Supporting a refugee family during lockdown
Dorset Council has resettled a total of 82 Syrian refugees across the county, as part of the national resettlement scheme.…
Posts Categorized: Refugees
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Safe Passage for the county of Dorset
At last, we have reached that moment when we at Safe Passage for the county of Dorset can ask our…
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Author Rosalind Stopps: ‘What I learnt from the refugee who came to stay’
As a child I’d read about Anne Frank, and the bravery of the family who allowed the Franks to stay…
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Watch ‘Home’ a comedy about a Syrian refugee
‘Home’ sightsees two different point of views about refugees- acceptance presented through Katy and denial manifested by Peter’s actions. Sami…
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“We want to solve death… and there is so much human suffering… we haven’t figured out life yet”
This refugee has lived in a camp for 20 years and has a message for the rest of the world:
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CALL TO ACTION: Refugees At Home
A female Iranian asylum seeker needs accommodation from the 8th March in the Bournemouth area. If you know anyone with…
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“In the UK, I have a future that I couldn’t have in Afghanistan”
Told through the eyes of 6 refugees and asylum seekers, 'Walk My Journey - the humans behind the headlines' shares…
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Dreams: a #SurvivingtoThriving
Dreams is a film made by unaccompanied asylum seeker and refugee young people about their life and ambitions. Watch it…
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Together, we must learn from genocide
Challenge prejudice and create a better future. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust provides the resources to do just that:
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Getting Poole and Dorset councils (hopefully Bournemouth soon too) to agree to the Safe Passage pledge
Could you foster for Poole? Image: Poole Fostering
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Dr. Ruth Reflects on Kindertransport 80 Years Later
Before she became a world-renowned sex expert, Dr. Ruth Westheimer was 10-year-old Karola Ruth Siegel, one of thousands of Jewish…
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Surely, we can do our bit. It’s our turn now.
An article in the Echo highlighted the high number of asylum seeking children in Poole compared to the regional and…
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Why we don’t use terms like ‘failed asylum seeker’ or ‘illegal immigrant’.
Asylum whistleblower: Decisions are a ‘lottery’
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Want every refugee child to get an education?
Every refugee family to have somewhere safe to live? These simple but essential things are what the #WithRefugees campaign is…
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Supporting STAR group in their campaign for Equal Access to Education.
We want BU to join over 60 other universities across the UK who offer asylum seekers solutions to the barriers that deny them education. Please sign their petition to show your support
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Asking schools across Bournemouth and Poole to engage with our Schools of Sanctuary programme.
A School of Sanctuary is a school that is committed to being a safe and welcoming place for all, especially…
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Dorset Council unanimously backs our #SafePassage campaign in principle.
The team are off to seek Poole council's support tonight. They are meeting at 6:15pm at the civic centre if…
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Opportunity: Refugee Week leadership project (paid internship/ expenses)
Are you passionate about changing public attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers? Do you want to develop your leadership potential in the field of refugee rights, media, education or the arts and social change? Do you have experience starting or managing a project? We’d love to hear from you.