A big Swahili welcome for the Big Society
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 by Lisa Glass Posted in asylum Seekers, gender, refugees, voluntary work | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_1061" align="alignright" width="184" caption="Therese at an international GenderWorks conference with Oxfam in Brussels earlier this year"][/caption] As David Cameron’s idea for the Big Society meets more discussion we look to see the public sector gaps already filled by community groups. ...
Join Oxfam at Refugee Week!
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in asylum Seekers, attitudes, equality, livelihoods, refugees | 9 Comments »Oxfam was founded to provide relief to refugees in Europe. Today we believe it’s vital to provide sanctuary to those in need, and we’re keen to highlight the positive impacts refugees make right here in Britain. Next week is Refugee ...
Who Cares?
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in asylum Seekers, equality, gender, labourrights, migrants, refugees, uk poverty | 1 Comment »The UK has an ageing population – with the number of people over 80 set to double to eight per cent of the population by 2030. Unable to meet the ever-increasing demand for care workers through the British workforce, the ...
Government slashes support to asylum seekers
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 by Marilyn Croser Posted in Uncategorized, asylum Seekers, refugees | 3 Comments »At the Refugee Council, we’ve launched a campaign calling on the government to revise its decision to cut support to asylum seekers to just over £5 per day. From October, single asylum seekers aged over 25 will receive just £35.13 ...
The government believes asylum seekers do not deserve to live fulfilled lives
Friday, July 31st, 2009 by Joshua Fenton-Glynn Posted in asylum Seekers | No Comments »Ken Livingstone said: "You can judge politicians by how they treat refugees: they do to them what they would like to do to everyone else if they could get away with it." If that is the case then there is concern ...
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 ...
