Refugee Rights Hub

Name

Refugee Rights Hub

Legal name

Refugee Rights Hub

Website

https://refugeerightshub.shu.ac.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pro-Bono Immigration Legal Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Diaspora, Family Reunification & Case Management Services (BPADAHAM), Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI), Immigrant & Refugee Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAG)

Keywords

• Pro-bono immigration services
• Refugee family reunion
• Legal aid clinic
• Asylum support services
• Immigration law advice

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheffield, South Yorkshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Pro-Bono Legal Services: The Refugee Rights Hub provides free legal services to eligible refugee families. All services are provided free of charge and the organization will never ask for payment. Funding comes from institutional support (Sheffield Hallam University, Hallam Fund) and partnerships with organizations like the Frontline Immigration Advice Project (FIAP) operated by Refugee Action.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Refugee Rights Hub is a pro-bono legal advice service that provides free immigration assistance to refugee families in Yorkshire and the Humber. The hub helps refugees prepare and submit family reunion applications, Indefinite Leave to Remain applications, and Refugee Travel Document applications, addressing gaps in legal assistance created by the UK Government's 2012 withdrawal of Legal Aid for family reunion cases.

Product overview

Refugee Rights Hub is a single service offering free legal advice and immigration assistance to refugee families. It provides three main service areas: refugee family reunion applications (the primary service helping families reunite in the UK), Indefinite Leave to Remain applications, and Refugee Travel Document applications. All services are delivered free of charge by qualified advisers and supervised student placements at Sheffield Hallam University's law clinic.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Refugee Family Reunion Application Assistance Free legal advice and support for eligible refugee families preparing and submitting family reunion applications to the UK Home Office, including document preparation, Home Office liaison, and appeals. Service is for refugees in Yorkshire and the Humber who have been forced to leave family members behind when seeking sanctuary.
• Refugee Settlement Applications (Indefinite Leave to Remain) Free legal assistance with Indefinite Leave to Remain applications for refugees who have been granted status and wish to settle permanently in the UK.
• Refugee Travel Document Applications Free legal support with obtaining travel documents for refugees who cannot access their home country's passport, enabling them to travel internationally.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 1000 family members helped reunite with loved ones since September 2018

Named customers12 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Frontline Immigration Advice Project (FIAP) / Refugee ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFIAP is operated by Refugee Action and helps train advisers at the Refugee Rights Hub. This partnership ensures staff and student volunteers receive proper training in immigration advice, enabling the hub to maintain quality standards and IAA compliance.
• Immigration Advice Authority (IAA)coreOthersThe IAA regulates the Refugee Rights Hub and ensures that registered refugee advisers and caseworkers are competent to act in their clients' best interests. The IAA offers Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications that hub advisers hold.
• Justice First FellowshipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough the Justice First Fellowship, the Refugee Rights Hub offers traineeships to solicitors early in their career to grow the next generation of Human Rights advocates. This develops future talent while extending the hub's capacity.
• SolidaritechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Bradford-based organization that helps refugees and people seeking asylum access technology. The hub collects IT equipment donations in their office, refers clients to their service, and works closely with them to improve technology use in the hub.
• British Red CrossminorOthersThe British Red Cross helps refugees with family tracing and messaging services. In case studies, they assisted with booking flights for families when visa expiration created urgent travel needs.
• Open Kitchen Social ClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerA 10-year-old Sheffield institution that provides work and work experience to refugees and people seeking asylum, offering free meals at City of Sanctuary and Victoria Hall twice weekly. Catered the Fashion Without Borders 2024 event.
• Khula ArtsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerA local arts collective that performed dancing and drumming at the Fashion Without Borders 2024 event celebrating Refugee Week.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID): BID is a UK charity providing free legal advice and representation to immigrants in immigration detention. It is an emerging peer in the pro-bono immigration legal advice space, focusing on a specific at-risk sub-population similar to Refugee Rights Hub's vulnerable client base.
• Right to Remain: Right to Remain is a UK charity producing self-help legal information and toolkits for asylum seekers and supporting grassroots legal support networks. It is an emerging player with partial overlap to Refugee Rights Hub in assisting refugee and asylum populations navigate legal processes.

Direct peers

• Refugee Council: The Refugee Council is a major UK charity providing advice, support and advocacy to refugees, including legal casework on family reunion. It overlaps directly with Refugee Rights Hub on refugee family reunion applications and broader casework services across the UK.
• Asylum Aid: Asylum Aid is a London-based UK charity providing free legal advice and representation to asylum seekers and refugees. It is a direct peer in delivering specialist immigration legal aid where Legal Aid is unavailable, particularly for complex asylum and family reunion cases similar to Refugee Rights Hub's caseload.
• Refugee Action: Refugee Action is a UK-wide charity that delivers the Frontline Immigration Advice Project (FIAP), which directly trains Refugee Rights Hub advisers. Both organisations provide free immigration and asylum advice to refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK, making them direct operating peers in the pro-bono refugee legal services space.
• Migrants Resource Centre: Migrants Resource Centre provides free immigration legal advice, advocacy and integration support to migrants in London and the South East. It operates a similar pro-bono legal services model with OISC/IAA-regulated advisers, making it a direct peer to Refugee Rights Hub in service scope and target population.
• Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI): JCWI is a UK NGO providing legal advice, casework and policy advocacy on immigration, asylum and refugee rights. It is directly comparable to Refugee Rights Hub in offering free immigration legal services to vulnerable migrants and engaging in rights-based advocacy.
• Law Centres Network: The Law Centres Network is a UK federation of locally funded law centres delivering free specialist legal advice, including immigration and asylum casework, to people who cannot afford representation. It is a direct peer in delivering pro-bono immigration legal services through community-based providers.

Broad incumbents

• Citizens Advice: Citizens Advice is the largest UK provider of free, independent advice including immigration casework, and is OISC-regulated at multiple levels. It is a broad incumbent that offers overlapping free immigration legal services but across a much wider portfolio of consumer and welfare issues.
• British Red Cross: The British Red Cross is a major UK humanitarian organisation providing family tracing, messaging and refugee support services that Refugee Rights Hub routinely coordinates with on cases. It is a broad incumbent in the refugee support ecosystem with overlapping but wider humanitarian scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/refugee-rights-hub

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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