It’s time for Britain to Get Fair
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 by Phil Callaghan Posted in UK poverty | No Comments »This weekend is the Get Fair constituency lobby calling for MPs to support an income that meets minimum living standards, affordable housing and decent neighbourhoods and fair access to services, without discrimination. At just 17 years old, Phil Callaghan ...
Rewarding the accurate reporting of the lives of refugees
Friday, June 19th, 2009 by Charles Posted in Asylum-seekers | No Comments »Charlesis an exiled journalist from Cameroon seeking asylum in Glasgow. He is one of the judges for tonight's Oxfam Refugee Week Scottish Media Awards and here tells his story... I am happy to now live in a country where the media ...
The personal story of an asylum seeker working hard to prove the public wrong
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by Constance Posted in Asylum-seekers | 9 Comments »Hello, my name's Constance and I'm an asylum seeker from Cameroon who has been living in Cardiff, South Wales, for the past four years. When I first arrived in the UK in 2005 life was extraordinarily strange. I didn't know ...
Behind the statistics are thousands of skilled and talented individuals
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Nick Scott-Flynn Posted in Refugees | No Comments »When the British Red Cross first commissioned a survey into attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers we already knew there was a gap between perception and reality. We were pretty sure the results would show why Refugee Week, with the ...
Destitute and forgotten – the legacy of the UK’s asylum rules
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by Sara Ayech Posted in Asylum-seekers | 2 Comments »Refugee Week is a celebration of the contribution of refugees to our society, their courage and resilience, and everything they have done to make Britain the fantastic and culturally diverse place it is today. But in the midst of these ...
Just one simple act to support Refugee Week
Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Almir Koldzic Posted in Refugees | 1 Comment »Refugee Week is about promoting and celebrating the contribution of refugees to the UK. It was set up by a small group of charities in 1998 and, in the attempt to address the often vicious stories about refugees that dominated ...
