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We stand with refugees for safety, family and justice, using legal expertise and advocacy to bring refugee families together 👪
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A loud minority may be trying to divide us - but the truth is, most of us just want refugees to feel safe and at home.
We’ll never stop saying it: refugees belong here🧡
Join tens of thousands across the UK and beyond standing up for refugee rights >> www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign
We’ll never stop saying it: refugees belong here🧡
Join tens of thousands across the UK and beyond standing up for refugee rights >> www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign
According to a major study, Denmark has the worst family reunion policy among 54 other countries. What kind of example is this?
The UK government should be learning how to treat people seeking safety with compassion, not how to make their lives even harder.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The UK government should be learning how to treat people seeking safety with compassion, not how to make their lives even harder.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
According to a major study, Denmark has the worst family reunion policy among 54 other countries. What kind of example is this?
The UK government should be learning how to treat people seeking safety with compassion, not how to make their lives even harder.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The UK government should be learning how to treat people seeking safety with compassion, not how to make their lives even harder.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UPDATE: Lord Dubs' amendment for child refugees to the Border Security Bill was lost to a vote. But across parties, Peers spoke up for the simple right of families to be together. It's a reminder that in Parliament and beyond, people are still standing up for compassion.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
UPDATE: Lord Dubs' amendment for child refugees to the Border Security Bill was lost to a vote. But across parties, Peers spoke up for the simple right of families to be together. It's a reminder that in Parliament and beyond, people are still standing up for compassion.
In 2017, now-Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called on the Conservative Government to protect unaccompanied child refugees. But today, she’s the one pushing ahead with the suspension of refugee family reunion.
Take action: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
Take action: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In 2017, now-Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called on the Conservative Government to protect unaccompanied child refugees. But today, she’s the one pushing ahead with the suspension of refugee family reunion.
Take action: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
Take action: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
🚨 Today, a crucial amendment to protect child refugees will be debated in the House of Lords.
Here’s what you need to know 👇
Here’s what you need to know 👇
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨 Today, a crucial amendment to protect child refugees will be debated in the House of Lords.
Here’s what you need to know 👇
Here’s what you need to know 👇
Children don’t stop moving just because safe routes are closed. But they do take riskier journeys.
When the Government suspends vital safe routes, it leaves them with no choice but to turn to smugglers to reach their families in UK.
Take action: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
When the Government suspends vital safe routes, it leaves them with no choice but to turn to smugglers to reach their families in UK.
Take action: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Children don’t stop moving just because safe routes are closed. But they do take riskier journeys.
When the Government suspends vital safe routes, it leaves them with no choice but to turn to smugglers to reach their families in UK.
Take action: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
When the Government suspends vital safe routes, it leaves them with no choice but to turn to smugglers to reach their families in UK.
Take action: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
Many of these children arrived alone in the UK after fleeing war and persecution, often facing exploitation on their journeys, and are now feared taken by traffickers.
Child refugees deserve safety and care — not to be put at risk of going missing 💔 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Child refugees deserve safety and care — not to be put at risk of going missing 💔 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Many of these children arrived alone in the UK after fleeing war and persecution, often facing exploitation on their journeys, and are now feared taken by traffickers.
Child refugees deserve safety and care — not to be put at risk of going missing 💔 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Child refugees deserve safety and care — not to be put at risk of going missing 💔 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This right should never have been denied.
It's a relief that some Palestinian students will be able to bring their children with them to safety, but allowing this on a "case-by-case" basis is not enough.
Families belong together & it’s time the government made that a reality.
It's a relief that some Palestinian students will be able to bring their children with them to safety, but allowing this on a "case-by-case" basis is not enough.
Families belong together & it’s time the government made that a reality.
Dependants of Gaza students can come to UK, government says
The decision is a reversal of the original policy which only supported the evacuation of the students themselves.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This right should never have been denied.
It's a relief that some Palestinian students will be able to bring their children with them to safety, but allowing this on a "case-by-case" basis is not enough.
Families belong together & it’s time the government made that a reality.
