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Thousands join call against cuts to vital refugee services
The Refugee Council warns the cuts will affect 30,000 people struggling to find help with housing, healthcare, mental health and employment
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid

MORE than 16,000 people have backed an open letter calling on the government to immediately reverse planned funding cuts to vital refugee services in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The cuts would leave about 30,000 people struggling to access help with housing, healthcare, mental health and employment, the Refugee Council said today.

Last month, in what the group described as a “disgraceful U-turn,” the government told charities it will withdraw millions of pounds of preallocated funding in the event of no-deal.

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