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Family Reunion Integration Service

Helping reunited families thrive in the UK.

People who have been separated by war, conflict or natural disaster have the right to be reunited with their families.

Often, one or two family members will leave their home country first to seek safety abroad as a refugee. Our refugee and family reunion services can then help them bring over their other family members, often their wives and children.

There is little formal support to help reunited families get health, education, housing and welfare services.

We previously ran a Family Reunion Integration Service (FRIS) to support refugee families throughout their reunion and integration journey. FRIS is now part of our family reunion services.

On this page, you can find research and resources produced through our family integration services to help practitioners support reunited families.

The best ways to support reunited refugee families: lessons learned through research

Through a collaboration with Barnardo’s child specialists, we’ve explored how focusing on children during the integration process can affect the wider family.

Our academic partner, Queen Margaret University, published research that provides evidence of the impact of social connections on people’s experience of integration.

We have published three pieces of research to help practitioners in the field give the best support to reunited refugee families.

Learn about the research:

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