At Bath Welcomes Refugees, we are deeply concerned about the UK Government’s recently announced changes to the pathway to permanent settlement and the impact they could have on refugees and people seeking asylum. The Government describes its new Earned Settlement system as a fairer approach. However, we question how a system can be considered fair […]
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Building Belonging in Bath: Our 2026 Impact Report
Want to hear the stories? For the best listening experience, please download the report to your machine. Audio files may not work correctly when viewing the report in a browser or on a mobile device. Bath Welcomes Refugees has just published its Impact Report 2026, marking a year in which the charity supported 484 refugees […]
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Refugee Week 2026: what we did, and what we learned Refugee Week ran from 14-20 June this year, and Bath Welcomes Refugees put together nine events across the city to mark it. This year’s international theme was Courage, and rather than treat that as one big gesture, the programme looked at the many smaller forms […]
Read moreLord Dubs on Refugees, Hope, and Britain’s Moral Duty
In this moving interview, Lord Alf Dubs draws on his personal experience as a child refugee to make the case for a more compassionate and cooperative approach to asylum seekers and asks why Britain, which led the way in 1939, struggles to do the same today.
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