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“As a parent myself, to hear of any child put in a detention centre for immigration purposes makes me heart-broken.”
Now it is the time for requesting fairness in the asylum process and for more protection for asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.
Asylum seekers and refugees in the UK need better protection than they are currently receiving, said speakers at our conference.
Our arts and culture officer reflects on a recent performance and the importance of self expression through the arts.
Join us at the Tron Theatre at our upcoming panel discussion and share your thoughts on child trafficking.
Poverty is a hot topic, but what of those who are already vulnerable?
Child refugees tell about their experiences on Radio 4 and prompt us to consider the need for all children to feel safe.
Dance House, Document and Maryhill Integration Network are coming together for Document8 and Black History Month, writes Satya Dunning.
Memories can sometimes be hard to handle, and for refugees there is a paradox. Forgotting can mean survival, but if you want to get Refugee Status, you do so at your peril.
Your identity is thrown into flux when your right to work is taken away, as it is for those seeking asylum, argues Trish Elms.
‘Do We Look Like Refugees?’ has won a prestigious Fringe First award from the Scotsman. Now our own critic, Belinda McElinney, shares her thoughts.
The UK Border Agency has been looking into using DNA testing to determine an asylum seeker’s nationality. They are calling this the Human Provenance Project.
In an article on the Guardian website recently, Spencer Woodcock, who runs a project supporting older people to live independently, extolled the refugees who volunteer on his project.
All the Queen’s Children is a play about four young refugees who arrive in the UK alone and then go missing from care. It has been written and developed with Reading Youth Theatre. It got rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe.
“We thought Glasgow was a city with crimes, windy, too cold with the worst weather in the UK. That’s the information we had been told by other people at the hotel…”
“I find it … absolutely appropriate that leading up to Refugee Week I should be nurtured in such a way by such a gorgeous Sri Lankan family. It reminds me that… collectively we are Glaswegians as this is our chosen home… living our lives here.”