Advocacy and influencing
We take refugees’ voices directly to the people in power, across Europe.
Safe routes
Too many refugees are forced to risk their lives to reach a place of safety, because of the lack of safe routes. We push for governments to create accessible, humane alternatives to those dangerous journeys.
We don’t just support individual families to reunite. We work to change the systems that keep them apart. By combining legal expertise, frontline experience and campaigning, we challenge harmful policies, expose barriers, and push for solutions that allow refugees to reach safety and rebuild their lives.
We focus on three key areas where change is urgently needed:
Family reunion
We fight for families to be reunited after being torn apart by war and persecution. Using evidence from our casework, we identify the barriers they face on their journeys to reunion and push for fairer, humane rules.
The right to seek safety
Everyone fleeing war and persecution has the right to seek protection. We campaign against policies that undermine this vital right and work to ensure people are treated with dignity and fairness.
Policy and government engagement
We work directly with decision-makers and refugees to improve how systems operate in practice.
In the UK, we engage with parliamentarians, contribute to policy debates, and mobilise public support to keep safe routes on the agenda and challenge harmful legislation.
In France, we work with government officials to improve family reunion processes and influence how European laws that affect refugees are implemented.
At the Franco-British border, we engage in bilateral discussions, pushing for cooperation that protects child refugees instead of punishing them.
In Greece, we work with partners and authorities to improve access to protection and ensure families can navigate complex asylum and reunion systems.
Campaigning with refugees
Our campaigns are shaped by the people most affected. In the UK, we work alongside young refugee campaigners to ensure our work reflects real experiences and focuses on solutions that actually make a difference.
We combine parliamentary engagement, public mobilisation, media work and youth-led campaigning to drive change; from opening new safe routes to challenging harmful policies.
Today, our movement is tens of thousands of people strong, standing together to demand a fairer system.
Research and evidence
Drawing on our casework across Europe, we publish reports that highlight the real barriers families face to reunite and rebuild their lives.
Our research helps inform policymakers, shift public debate, and build the case for safe routes and refugee rights.
Help us put compassion on politicians’ agenda
Our advocacy and campaigning work is powered by tens of thousands of people who believe a better way is possible.
That Europe’s laws and policies can and should give refugees a change to rebuild their lives, not punish them.
If you can, please consider making a donation to help us hold decision-makers to account and push for changes that protect refugees across Europe.
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