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With the far right on the rise globally and the rise in discrimination and hate crimes, we urgently need this government to move away from the demonising language of the past and towards defending everyone's fundamental human rights, with immigration and asylum systems that are fair and humane.

Helen Bamber Foundation Group (HBF Group) is pleased to announce Alison Pickup as their new Chief Executive Officer. Alison, who is currently the Executive Director of Asylum Aid, a charity part of the HBF Group, will take over from Kerry Smith, who has been the CEO of the HBF Group since May 2018 to June 2025

On 19 May, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons called on member states must improve the collaboration between public and private sectors in supporting refugees and people seeking asylum, and to move away from using large sites as accommodation.