Posts Tagged ‘refugee asylum injustice’
originally published: 10th July 2009
Rats, mice and insects are just some of the nocturnal invaders Ozgan Isa Isa has to deal with every night while trying to snatch some sleep. His bed is a collection of dirt-ingrained sheets, albeit laid out neatly, on the bare earth underneath a footbridge just 10 minutes from the centre [...]
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Migrants in Calais need our help
originally published: 4th July 2009
The United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) has announced it is formally establishing a full-time presence in the French port of Calais. The issue of Calais and the build up of migrants there seemingly desperate to reach the UK is not a new one.
In fact, it has been ongoing [...]
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originally published: 28th April 2009
all credits: Ekklesia
A church-based coalition is to be launched today in Blackburn to encourage faith-based aid projects for refugees and asylum seekers.
The Sanctuary Project will unite expertise from the Church of England, the Methodist Church and the Children’s Society to work with one of the largest groups of asylum seekers and [...]
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