Refugee Action
@refugeeaction.bsky.social
🧡 Everyone has a right to safety. Join us to stand with refugees and people seeking asylum.
https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/
https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/
New reporting shows the “one in, one out” scheme is harming survivors of torture and trafficking while failing to deter crossings. Safeguards in detention are breaking down. This is performative cruelty, not effective policy.
Read the investigation: https://bit.ly/4sKHBZA
Read the investigation: https://bit.ly/4sKHBZA
UK’s ‘one in, one out’ scheme has failed to protect torture survivors, says charity
Medical Justice report finds Home Office approach has led to ‘near total disregard for identified vulnerabilities’
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
New reporting shows the “one in, one out” scheme is harming survivors of torture and trafficking while failing to deter crossings. Safeguards in detention are breaking down. This is performative cruelty, not effective policy.
Read the investigation: https://bit.ly/4sKHBZA
Read the investigation: https://bit.ly/4sKHBZA
The Guardian reports far- right groups harassing people seeking safety in northern France, destroying water supplies and invading sleeping spaces. This is where the politics of division leads. We need leaders who choose hope and unity. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/4sRPMn2
‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France
Aid groups say rise of far-right rhetoric in politics has fed into intimidation, vandalism and hate graffiti around migrant camps
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The Guardian reports far- right groups harassing people seeking safety in northern France, destroying water supplies and invading sleeping spaces. This is where the politics of division leads. We need leaders who choose hope and unity. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/4sRPMn2
Finding a safe home should not be this hard. People seeking safety face unacceptable conditions, social homes are not being built, and decades of underinvestment have created a housing emergency affecting us all.
Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Finding a safe home should not be this hard. People seeking safety face unacceptable conditions, social homes are not being built, and decades of underinvestment have created a housing emergency affecting us all.
Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
People who survive an authoritarian regime should not have to risk their lives again just to exercise their right to seek asylum here.
The atrocities in Iran show how important it is that the UK welcomes and provides safe routes for refugees.
4,780 Iranians were forced to make dangerous channel crossings in the year ending September 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro
4,780 Iranians were forced to make dangerous channel crossings in the year ending September 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro
Leaked photos show hundreds killed in Iran's brutal crackdown
The images from one mortuary in Tehran were shown to families who went to identify their loved ones.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
People who survive an authoritarian regime should not have to risk their lives again just to exercise their right to seek asylum here.
The atrocities in Iran show how important it is that the UK welcomes and provides safe routes for refugees.
4,780 Iranians were forced to make dangerous channel crossings in the year ending September 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro
4,780 Iranians were forced to make dangerous channel crossings in the year ending September 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro
Leaked photos show hundreds killed in Iran's brutal crackdown
The images from one mortuary in Tehran were shown to families who went to identify their loved ones.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The atrocities in Iran show how important it is that the UK welcomes and provides safe routes for refugees.
4,780 Iranians were forced to make dangerous channel crossings in the year ending September 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro
4,780 Iranians were forced to make dangerous channel crossings in the year ending September 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro
January just got tastier. Bring friends, colleagues, or your community together to host a Potluck for refugees. Share a meal, show solidarity, and support people seeking safety. It is easy to organise and powerful to take part.
Sign up today: https://bit.ly/4a1k1jU
Sign up today: https://bit.ly/4a1k1jU
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
January just got tastier. Bring friends, colleagues, or your community together to host a Potluck for refugees. Share a meal, show solidarity, and support people seeking safety. It is easy to organise and powerful to take part.
Sign up today: https://bit.ly/4a1k1jU
Sign up today: https://bit.ly/4a1k1jU
For too long, public debate about asylum has been dominated by fear and division. Yet the evidence shows that communities are strongest when everyone has a safe place to live and a fair chance to contribute.
Read our blog here: https://bit.ly/4bEP2eC
Read our blog here: https://bit.ly/4bEP2eC
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
For too long, public debate about asylum has been dominated by fear and division. Yet the evidence shows that communities are strongest when everyone has a safe place to live and a fair chance to contribute.
Read our blog here: https://bit.ly/4bEP2eC
Read our blog here: https://bit.ly/4bEP2eC
A system in which Government spends money on social housing for all rather than on private companies and landlords? Makes total sense to us. In fact, we've even written a whole report about it.
It means more homes for all people in need.
inews.co.uk/news/council...
It means more homes for all people in need.
inews.co.uk/news/council...
Council houses to be built for asylum seekers in new scheme
Five councils in England and Wales have confirmed they are keen to take part in the pilot
inews.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
A system in which Government spends money on social housing for all rather than on private companies and landlords? Makes total sense to us. In fact, we've even written a whole report about it.
