The Illegal Migration Bill, which has been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is at variance with the country’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law and will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection, … Continue reading →
The much disputed Nationality and Borders Act, which passed into UK law in April, has been condemned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as being “fundamentally at odds with the Government’s avowed commitment to upholding the United … Continue reading →
The Refugee Council is a charity founded in 1951 in response to the UN Convention for Refugees, which was created after World War II to ensure refugees were able to find safety in other countries. Since then, the Council has … Continue reading →
Care4Calais have launched #PeopleofCalais, a video series which gives a voice to people sleeping rough in Calais. Refugees tell their stories, in their own words, focusing not on their experiences as refugees in camps or on boats, but on their … Continue reading →
WHO WE ARE We are a community group made up of asylum seekers and refugees based in Coventry. The members of the group come from Africa, Asia, Middle east and as far as South America. The group is run by … Continue reading →
The Gateway is a student-let community project under the Enactus Warwick society, working with refugees and asylum seekers to improve their livelihoods. This is accomplished through an employability programme. The aim of this is to empower beneficiaries and help them integrate into … Continue reading →
The UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, writes: More than three years since the escalation of the armed conflict, civilians continue to suffer horribly in Yemen. More than 22 million people — or three quarters of the … Continue reading →
Who is a Refugee? A refugee is a person who “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, … Continue reading →
A Government scheme to help refugees settle in the UK was launched on 19 July 2016 with Coventry chosen as a pilot city. Coventry, City of Peace and Reconciliation, has taken in more than one hundred refugees since March 2015, … Continue reading →
http://unacov.uk/podcasts/RefugeeDiscussion.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThis is a podcast of an event held in the Chapter House of Coventry Cathedral on 23 June 2016. [slideshow_deploy id=’700′] Former Coventry City football club star Cyrille Regis MBE and the leader … Continue reading →