It's a relief that some Palestinian students will be able to bring their children with them to safety, but allowing this on a "case-by-case" basis is not enough.
Families belong together & it’s time the government made that a reality.
🚨UPDATE: 850 people have already written to the Home Secretary to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion - will you be next?
It only takes a minute. Hit the link and tell the Home Secretary: families should be #TogetherNotTorn: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
It only takes a minute. Hit the link and tell the Home Secretary: families should be #TogetherNotTorn: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
Stop the family reunion suspension: Email the Home Secretary
The government has just suspended refugee family reunion – the main safe route for children to join their refugee parents in the UK. We can’t let them tear families apart in our name. This cruel decis...
act.safepassage.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨UPDATE: 850 people have already written to the Home Secretary to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion - will you be next?
It only takes a minute. Hit the link and tell the Home Secretary: families should be #TogetherNotTorn: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
It only takes a minute. Hit the link and tell the Home Secretary: families should be #TogetherNotTorn: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
🚨 Over 2,000 people have reportedly been executed in Sudan’s El Fasher, in what has been described as ethnically motivated mass killings.
As violence spirals, we see families and children left trapped in warzones and forced to flee with nowhere safe to go. (1/3)
As violence spirals, we see families and children left trapped in warzones and forced to flee with nowhere safe to go. (1/3)
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🚨 Over 2,000 people have reportedly been executed in Sudan’s El Fasher, in what has been described as ethnically motivated mass killings.
As violence spirals, we see families and children left trapped in warzones and forced to flee with nowhere safe to go. (1/3)
As violence spirals, we see families and children left trapped in warzones and forced to flee with nowhere safe to go. (1/3)
🚨 URGENT: We're launching a campaign to stop this Government tearing families apart – will you join us?
A few weeks ago, the Government suspended refugee family reunion. We can't let this stand.
✍️ Email the Home Secretary NOW: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
A few weeks ago, the Government suspended refugee family reunion. We can't let this stand.
✍️ Email the Home Secretary NOW: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨 URGENT: We're launching a campaign to stop this Government tearing families apart – will you join us?
A few weeks ago, the Government suspended refugee family reunion. We can't let this stand.
✍️ Email the Home Secretary NOW: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
A few weeks ago, the Government suspended refugee family reunion. We can't let this stand.
✍️ Email the Home Secretary NOW: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
*3 facts the far-right doesn't want you to know*
📌0.7% - This is the percentage of the UK population that are refugees. We’re not being “overrun”. Refugees make up less than 1 in 100 people in the UK. (1/3)
📌0.7% - This is the percentage of the UK population that are refugees. We’re not being “overrun”. Refugees make up less than 1 in 100 people in the UK. (1/3)
October 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
*3 facts the far-right doesn't want you to know*
📌0.7% - This is the percentage of the UK population that are refugees. We’re not being “overrun”. Refugees make up less than 1 in 100 people in the UK. (1/3)
📌0.7% - This is the percentage of the UK population that are refugees. We’re not being “overrun”. Refugees make up less than 1 in 100 people in the UK. (1/3)
A few days ago in Nottingham, residents hung hand-painted signs reading “we are kind” and “we are welcoming”.
When a loud minority is trying to divide us, ordinary people up and down the UK are showing what our country really stands for. Compassion, kindness, and community 🧡
When a loud minority is trying to divide us, ordinary people up and down the UK are showing what our country really stands for. Compassion, kindness, and community 🧡
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A few days ago in Nottingham, residents hung hand-painted signs reading “we are kind” and “we are welcoming”.
When a loud minority is trying to divide us, ordinary people up and down the UK are showing what our country really stands for. Compassion, kindness, and community 🧡
When a loud minority is trying to divide us, ordinary people up and down the UK are showing what our country really stands for. Compassion, kindness, and community 🧡
Wishing a joyful Diwali to all of our friends!
May the festival of lights bring hope to all, and remind us of the power of community to light the way 🧡
May the festival of lights bring hope to all, and remind us of the power of community to light the way 🧡
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Wishing a joyful Diwali to all of our friends!
