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Media Awards open for entries

We’re pleased to announce that the 2023 Refugee Festival Scotland Media Awards are now open…

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Be part of Refugee Festival Scotland

Would you like to be part of the Refugee Festival Scotland programme? Calling all community…

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Supporting New Scots Fund announces funding

The Supporting New Scots Fund strives to make it easier for refugees across Scotland to…

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Army barracks and floating barges are not the solution to a problem of the government’s own making

Our response to the UK’s plans to house people in disused army accommodation and floating…

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Important information – changes to UK asylum rules

Important information for anyone arriving in the UK on or after 7 March 2023 The…

Communities
Funding boost for New Scot communities

We’re delighted to announce that 35 communities have received a funding boost from our refugee-led…

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MS Victoria to close on July 11th

  The MS Victoria, which is currently home to over 1,150 Ukrainian refugees, will close…

Communities
Stories from Afghanistan in Perth

Perth Amnesty International organised a celebration for local Afghan women to mark International Women’s Day…

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Scotland Rejects the Refugee Ban Bill

We’ve joined forces with 100 organisations across Scotland to reject the UK government’s Refugee Ban…

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Stop the Refugee Ban Bill

We’re gutted that the UK Government’s cruel new Illegal Migration Bill has passed it’s second…

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Stand up to Racism on March 18th

A demonstration has been planned in Glasgow’s city centre to encourage people to Stand up…

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Our response to the Home Office’s anti-refugee legislation

We are deeply concerned about the Home Office’s proposal to block asylum applications from people…

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Open letter calls for amendments to ‘asylum questionnaire’

We have joined over 170 lawyers, experts, solicitors’ firms and refugee groups in calling for…

Communities
Supporting New Scots Fund opens for tenders

We’ve launched a Supporting New Scots Fund to make it easier for refugees across Scotland…

Stories
Our visit to the Bield’s creative arts residency

Peace… Calm…Relief… …just some of the words used by participants to describe their experience at…

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12 groups supporting refugee women in Scotland

We’re lucky to work with so many fantastic groups and organisations supporting refugee and asylum-seeking…

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