It means more homes for all people in need.
inews.co.uk/news/council...
It means more homes for all people in need.
inews.co.uk/news/council...
Shabana Mahmood’s latest asylum plans are dangerous for all communities.
The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”.
If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen.
www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...
The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”.
If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen.
www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...
January 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Shabana Mahmood’s latest asylum plans are dangerous for all communities.
The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”.
If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen.
www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...
The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”.
If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen.
www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...
There’s still time to see your donation doubled. Winter is the hardest time for people seeking safety. Your support can provide warmth, advice and stability for those rebuilding their lives.
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
Donate to Refugee Action
Help Refugee Action build a compassionate UK that welcomes people seeking safety.
donate.refugee-action.org.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
There’s still time to see your donation doubled. Winter is the hardest time for people seeking safety. Your support can provide warmth, advice and stability for those rebuilding their lives.
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
Each winter, we invite supporters to write messages of welcome on Christmas baubles to share with people navigating the asylum system. They are reminding people they are seen and not alone. We’re sharing a few today. ❤️
Donate to power our work this winter: https://bit.ly/44hMH5a
Donate to power our work this winter: https://bit.ly/44hMH5a
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Each winter, we invite supporters to write messages of welcome on Christmas baubles to share with people navigating the asylum system. They are reminding people they are seen and not alone. We’re sharing a few today. ❤️
Donate to power our work this winter: https://bit.ly/44hMH5a
Donate to power our work this winter: https://bit.ly/44hMH5a
No one should face winter alone. As the weather gets colder, people seeking safety are forced to navigate the asylum system without support. Our Winter Appeal will double your donation.
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
Donate to Refugee Action
Help Refugee Action build a compassionate UK that welcomes people seeking safety.
donate.refugee-action.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
No one should face winter alone. As the weather gets colder, people seeking safety are forced to navigate the asylum system without support. Our Winter Appeal will double your donation.
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
Any donations made until the end of the year will be matched up to £18,000, meaning your impact is doubled. This Christmas, your kindness can help bring families back together.
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Any donations made until the end of the year will be matched up to £18,000, meaning your impact is doubled. This Christmas, your kindness can help bring families back together.
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
Every donation you make will now be doubled. This winter is one of the toughest yet for people seeking safety. Give today and your support will go twice as far to help people rebuild their lives. 💛
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
Donate to Refugee Action
Help Refugee Action build a compassionate UK that welcomes people seeking safety.
donate.refugee-action.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Every donation you make will now be doubled. This winter is one of the toughest yet for people seeking safety. Give today and your support will go twice as far to help people rebuild their lives. 💛
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
https://donate.refugee-action.org.uk/page/180644/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=CC2526_Social
This year was hard, but you chose welcome. When fear got louder, you showed up and turned care into action. You stood beside people rebuilding their lives. People like you are the much-needed hope in the road ahead. We keep going together. Share this and tell us what “welcome” means to you.
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This year was hard, but you chose welcome. When fear got louder, you showed up and turned care into action. You stood beside people rebuilding their lives. People like you are the much-needed hope in the road ahead. We keep going together. Share this and tell us what “welcome” means to you.
The level of taxpayer-funded violence at the UK-France border revealed in this report is sickening.
We support @humansforrights.bsky.social calls for an independent public inquiry into the UK government’s role in the increase in violence and deaths at the border in recent years.
We support @humansforrights.bsky.social calls for an independent public inquiry into the UK government’s role in the increase in violence and deaths at the border in recent years.
🚨EMERGENCY AT THE UK-FRANCE BORDER 🚨 Today we are launching our new collaborative report reveals that people attempting to cross the UK-France border are subjected to horrifying levels of state violence. www.humansforrights.org/state-violence
"You can't stay and you can't go" - State Violence at the UK-France Border — Humans for Rights Network
www.humansforrights.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The level of taxpayer-funded violence at the UK-France border revealed in this report is sickening.
We support @humansforrights.bsky.social calls for an independent public inquiry into the UK government’s role in the increase in violence and deaths at the border in recent years.
We support @humansforrights.bsky.social calls for an independent public inquiry into the UK government’s role in the increase in violence and deaths at the border in recent years.
We want to say one thing: thank you.
Your kindness keeps our vital services running and helps people seeking safety rebuild their futures here in the UK.
💛 Take our short survey and help shape the emails we send.
act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/181884/...
Your kindness keeps our vital services running and helps people seeking safety rebuild their futures here in the UK.
💛 Take our short survey and help shape the emails we send.
act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/181884/...
Take our survey
act.refugee-action.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We want to say one thing: thank you.
Your kindness keeps our vital services running and helps people seeking safety rebuild their futures here in the UK.
