Award-winning law volunteers are a fragile life-line

Welsh Refugee Council congratulates the Welsh voluntary organisation Asylum Justice on winning first prize in the national United Reformed Church Community Project Awards.

Asylum Justice, which is run entirely by volunteers, has been providing free legal advice for refused asylum seekers in Wales for several years. It works in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. Asylum Justice is led by retired barrister Roger Warren-Evans. Other volunteers include law students and practicing lawyers offering free time.

Asylum Justice was set up when a church-based support group for asylum seekers realised that the greatest unmet need is legal advice.

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