2026

A 16 year-old girl fled for her life to escape the Iranian regime

Three years ago, Iranian teenager Rozhan and her family were forced to leave their home when the authorities discovered her mother was attending a secret Christian church. Rohan tells their
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Great stories about refugees contributing to UK communities

The UNHCR website has some very positive accounts of refugees’ contributions to their communities, whether nursing, teaching, singing, acting or cooking.   https://www.unhcr.org/uk/special-features/great-british-welcome  
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RNLI Dungeness lifeboat often rescues asylum seekers in inflatables

Radio 4’s Book of the Week features a very moving account of rescuing asylum seekers in the channel by the Dungeness lifeboat. It is adapted from Domino Gregory’s book, “The
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100s of faith leaders challenge Mahmood on changes to family reunion

Amidst a major asylum policy overhaul, 720 bishops, rabbis, church ministers, Quakers and an imam from UK communities have written to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to raise concerns for
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100 Labour MPs seeking to modify harsh new asylum rules.

100 Labour MPs have signed a letter to the Prime Minister calling for harsh new asylum rules to be softened and, according to The Guardian, some ministers are also calling
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Safe Passage outlines recent drastic changes to immigration and asylum policies.

 The Home Secretary has recently unveiled some of the most drastic changes to immigration and asylum policies in decades – just months after suspending refugee family reunion and amid escalating
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