May the festival of lights bring hope to all, and remind us of the power of community to light the way 🧡
May the festival of lights bring hope to all, and remind us of the power of community to light the way 🧡
Wherever we're from, we all deserve to live in safety with our family. But right now, this government's policies are threatening these fundamental rights.
Thousands of people across the UK are standing up to this and demanding compassion. Join us: www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign?utm...
Thousands of people across the UK are standing up to this and demanding compassion. Join us: www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign?utm...
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Wherever we're from, we all deserve to live in safety with our family. But right now, this government's policies are threatening these fundamental rights.
Thousands of people across the UK are standing up to this and demanding compassion. Join us: www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign?utm...
Thousands of people across the UK are standing up to this and demanding compassion. Join us: www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign?utm...
Since 2014, at least 32,774 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean (IOM Missing Migrants Project). Behind this number are real people — parents, children, siblings, friends — each with hopes and dreams, each with loved ones missing them.
SAFE ROUTES, SAVE LIVES
SAFE ROUTES, SAVE LIVES
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Since 2014, at least 32,774 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean (IOM Missing Migrants Project). Behind this number are real people — parents, children, siblings, friends — each with hopes and dreams, each with loved ones missing them.
SAFE ROUTES, SAVE LIVES
SAFE ROUTES, SAVE LIVES
A reminder: behind every journey is a story of loss, hope, and the search for safety and family.
Join the fight for refugee rights: www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign?utm...
Join the fight for refugee rights: www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign?utm...
October 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A reminder: behind every journey is a story of loss, hope, and the search for safety and family.
Join the fight for refugee rights: www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign?utm...
Join the fight for refugee rights: www.safepassage.org.uk/campaign?utm...
Shoutout to Taylor, Fancy, Nilesh, Alabama & Kaina, who took on the Royal Parks Half and absolutely smashed it this weekend!
Together, they’ve already raised over £4,000, running not just for the finish line, but for a future where child refugees can find safety and be reunited with their families
Together, they’ve already raised over £4,000, running not just for the finish line, but for a future where child refugees can find safety and be reunited with their families
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Shoutout to Taylor, Fancy, Nilesh, Alabama & Kaina, who took on the Royal Parks Half and absolutely smashed it this weekend!
Together, they’ve already raised over £4,000, running not just for the finish line, but for a future where child refugees can find safety and be reunited with their families
Together, they’ve already raised over £4,000, running not just for the finish line, but for a future where child refugees can find safety and be reunited with their families
We could all do with a little hope today 💛
These are just a few of the hundreds of messages we’ve received for refugees arriving in the UK
For someone who has fled war and persecution, a message of welcome can mean everything.
These are just a few of the hundreds of messages we’ve received for refugees arriving in the UK
For someone who has fled war and persecution, a message of welcome can mean everything.
October 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We could all do with a little hope today 💛
These are just a few of the hundreds of messages we’ve received for refugees arriving in the UK
For someone who has fled war and persecution, a message of welcome can mean everything.
These are just a few of the hundreds of messages we’ve received for refugees arriving in the UK
For someone who has fled war and persecution, a message of welcome can mean everything.
Two years on, Gaza is still burning – and families are still torn apart.
Tens of thousands of lives lost in Gaza and 1,200 in Israel.
Millions displaced.
Families shattered by relentless bombardment, siege, and forced displacement, in what has become an ongoing genocide. 1/4
Tens of thousands of lives lost in Gaza and 1,200 in Israel.
Millions displaced.
Families shattered by relentless bombardment, siege, and forced displacement, in what has become an ongoing genocide. 1/4
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Two years on, Gaza is still burning – and families are still torn apart.
Tens of thousands of lives lost in Gaza and 1,200 in Israel.
Millions displaced.
Families shattered by relentless bombardment, siege, and forced displacement, in what has become an ongoing genocide. 1/4
Tens of thousands of lives lost in Gaza and 1,200 in Israel.
Millions displaced.
