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12th January 2021 |
Ten things asylum seekers in Wales need to know
When you apply for asylum, there a lot you need to know. From where you live to how you take up employment and what you need to do to get your child or children into school, there are many expectations that asylum seekers must know about to help them navigate the asylum system while living …

18th December 2020 |
Barriers to Education and Employment for Refugees
There is a lot of evidence to suggest that refugees are disadvantaged when accessing the labour market in the UK. This report is a co-production between the South Wales University and the Welsh Refugee Council. It highlights the barriers refugees face when trying to move into employment and make recommendations to removing these barriers. …
20 March 2020
Urgent update from Welsh Refugee Council
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As you are aware, the ongoing coronavirus crisis means that many of us are having to change the way we work. We are committed to prioritising the safety, health and well-being of our service users, volunteers and staff during this challenging time. We are focusing on providing our essential services to refugee and asylum seekers and have already scaled back our non-urgent functions.
On Tuesday 24th March, 2020, we moved to a telephone only system. The phone line is available from 10am – 2pm.
If you, or someone you are supporting, needs to speak to one of our team about the following issues they should call on:
0808 1967273
The call will be triaged by one of our team and if we are able to help they will be called back by one of our experienced caseworkers. If an interpreter is required we will do our best to have an interpreter available on the phone.
Our Play Group and Face to face ESOL services have also been postponed. However, we are delivering ESOL classes online and have resources available here
You can keep up to date with the latest information on the Public Health Wales website
Thank you for your understanding during this challenging time and we look forward to being able to reopen our services as soon as it is safe to do so.
Best wishes and keep safe,
Welsh Refugee Council
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Please call Freephone: 0808 196 7273 to make an appointment