Refugees and Asylum

Amnesty's Campaign

Amnesty's goal is to bring about a fair and effective asylum system. We attempt to achieve that goal in a number of ways - carrying out research into aspects of asylum policy and practice, developing proposals for improving those policies and practices, and then promoting our proposals with the government, members of parliament and other influential audiences.

The UN Refugee Convention

The 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (the Refugee Convention) and other international human rights treaties include the rights to:

• Protection from discrimination
• Freedom of religion
• Identity and travel documents
• Work, housing education and relief
• Protection from penalties for illegal entry
• Freedom of movement

Every refugee is the result of a government's failure to protect human rights. Like anyone else, refugees have human rights. They also have rights because they are refugees and are therefore entitled to international protection.

Manifesto in Wales

A coalition of organisations who work with refugees and asylum seekers in Wales have prepared a manifesto, calling on the candidates in the Assembly elections in May 2007 to pledge their commitment to empowering refugees. Find out more about the manifesto on the We'll Keep a Welcome website

Find out more

See our diary pages for the next meeting on the campaign or see the campaign homepage on AIUK for more details and actions you can take..