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Refugee Council

Refugee Council
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Founded British Council for Aid to Refugees (BCAR) 1951 by Dame Anne May Curwen, DBE
Type Non-profit
NGO
Location
Members
70 member organisations
Key people
Yvonne Cass (Chair)
Maurice Wren (Chief Executive)
Mission We give advice, support and information to asylum seekers and refugees. We campaign and lobby for the rights of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK and abroad. We work with refugee community organisations and other bodies to ensure that the voices of asylum seekers and refugees are heard and their needs are met
Website http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

The Refugee Council is the United Kingdom's leading organisation working with refugees and asylum seekers. The organisation provides support and advice to refugees and asylum seekers, as well as support for other refugee and asylum seeker organisations. The Refugee Council also produces a large number of reports and educational material relating to refugee issues, and lobbies politicians and the media on these issues. The Council works in partnership with many other refugee organisations, including the British Red Cross, Scottish Refugee Council, Welsh Refugee Council, North of England Refugee Service, Northern Refugee Centre, and Refugee Action.

The Refugee Council originated from two independent organisations, British Council for Aid to Refugees (BCAR) and the Standing Conference on Refugees (SCOR), which were both founded in 1951 following the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. In 1981 these two organisations merged to form the British Refugee Council which was later renamed the Refugee Council due to the establishment of various other regional refugee councils. The Refugee Council Archives are held at University of East London, Docklands Campus.

The Refugee Council's head office is in Stratford London. The charity's main activities are providing support and advice to asylum seekers and refugees themselves as well as to other organisations, undertaking research and policy work, and campaigning on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers. The Refugee Council is a member organisation of the Asylum Support Partnership and European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE).


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