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Launch of national resource pack on refugee mental health at conference in Leeds
A new resource pack for people who come into contact with refugees and asylum seekers as part of their work…
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Briefing on patient information sharing with the Home Office from NAT and Doctors of the World
NAT (National AIDS Trust) and Doctors of the World have produced a briefing on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Health and the Home Office on patient information-sharing. You can read the full briefing here here
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Refugee children are at risk on the streets of Paris
The Refugee Rights Data Project has released statistics from their most recent field research, conducted in January 2017 on the streets…
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UN recommends increase in asylum support rates
On 24 June 2016, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issued its concluding observations on the 6th…
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Report from “excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and learn from each other” – Midlands CoS Conference
“We need to talk about refugees as human beings, not statistics. One way to do this is to involve refugee’s…
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City of Sanctuary included in The Guardian / Observer Charity Appeal
As we near the end of a year marked by the greatest refugee crisis in living memory, we’re delighted to…
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Successful Midlands Regional Conference
56 people (including 16 refugees) attended a buzzing regional meeting hosted by Birmingham City of Sanctuary at the Quaker Meeting House on Saturday 11th January. 8 Midlands cities were represented and speakers / visitors also came from Bradford, Leeds, Manchester and Dublin. We were reminded of the importance and usefulness…
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New City of Sanctuary jobs created with grant support.
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New Petition to support asylum claims on grounds of FGM
A petition has been launched by Sarian Kamara who is a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), a mother, a case worker for victims of crime and a campaigner against FGM. She campaigns with Forward and Manor Gardens as part of the Tackling FGM Special Initiative, training professionals and raising…
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Sanctuary Seekers and Health Care – Tackling inequalities in access and outcomes
“A Brilliant day” – Participant.