Newsletter 2022-01
A Happy New Year to all our supporters. Your encouragement and help has been so important to us over the past 12 months. Thank you
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Holocaust Memorial Day Outreach Project
On Holocaust Memorial Day, Thursday 27th January we come together to remember, to learn about the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, in the hope that there may be One Day in the future with no genocide. We learn more about the…
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York Disability Week Programme
York Disability Week
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York Human Rights City
Invitation to a public meeting from 6-8pm on 9th December 2021, to discuss preliminary findings for the York Human Rights City Network (YHRCN) Indicator Report for 2021 and the work of YHRCN.
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Newsletter 2021-11
York City Council votes to become first Northern anti- racist city
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Newsletter 2021-09
AFGHAN REFUGEES & YORK
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Quick update – Afghan Refugees
Quick update to all the wonderful people who have volunteered their time and/or donations here. We are having a meeting today with key people involved in the decision-making (how many refugees will come to York and when). We hope it will give us a better sense of what we will…
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Update for everyone offering help and donations
Offers of accommodation. At the moment PRIVATE RENTAL accommodation is the priority. If you have a flat or house to rent (not a room), or know someone who does, please [email protected] OR York City Council [email protected]
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Supporting recently arrived Afghan Refugees in Wakefield
York Mosque is asking for craft items, toys and exercise gear for the Afghan refugees in Wakefield.
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Newsletter 2021-07
York Accommodation for Asylum Seekers
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Refugee Council Report – 2nd July 2021
Thousands seeking asylum face cruel wait of years for asylum decision - fresh research shows - Refugee Council
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Paul’s Story
CoS York co-ordinator and trustee, Paul Wordsworth, was asked to recreate '3 moments' on film that reflect on our organisation's work. Here it is!
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Newsletter 2021-06
Refugee Week 2021
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City of Sanctuary Response to the Immigration Plan
In March 2021 the UK Government announced new plans for changes to the asylum system.
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Newsletter 2021-04
There is one thing on which Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, and I are in complete agreement. The policies and actions relating to asylum seeking in the UK are broken and not fit for purpose. They need reform and a complete re-ordering. To that end, a new Immigration Bill, to…
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Equality Matters Masterclass: Human Rights in a World on the Move
A University of York event - via Zoom
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Time to share the truth
In letters to the York Press and in many other newspapers and social media outlets, references have been made to ‘illegal immigrants’ crossing the Channel during 2020 an2021 to claim asylum here. However, that is their legal right under International law. The UK signed the UN Convention on Refugees in…
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York Schools of Sanctuary
Schools of Sanctuary is a growing network of more than 350 primary and secondary schools all committed to supporting the thousands of young people seeking sanctuary in the UK, creating a culture of welcome, and raising awareness of the issues faced by refugees and asylum seekers. At least 22 schools…