News

Winners of Refugee Week Wales Art Competition announced

Winner of this year’s Refugee Week Wales Art Competition receive their prizes from Dr Brian Gibbons, Minister for Social Justice and Local Government.

18th June 2008
The winners of the Refugee Week Wales Art Competition were announced today at a special ceremony in the National Assembly for Wales (read more...)

Minister Launches Refugee Inclusion Strategy at Welsh Refugee Council

Photo of Dr Brian Gibbons with Vicky Chitsiga, Banire Sy Savane and Mike Lewis

Dr Brian Gibbons meets refugees Vicky Chitsiga from Zimbabwe and Banire Sy Savane from Sierra Leone, along with Welsh Refugee Council Chief Executive Mike Lewis.

17th June 2008
Social Justice Minister Dr Brian Gibbons visited the Welsh Refugee Council office in Cardiff today to launch the Welsh Assembly Government’s Refugee Inclusion Strategy (read more...)

Refugee Week Wales

16th-22nd June
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Welsh Refugee Council response to Welsh Assembly Government’s announcement on access to healthcare for failed asylum seekers

20th May 2008
In response to the Welsh Assembly Government’s announcement that it will give free health care to refused asylum seekers, Anna Nicholl, Director of Policy and Communications said: (read more...)

MPs Get a Lesson in Asylum

6th May 2008
Welsh MPs in Westminster will today learn about what it’s like to seek asylum in Wales (read more...)

Minister to hear accounts from destitute asylum seekers in Wales

12th March 2008
Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, Brian Gibbons will today (Wednesday) hear harrowing accounts of destitute asylum seekers in Wales at an event in the Senedd (read more...)

Welsh Refugee Council at spring party conferences

8th February 2008
Welsh Refugee Council will be attending all four party political spring conferences this year (read more...)

Welsh Refugee Council highlights plight of destitute this Christmas

13th December 2007
This year, Wales’ leading refugee agency will not be sending Christmas cards but will instead donate money to its hardship fund for destitute asylum seekers (read more...)

Welsh Refugee Council Annual General Meeting

12th December 2007
Welsh Refugee Council will hold its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 12th December in the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay (read more...)