Celebrating Volunteer’s Week 2025: Thank you to our volunteers!
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Volunteer’s Week is a national celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the ...
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Volunteer Story: Meet Sunny, our Comms and Social Media Volunteer
17th June 2025
To mark Volunteers’ Week 2025, we’re shining a spotlight on one of our brilliant volunteers, Sunny, whose story was also featured on the Community Works website as part of their Volunteers’ Week series. Sunny has been volunteering with Voices for just over a year, bringing energy, creativity and a deep sense of purpose to his […]
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Safe Homes, Not Hotels: Open letter to Yvette Cooper demanding action on asylum accomodation
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Voices in Exile joined over 50 organisations in signing Conversations Over Borders’ open lette...
Launching our first Impact Report and kicking off our 20th anniversary celebrations
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On Thursday 10 April, we welcomed friends, partners, and members of the local community to the Fitzh...
Building confidence and community: Jamila’s journey with Voices
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At Voices in Exile, we strive to provide a welcoming space where refugees, asylum seekers, and migra...
Migrant parents screen video message across Westminster
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‘This week, Praxis campaigners screened a video message across Westminster to make migrant voi...
Finding a new passion in supporting others: Rahmat’s story
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Our volunteers play a vital role in supporting refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants as they naviga...
No child left behind: Take action now!
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This Government promised to cut child poverty. Right now, they are writing their strategy on how the...
Love in Limbo: Visa rules tearing families apart
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As loving couples and families will celebrate their love and relationships, this Valentines Day Voic...
Open letter: Refugee citizenship rules ‘breeding division and distrust’
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Voices in Exile signed, along with 148 organisations, a letter urging the government and Home Secret...
End the hostile and racist rhetoric in our politics: Open letter to Keir Starmer
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We are proud to join 136 orgs, with Together for Refugees, to call for the end to hostile politics, ...
Race Equality Week 2025: Proud
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We are proud to take part in Race Equality Week 2025, from February 3-9. It is an annual UK-wide mov...
Joint statement: Six months since the racist riots, we urge the government to take action
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Voices in Exile joined 60 racial justice, migrants rights and Muslim organisations to call on the go...
Joint public letter: Reconsider the decision to suspend all Syrian asylum claims
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Part of Asylum Matters’ campaign to Fight the Anti Refugee Laws, Voices in Exile join over 730...
Mitzvah Day at The Progressive Synagogue of Brighton and Hove: Stronger With Tea
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This Sunday November 24 was a special day at The Progressive Synagogue. Mitzvah Day is an internatio...
The shift to eVisas: what you need to know and how to protect your rights
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The UK government’s decision to move to a digital-only immigration system is set to take full effe...
We join 71 organisations writing to the government regarding transition to eVisa and migrants entitlements
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We’ve joined 71 organisations, including Migrants Organise and the3million, in writing to the ...
Live music, fasting and feasting: A heartfelt thank you to our incredible fundraisers
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At Voices in Exile, we’re continually moved by the dedication and creativity of our supporters. Fr...
Paula’s mentoring story: Could you be a Voices in Exile mentor?
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Paula joined us as an Admin volunteer and has also recently acted as a mentor to Voices in Exile ser...
Reunited in Brighton: A new start for Mohammed and Lana
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Here, Mohammed explains how support from Voices in Exile has helped him to settle in the UK since he...
Seasonal harvest from Goat Grid boosts the Voices in Exile food bank
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Our food bank relies on the generous donations we receive from individuals and funders. We recently ...
Addressing the housing crisis for refugees in Brighton: Challenges and solutions
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Our Generalist Advice Team offers essential support to refugees, asylum seekers, and vulnerable migr...
Joint briefing: Immigration legal aid
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Our legal aid system is in deep crisis. We need urgent change, now. Voices in Exile were part of a j...
Allies not Enemies: Pictures from a successful music event in solidarity with migrants
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In August, Cost of Living Events hosted an all day music event at the Gladstone Pub with 100% of pro...
Joint briefing: Immigration legal aid
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https://jcwi.org.uk/resource/joint-briefing-immigration-legal-aid/ Did you know that 4 million peopl...
Joint Statement: Response to the announcement to reopen Haslar and Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centres
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Voices in Exile reacted quickly to the announcement to reopen Haslar and Campsfield House Immigratio...
Allies not Enemies: Cost of Living Events presents a solidarity show for Voices in Exile
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On August 31 from 2pm until late, Cost of Living Events presents: Allies Not Enemies. An all-day mus...
Open letter: Demand accountability and an immediate shift in policy to prevent further riots
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Over 100 frontline organisations providing advice to migrants and communities across the country tod...
Open letter: 137 orgs and groups write to the Home Secretary demanding suspension of immigration reporting appointments
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Voices in Exile has today joined 137 organisations and groups in calling for an immediate suspension...
This is who we are: 240 refugee charities stand together in joint response to anti-immigrant violence
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Today we join over 240 orgs to stand in solidarity with those affected by the recent acts of violenc...
An open letter to Keir Starmer: Race riots
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With 80 anti-racist and migrant rights organisations, we’ve written to Keir Starmer asking for...
The Voices in Exile Summer Celebration: A joyful evening of community and conversation
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This July, we hosted our annual Summer Celebration at the Fitzherbert Centre, bringing togeth...
Solutions to homelessness amongst migrants: A signed briefing
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Homeless Link and NACCOM have have published a new policy briefing exploring the key drivers of, and...
EU Settlement Scheme: An open letter to the Prime Minister
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Together with The 3 Million and 75 partners from the migration sector, Voices in Exile have signed t...
Broken asylum system: Joint public letter to the Prime Minister
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Today we join 300 orgs & 500+ people in calling on 10 Downing Street to urgently overhaul our br...
Joint Letter: Migrant homelessness briefing to the government
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119 organisations including Voices in Exile have written to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative,...
UK Election: Open letter to candidates signed by 36 civil society groups
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Words carry weight. They shape how migrants and refugees are treated in the UK. We’ve joined 3...
Designing homelessness out of the asylum and immigration system: An open letter
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Everyone needs a safe place to live. But the immigration system pushes people into homelessness. Voi...
6 steps towards migrants justice
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The rights of people who move have been under attack for too long. Our media and our politicians wan...
Joining the call: Free the Rwanda detainees
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Voices in Exile joined hundreds of charities in the call to free the Rwanda detainees, coordinated b...
Read a new report from Safe Passage, Routes to safety: A new approach to people crossing the channel
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“People fleeing war and persecution have a right under international law to seek asylum, but c...
Volunteers Week 2024: A history of volunteering at Voices in Exile
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From Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th June, we’re celebrating Volunteers Week — a time to recognise th...
Majority of people crossing the Channel are refugees, new Refugee Council report shows
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A recent report from The Refugee Council highlights that most people risking the dangerous journey a...