Jul 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
We were saddened and distured by the passing of the so-called Illegal Migration Bill earlier this month. This new law will have devastating implications for desperate refugees who have no choice but to flee their homelands and seek safety elsewhere. It is predicted...
Jul 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week I joined the leaders of 151 other organisations to call on the government to scrap plans to lock up refugee children as part of the Illegal Migration Bill. You can read our open letter to the Prime Minister here. Our letter highlights the government’s plans...
Jul 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
At The Separated Child Foundation we are dismayed by reports that hotels are once again being used to accommodate vulnerable, unaccompanied young refugees. In January this year, along with 100 other refugee and children’s charities, we wrote to the Prime...
Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
On behalf of The Separated Child Foundation, I have this week signed a joint sector statement of concern that new Home Office legislation will formalise a two-tier system discriminating against unaccompanied asylum seeking children and undermining the Children Act...
Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Together with over 100 other charities from the refugee and children’s sectors, we have written to the Prime Minister to express our deep concerns about separated children seeking asylum going missing from Home Office hotels. The children are suspected of being...
Nov 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
On Thursday 8th December, The London Chorus – with their conductor Ronald Corp OBE – will be hosting an evening of festive music and words in support of The Separated Child Foundation. The concert will take place in the stunning setting of St Cyprian’s...
