Breaking the myths about refugees

Children sleeping rough in Calais

Breaking the Myths about refugees

1. It is NOT illegal to cross the Channel....

2. Refugees are neither migrants not illegal invaders....

3. Under international law anyone has the right to apply for asylum in any country that signed the 1951 Convention and remain there until the authorities have assessed their claim....

4. Last year approximately 75.9 million refugees were forced to leave their homes. For its share the UK took 20,339 refugees - just 0.026 per cent of the world's refugees.

For more information on how you can assist refugees - as a volunteer or by making a donation, see: www.jrsuk.net/

and www.jrsuk.net/refugeegifts/