Whether you signed a petition, attended an event, shared a post, tuned into an interview, or prayed with us: thank you for standing alongside refugees this World Day of Migrants and Refugees and always 🤝💙

We took on the Vitality London 10K on the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, running in solidarity with, and raising vital funds for, people seeking sanctuary. Thank you to our amazing runners and to everyone who donated

We visited two churches to share our work and pray together on the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, sharing prayers rooted in accompaniment: walking alongside refugee friends with compassion, dignity, and hope

We delivered 12 radio interviews across several regional news outlets to spread the word about our Defend Asylum campaign, calling on the UK government to 1️⃣ Restore the right to asylum 2️⃣ Put dignity and protection at the heart of the asylum system 3️⃣ End immigration detention

On Thursday, we spoke with members of the Jesuit Young Adult Ministry about Catholic Social Teaching and the Church’s welcome to refugees

On Wednesday, @childrenscomm.bsky.social spoke at our inaugural annual lecture, chaired by Julie Etchingham. She focused on the importance of accuracy for refugee children, and warned that children treated as adults and placed in detention represent a “shocking failure” of the asylum system

Last week, as we marked World Day of Migrants and Refugees, supporters, partners, volunteers and friends joined us across the country to call for a more welcoming society. Take a look at everything we got up to! 👀

Tayeb* was just 16 when he fled Sudan and came to the UK seeking safety. When his age was wrongly recorded, he was detained at Harmondsworth IRC and treated as an adult. With support from our Detention Outreach Team, he secured an age assessment and was eventually released into care.

A particular focus of the lecture was the treatment of young people whose ages are disputed by authorities. Citing recent data, she said that of 1,897 people assessed as adults over a six-month period, 442 decisions were later overturned, with hundreds of cases still awaiting resolution.

Speaking at the inaugural JRS UK Annual Lecture yesterday, Dame Rachel challenged policymakers & the wider public to place children at the centre of conversations about migration, and to resist the increasingly polarised rhetoric surrounding people seeking safety.

Dame Rachel de Souza @childrenscomm.bsky.social calls for truth, compassion and better safeguarding of children seeking asylum, warning: “The nation that fails to value childhood fails to value anything at all.”

At JRS UK, we see the impact of these decisions on young people seeking safety. Every child deserves protection, dignity and a fair assessment of their needs.

According to analysis she is expected to present, at least 23% of Home Office age-assessment decisions were later overturned. Behind these figures are children who risk being wrongly treated as adults and denied the protections they are entitled to.