LMH hosts Film Premiere
January 17, 2012 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
LMH will next week play host to the first UK screening of new film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, starring Ewan McGregor, in aid of Oxford based charity Refugee Resource.
Source: Cherwell.org
Poll reveals public wildly overestimate numbers of refugees in UK
January 11, 2012 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
The results of an opinion poll published today show that four out of ten people believe that more than 10% of the population are refugees. The report, Hopes and Fears, published by new think tank British Future also shows that one in 20 of us believe most people in Britain today are refugees, when the true number is under 1%.
In response, Donna Covey, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council said:
“This poll gives a useful insight into the public’s attitudes towards immigration. It’s alarming, however, to see yet another poll that shows people wildly overestimate the number of asylum seekers in the UK, highlighting public confusion between refugees who come to the UK seeking protection, and other groups such as economic migrants.
“Asylum seekers are people who have fled war or persecution and who come to the UK seeking safety, not work. They make up just a fraction of the whole immigrant population. It is time that politicians and the media joined us in helping people understand why the UK should be proud to protect refugees.”
In April 2011, the Refugee Council published an opinion poll that showed that there is significant misunderstanding around who a refugee is, with many confusing them with economic migrants from Poland and Eastern Europe. Three quarters of Britons also wildly overestimated the small number of refugees granted asylum in the UK. In 2009, 4,175 individuals were granted refugee status, yet 44% of Britons believed it was 100,000 or more.
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Empowered refugee and asylum seeker leaders of change
January 6, 2012 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Throughout 2011, the Refugee Council has supported 18 London-based refugees and asylum seekers to develop their own campaign action plan to be delivered by the refugee community organisations they are involved in, and make a real difference in their communities.
Source: Foreigners in Uk
Kurdish refugees win compensation
January 6, 2012 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Four members of the Ay family, Kurdish refugees from Turkey, have won compensation from the Home Office after being incarcerated in detention centres for 13 months as children.
Source: Guardian
Ensure asylum seekers are treated humanely in EU: RC
December 29, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Refugee Council has welcomed the European Court of Justice’s ruling that asylum seekers should not be returned to countries where they may face “inhuman or degrading treatment”.
Source: Africa News
Network helps refugees feel part of community
December 19, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
A DECADE after it began, a network which offers help and advice to asylum seekers and refugees, is celebrating its involvement in the community.
Source: Evening Times
Somali refugees, asylum-seekers returning home
December 15, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Somalis are slowly returning back home after twenty years of absence following the ouster of Siad Baree from the top leadership of Somalia that lead to an all-out civil war that has now lasted for more than two decades.
Source: Press TV
Parents Against Injustice – Refugee Council Newsletter
December 11, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Civil rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti will today (30 November) award refugees who have this year campaigned to improve the lives of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, at a Refugee Council event in Brixton, London.
Chakrabarti will address the group of 18 refugees from London have spent the last six months launching their own campaigns on behalf of their community organisations to tackle a variety of social problems such as poverty and destitution of asylum seekers, youth violence and gang crime in London, and domestic violence. They also campaigned for positive change, such as engaging refugees in the political process and improving education opportunities for refugee women.
Source: Refugee Council
Rwandan refugees reluctant to repatriate
November 3, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
(IRIN) – Rwandans who fled the 1994 genocide and sought asylum in other countries will lose their refugee status by the end of June 2012 if the countries hosting them follow a recommendation by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=94029
Conference: ‘Refugees, Migrants and the Equality Act 2010′
October 3, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Westminster Briefing is holding a conference on ‘Refugees, Migrants and the Equality Act 2010: Understanding the Act and Meeting Responsibilities’.
Speakers include:
- Glynis Craig, Senior Solicitor, Legal Enforcement Directorate, EHRC
- Don Flynn, Director, Migrants Rights Network
- Rita Chadha, Chair, Refugee and Migrant Forum of East London
- Dr Phil McCarvill, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR
- Lela Kogbara, Manager, Equalities, Refugee and Migrant Service, Islington Council
- Estelle Worthington, RCO Project Officer, Greater Manchester BME Network
- (Chair) Amanda Ariss, Chief Executive, Equality and Diversity Forum
The conference is on Thursday 10 November in central London.
The standard registration fee is £225 + VAT. Westminster Briefing is offering a special rate for Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) members and non-governmental observers (please state EDF affiliation when booking).
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Click here for information about EDF’s project on ‘Refugees, migrants and the equality agenda’
