Right to refuge – a fair deal for refugees and asylum seekers

	Please support our campaign by lobbying your local MP.    Use the link below to send a fax to your MPs’ office: FaxYourMP.com
	How to get involved in the campaign Come to our conference Asylum myths Download the petition Examples of best practice Tell us about your experiences of working with asylum seekers Real life experiences of asylum seekers The current situation Recent Community Care news reports and features on the issue of asylum seekers Background to asylum

Community Care believes national politicians of
all parties should lead a concerted response challenging the
current atmosphere of hysteria, dangerous prejudice and outright
racism towards refugees and asylum seekers.

Overall Campaign Aims

1. Community Care wants to ensure that people entering
the UK seeking asylum are treated as human beings and given support
that meets national and international standards, including those
under the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and
the European Convention on Human Rights

2. Community Care wants to challenge the current
atmosphere of hysteria, dangerous prejudice and outright racism
towards refugees and asylum seekers
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How can I get involved?

We want as many people as possible to support the ‘Right to
Refuge’ campaign. There are many ways you can get involved:

• Sign
  up to Community Care‘s campaign petition
• Tell us about your work with asylum seekers and refugees, and
  your views, so that we can share ideas and best practice
• Contact your MP, invite
  him or her to your organisation to see the work you do, and
  encourage them to speak out  positively in support of asylum
  seekers and refugees living in this country
• Write to your local paper with details of Community
  Care‘s campaign and the importance of working together to
  ensure asylum seekers and refugees are not
  persecuted