💛 Take our short survey and help shape the emails we send.
act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/181884/...
Your kindness keeps our vital services running and helps people seeking safety rebuild their futures here in the UK.
💛 Take our short survey and help shape the emails we send.
act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/181884/...
Cathy and Bsma describe how the government’s dehumanising plans for asylum make them feel. Families wait years, contribute locally, yet aren’t treated as human. These distractions won’t stop fatal Channel crossings. Choose dignity, fairness and belonging. Share their voices today.
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Cathy and Bsma describe how the government’s dehumanising plans for asylum make them feel. Families wait years, contribute locally, yet aren’t treated as human. These distractions won’t stop fatal Channel crossings. Choose dignity, fairness and belonging. Share their voices today.
Will you go live for refugees? Join our movement of gamers and streamers doing something amazing for people seeking safety. Whether you’re a gamer, a musician, an incredible knitter or an ace cook, live-stream it! Everything you raise will power our fight for a fairer future for refugees.
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Will you go live for refugees? Join our movement of gamers and streamers doing something amazing for people seeking safety. Whether you’re a gamer, a musician, an incredible knitter or an ace cook, live-stream it! Everything you raise will power our fight for a fairer future for refugees.
Right now public money fuels private profit while people live in poor conditions. It hurts all our communities. Our report sets out a council-run alternative. Email your MP and ask them to speak about it in Parliament: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
Tell your MP to back community-led housing in 2 minutes!
It's time to give councils what they need to lead asylum housing and invest in social homes. I’ve asked my MP to read Refugee Action’s new report and back it. Add your voice now!
act.refugee-action.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Right now public money fuels private profit while people live in poor conditions. It hurts all our communities. Our report sets out a council-run alternative. Email your MP and ask them to speak about it in Parliament: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
This new law is anti-refugee.
It’s another attack on rights, and further criminalises people seeking safety.
Instead of lifting the ban on work and uniting communities, the government is doubling down on failed deterrence policies.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
http://bit.ly/3Kwpe9z
It’s another attack on rights, and further criminalises people seeking safety.
Instead of lifting the ban on work and uniting communities, the government is doubling down on failed deterrence policies.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
http://bit.ly/3Kwpe9z
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This new law is anti-refugee.
It’s another attack on rights, and further criminalises people seeking safety.
Instead of lifting the ban on work and uniting communities, the government is doubling down on failed deterrence policies.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
http://bit.ly/3Kwpe9z
It’s another attack on rights, and further criminalises people seeking safety.
Instead of lifting the ban on work and uniting communities, the government is doubling down on failed deterrence policies.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
http://bit.ly/3Kwpe9z
Great night at The Conduit Club bringing together companies, unions and charities to discuss why lifting the work ban for people seeking asylum benefits everyone. Thanks to our hosts and panel.
Want to join the 300+ orgs backing the campaign? Drop us a message.
Want to join the 300+ orgs backing the campaign? Drop us a message.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Great night at The Conduit Club bringing together companies, unions and charities to discuss why lifting the work ban for people seeking asylum benefits everyone. Thanks to our hosts and panel.
Want to join the 300+ orgs backing the campaign? Drop us a message.
Want to join the 300+ orgs backing the campaign? Drop us a message.
Do deterrence policies stop people from fleeing? The Rwanda policy, Bibby Stockholm, ban on work and countless others show they do not. People leave because they have no choice.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Do deterrence policies stop people from fleeing? The Rwanda policy, Bibby Stockholm, ban on work and countless others show they do not. People leave because they have no choice.
🧵: The Government’s dehumanising new asylum proposals – what are they, and why it matters.
It's worth us saying, none of these plans are in force yet. They require new rules or legislation. And in many areas, the details are still unclear.
It's worth us saying, none of these plans are in force yet. They require new rules or legislation. And in many areas, the details are still unclear.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🧵: The Government’s dehumanising new asylum proposals – what are they, and why it matters.
It's worth us saying, none of these plans are in force yet. They require new rules or legislation. And in many areas, the details are still unclear.
It's worth us saying, none of these plans are in force yet. They require new rules or legislation. And in many areas, the details are still unclear.
Migration is both wonderful and life-saving.
Solidarity to everyone feeling dehumanised, tired and anxious about the future thanks to yet more racist measures that have been announced by the government today.
Solidarity to everyone feeling dehumanised, tired and anxious about the future thanks to yet more racist measures that have been announced by the government today.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Migration is both wonderful and life-saving.
Solidarity to everyone feeling dehumanised, tired and anxious about the future thanks to yet more racist measures that have been announced by the government today.
Solidarity to everyone feeling dehumanised, tired and anxious about the future thanks to yet more racist measures that have been announced by the government today.