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‘UK sanctuary network offers vital backstop for refugees, asylum-seekers’ – UNHCR features City of Sanctuary in article

The UNHCR website now features an article about City of Sanctuary – you can read it here

The article features Bolton City of Sanctuary and Widden Primary School, a School of Sanctuary in Gloucester, as well as the founding City of Sanctuary, Sheffield.