At Together Now we believe that all families should be able to live together if they choose. We are saddened by the devastating and unfair decision announced by the Home Secretary on 1 September 2025. We have the privilege of working with families as they move through the final stages …
We are shocked and saddened by the devastating announcement made by Yvette Cooper tonight and what this means for separated refugee families, our clients and their communities. We believe all families should be able to live together if they choose. No one plans to become a refugee. No one plans …
January 2025 We are saddened to hear that our partners Miles4Migrants will be closing this month. We want to express our gratitude for the immense contributions Miles4Migrants has made to reunite families and change lives and the profound impact it has left on all involved. “It might be a job …
As part of the “When the Dust Settles” project, our research partners at the University of East Anglia have published a new article. The article “Time and Displacement: Changed Temporal Experiences of Refugee Families After Reunion” examines how refugee families’ perception of time evolves after reuniting in the UK, specifically …
We believe that families should be able to live together if they wish. We are optimistic about what the next government has the opportunity to deliver for refugee families. “We were apart for over two years. During this time, my family faced numerous hardships, including financial instability, lack of access …
Around 30% of the families supported by Together Now are Sudanese. The current conflict in Sudan has posed key challenges to the following families we work with: Families applying for visas are unable to do so because of the closure of the Visa Application Centre in Khartoum. Consequently, they are …
We are proud to be part of a global Multistakeholder Pledge to aim to help at least 1 million refugees reunite with their families by 2030. More details on this initiative and how to pledge can be found here. Our pledge Together Now believe all families should be able to …
6 February 2024 In 2023 6114 family reunification visas were granted to the family members of refugees living in the UK. Over the same period the Red Cross supported around 1000 individuals and Together Now provided travel assistance for 340. This amounts to around 20% of those granted a visa …
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Awards for All fund we are setting up our first group for those with lived experience of refugee family reunion. We want this group to become ‘experts by experience’ and shape our work and that of other organisations. We are really excited to …
This month Home Office waiting times for processing family reunion visas for refugees or those with humanitarian protection increased from 12 weeks to 9 months. Our current experience is that families often wait 12 months or longer for visas for their family. Refugees are only able to apply for …
