Every day, individuals, schools and companies contact Refugee Action to ask how they can volunteer, donate and campaign to improve the lives of refugees living in Britain.
It’s too easy to argue that events of the past year, from Brexit to the Trump victory, show that people’s attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers are hardening, and that there is public support for closing our borders and turning our backs on some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
I believe the majority of people support a fair, effective and compassionate response to the refugee crisis, and we see this in action all of the time. In 2016, we started to see David Cameron’s pledge to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees in Britain become a reality. Communities all over the country are choosing to welcome refugees to their areas. We work in partnership with local authorities in rural and urban areas, from Birmingham and London to Shropshire and Herefordshire, to support refugees being resettled in Britain.
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