Families shattered by relentless bombardment, siege, and forced displacement, in what has become an ongoing genocide. 1/4
This should never be normal. Children risk these journeys because there are no safe alternatives to reach safety and their loved ones.
That's the direct result of restrictive policies that leave children with no other choice.
That's the direct result of restrictive policies that leave children with no other choice.
October 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This should never be normal. Children risk these journeys because there are no safe alternatives to reach safety and their loved ones.
That's the direct result of restrictive policies that leave children with no other choice.
That's the direct result of restrictive policies that leave children with no other choice.
This #BlackHistoryMonth and every month, we stand with Black refugees and communities whose experiences show us that the fight for safety is also a fight against racism.
Hostile borders, anti-refugee rhetoric and policies, and racist discrimination don’t exist in isolation.
Hostile borders, anti-refugee rhetoric and policies, and racist discrimination don’t exist in isolation.
October 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This #BlackHistoryMonth and every month, we stand with Black refugees and communities whose experiences show us that the fight for safety is also a fight against racism.
Hostile borders, anti-refugee rhetoric and policies, and racist discrimination don’t exist in isolation.
Hostile borders, anti-refugee rhetoric and policies, and racist discrimination don’t exist in isolation.
Refugee family reunion was never a "golden ticket". It was already highly restrictive, blocking children reuniting with siblings, or the only relatives they had left. Families were already waiting months or years. And now, the government wants to tear even more families apart.
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
People granted asylum will no longer be given “the golden ticket” of resettlement and family reunion rights, Keir Starmer said, amid deepening concerns from charities that his words are demonising refugees.
As the prime minister prepared to discuss illegal migration with European leaders, No 10 outlined plans to strip successful claimants of the right to automatically invite spouses and children to join them. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Refugee family reunion was never a "golden ticket". It was already highly restrictive, blocking children reuniting with siblings, or the only relatives they had left. Families were already waiting months or years. And now, the government wants to tear even more families apart.
📍Labour Party Conference, Liverpool
Migration may have dominated the headlines over the last few days, but this Government has yet to put forward compassionate policies to stop deaths in the Channel.
Here's the message we shared at our panel with the Safe Routes Coalition👇
Migration may have dominated the headlines over the last few days, but this Government has yet to put forward compassionate policies to stop deaths in the Channel.
Here's the message we shared at our panel with the Safe Routes Coalition👇
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📍Labour Party Conference, Liverpool
Migration may have dominated the headlines over the last few days, but this Government has yet to put forward compassionate policies to stop deaths in the Channel.
Here's the message we shared at our panel with the Safe Routes Coalition👇
Migration may have dominated the headlines over the last few days, but this Government has yet to put forward compassionate policies to stop deaths in the Channel.
Here's the message we shared at our panel with the Safe Routes Coalition👇
🚨Were you or your family affected by the Ministry of Defence Afghan data breach?
Refugee Legal Support has launched a survey to hear from those impacted. Responses are anonymous and will be used to make recommendations to the UK Parliament.
⏰: 5/10
👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Refugee Legal Support has launched a survey to hear from those impacted. Responses are anonymous and will be used to make recommendations to the UK Parliament.
⏰: 5/10
👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🚨Were you or your family affected by the Ministry of Defence Afghan data breach?
Refugee Legal Support has launched a survey to hear from those impacted. Responses are anonymous and will be used to make recommendations to the UK Parliament.
⏰: 5/10
👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Refugee Legal Support has launched a survey to hear from those impacted. Responses are anonymous and will be used to make recommendations to the UK Parliament.
⏰: 5/10
👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Farzad was just 14 when he had to leave Afghanistan, alone. Like many boys his age, he risked being recruited by the Taliban, and his dad’s activism made him an even bigger target. He made it safely to France, but the separation took a devastating toll on the family.
📷: A. Mercier
📷: A. Mercier
September 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Farzad was just 14 when he had to leave Afghanistan, alone. Like many boys his age, he risked being recruited by the Taliban, and his dad’s activism made him an even bigger target. He made it safely to France, but the separation took a devastating toll on the family.
📷: A. Mercier
📷: A. Mercier