Asylum Welcome supports refugees, asylum seekers and immigration detainees in Oxfordshire.

Our volunteers, members, supporters and staff share values based on a common humanity and social justice. Together, we work to reduce poverty, suffering and social isolation, and to enable asylum seekers and refugees to live with the respect and dignity to which they are entitled.

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News:Prejudice and ignorance skew public view of of Asylum Seekers, Study shows 'reality gap' for Britons who think they know about immigration. Independent (08.06.09).

Event: AGM  - Tuesday 7th July, Friends Meeting House, 43 St. Giles, Oxford. 6.45pm for 7.00pm

Wanted: An enthusiastic volunteer needed to become our new membership secretary. Some computer skills helpful.

Urgently needed: cooking oil, rice, sugar, UHT milk, tea, coffee, toothpaste, and more for our Food Cupboard for destitute clients.

“As an asylum seeker here you have no identity; you are always waiting. I want to be recognised as belonging; to be able to make my contribution.”Najaf, asylum seeker from Afghanistan