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Category: Refugee Stories

Families in Gaza seeking family reunion win legal case against the home office

April 10, 2024 / ,
A judge has ruled that the home office’s insistence on biometric data, including fingerprints and photos, from Gazans seeking family reunion amounts to “disproportionate interference” in their right to family
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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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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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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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Criminalisation of asylum seekers- Afghan refugee imprisoned

December 5, 2023 /
An Afghan refugee who supported the British army by checking vehicles for Taliban bombs has been convicted of illegally entering the UK and imprisoned in Lewes. The Lewes Organisation in
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Refugees return to barge as Braverman conceals Rwanda costs

October 21, 2023 / ,
Around 30 refugees were forced to return to the Bibby Stockholm this week.   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bibby-stockholm-portland-migrants-home-office-b2432317.html#:~:text=Asylum%20seekers%20have%20been%20forced,discovered%20in%20its%20water%20supply   The Port Authority refused to accept care packages prepared by a local refugee support
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Rwanda targets dissidents living abroad

October 11, 2023 / , ,
A new report by Human Rights Watch reveals that Rwandan authorities are seeking to silence criticism from Rwandans living around the world.The repressive methods used include threatening relatives still in
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Dorset volunteers seek help to support Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers

August 24, 2023 / ,
Paul Kimber, a Dorset Quaker from the Portland Global Friendship Group, has reported on the efforts made to welcome asylum seekers on Portland, including the following update from Laney, one
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A warm welcome for refugees- a Dorset campaigner speaks to Radio Solent.

June 24, 2023 / ,
Safe Passage campaigner Judith Williams has described the warm welcome given to the Ukrainian family she hosts. She also described the many Dorset initiatives to support refugees, including by the
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Afghan stories

March 15, 2023 /
An audience of 80 recently heard about the experiences of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees living in Bournemouth. Two workers from the International Care Network, a charity supporting refugees and
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