refugee action blog

In response to the Comprehensive Spending Review in which the Home Office is set to make cuts of 23% to its budget over four years, Dave Garratt, acting Chief Executive of Refugee Action, said:

“Refugee Action is acutely aware of the need to make spending cuts within the Home Office, and we welcome UKBA plans to cut their budget by reducing waste and simplifying systems. It is also vital that people fleeing war and human rights abuses get the protection they deserve. We believe that voluntary sector agencies like Refugee Action are the key to getting this balance right.  (more…)

Sixty-one years ago today, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, guaranteeing everyone the essential freedoms which most of us take for granted.

It provided a guide for people all around the world to help them understand what their rights are and how they can defend them.

Its message – that all human beings have the right to dignity and equality – is as relevant today as it was in 1948.

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