The charity provides legal representation for more than 10,000 vulnerable asylum seekers and victims of trafficking, including nearly 900 separated children.
In an open letter to Justice Secretary Ken Clarke and Home Secretary Teresa May, Paul Gray, chair of RMJ, said: "It is with great sadness that RMJ's trustees took the decision to put RMJ into administration.
"It is a brilliant charity which has a justifiably high reputation for the quality of support it gives and we are very concerned about the position of our 10,000 clients, and of our dedicated and highly professional staff.
"This situation is caused by late payment of legal aid by up to two years, not inefficiency or even lack of income."
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