We are proud to be part of a global Multistakeholder Pledge to aim to help at least 1 million refugees reunite with their families by 2030. More details on this initiative and how to pledge can be found here. Our pledge Together Now believe all families should be able to …
6 February 2024 In 2023 6114 family reunification visas were granted to the family members of refugees living in the UK. Over the same period the Red Cross supported around 1000 individuals and Together Now provided travel assistance for 340. This amounts to around 20% of those granted a visa …
Fawad* is an Afghan with Refugee Status living in the UK with his wife and children and working as a shop assistant whilst studying to return to his previous work in IT. His mother, who was displaced and living in Pakistan got her visa to come to the UK but …
This week the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration published a report on their reinspection of family reunion applications. “Sadly, my inspection team found that rather than building on the recommendations resulting from ICIBI’s last inspection in 2019, the Home Office’s performance has actually deteriorated. This inspection reveals a system beset …
In the two weeks since the end of the UK Covid-19 travel restrictions, we have been reflecting on the impact of the pandemic on our clients and our organisation. We wanted to make sure we have gone some way to capture the effects of this extraordinary time on some of …
Here a client shares his experience: “I would like to say that be with your family is so great a feeling. That feeling make you like strong after weakness. I was so sad because l left my family and very sad for my wife because she was alone when she …
We supported G with travel for his two teenage siblings H and R. Unfortunately they were not granted exit visas at the same time and due to the situation in Ethiopia deteriorating they travelled to the UK separately. “When we were in our home country the rule of the country …
“In Eritrea we used to work in agriculture we have big farming and in yearly basis we plant and maize and other harvest and also, we used to study. I left my country because of the regime and the slavery. In Eritrea we have dictatorship for 30 years and you’re literally …
“In Eritrea I worked with farmers to get money to feed my mum, my two little brothers and my daughter. My husband Hamid was a part of the military. They found one person he was linked to who was involved in the opposition and he had to leave. I went …
“I worked in real-estate company in Iran and Soha* works in beauty industry. I had to leave my country because government pressure me to leave because of my religion. I’m Cristian. The government confiscated all of my property. They want to execute me because of my belief and my religion.” …
