Still Human Still Here

By Elisha Shamba

The London-based Student Action for Refugees(STAR) network is made up of university based student groups.It was formed in 1994 by a student at Nottingham University and has grown over the years and now has 30 student groups across UK.

The 3 main activities of STAR groups are:

• Raising awareness about refugee issues
• Campaigning for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers everywhere
• Supporting refugees and asylum seekers locally through volunteering in their communities

STAR’s national campaign for 2008-09 is ‘Let Them Work’, a campaign to push for the right to work for people seeking asylum.

From October to December awareness-raising action from Bristol to Liverpool took place, whilst students from across the UK attended campaign action sessions at the STAR Conference. The conference also saw the London premiere of the Still Human Still Here DVD directed by Nick Broomfield. As momentum built over 10,000 campaign cards and 500 copies of the DVD were distributed across the network.

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