Promoting Human Rights of Refugees in Europe

Thanks to the generous donations from supporters like yourself, the Refugee Rights Data Project has been able to continue its work over the past few months.

In January, a number of our peer organisations who work relentlessly to provide food and blankets to refugees in Paris alerted us of the rapidly deteriorating situation facing destitute refugees in the French capital, and called on RRDP to help raise awareness through the dissemination of data and hard facts. We respondend swiftly and mobilised a small team of trained researchers, and headed out to do an urgent data sweep.

Less than a month later, our Paris report was published, and has received a lot of attention from major media outlets, campaigning groups and other important actors, which we believe is testament to the fact that data and specific front-line information about the refugee crisis is much needed. You can read and download the report here: http://refugeerights.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RRDP_LifeOnTheStreets.pdf 

We are determined to continue working as the sole European organisation filling critical gaps through systematic and professional documentation of evidence relating to human rights violations facing refugees and displaced people. The aim is that our data is used to advocate and campaign for accountability at national, regional and international levels and for policymakers to take firm and meaningful action. With the same data sets, we also hope to build public support for refugee rights and encourage constructive and non-polarise public debates - something we believe is needed more than ever, given the current climate of 'alternative facts' and societal polarisation. 

Your support means a lot, and we hope that you will continue to keep in touch with us and follow our work via our Facebook, Twitter and our newsletter. 

Thank you again for making this all possible. 

Warm wishes,

The RRDP team 

Links:

• Media coverage in the Independent
• Media coverage in Al Jazeera