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Author: Susannah Kirkman

What do we hope for, after the 2024 election? Quakers suggest some changes

February 13, 2024 /
A paper produced by the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network , QARN, suggests some important changes to the way we treat refugees. It urges people to email election candidates with
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Two young brothers reunited, thanks to Safe Passage

February 11, 2024 /
Safe Passage explains, “Through our expert legal work, we’ve helped dozens of families fleeing war and persecution reach safety and reunite with their loved ones. “Just a few weeks back,
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The New York Times highlights three myths about the Rwanda scheme

February 11, 2024 / ,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/world/europe/uk-rwanda-asylum.htmlA recent article in the NYT has exposed three misconceptions about the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. 1. Claim :The Rwanda policy will significantly reduce levels of immigration
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Britain ‘can do better than this’, says Justin Welby

February 11, 2024 /
During the recent debate on Rwanda in  the House of Lords, the archbishop of Canterbury said that almost every tradition of faith and humanism in the world stresses the dignity
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Revised Rwanda plan and Illegal Migration Act will increase dangerous crossings

January 20, 2024 / , ,
Rwanda plan and Illegal Migration Act will increase dangerous journeys and drive refugees underground
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Dire situation for refugees housed at Wethersfield, disused airbase in Essex

January 20, 2024 / ,
Wethersfield has been condemned as unsuitable accommodation for refugees by two home secretaries, Priti Patel and James Cleverly, yet it is still in use. James Cleverly has said he would
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Refugee doctors enabled to practice in the UK

January 2, 2024 /
Saad Maida, a  Syrian Christian obstetrician, has completed a long journey for professional recognition in the UK thanks to the Refugee Council’s Building Bridges programme, which supports refugee health workers
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Latest news of UK asylum seekers and refugees

January 2, 2024 /
The Home Office was compelled to pause evictions of refugees from hotels after Robert Jenrick’s resignation as immigration minister, and it has also reduced the seven-day eviction deadline to 28
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Highlights of 2023, City of Sanctuary Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole

January 2, 2024 / ,
  Highlights of 2023- news from the City of Sanctuary Group As we come to the end of 2023, I’ve found some time to reflect on all the amazing work
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We Refugees, a poem by Benjamin Zephaniah

December 8, 2023 /
I come from a musical place Where they shoot me for my song And my brother has been tortured By my brother in my land. I come from a beautiful
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