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Celebrating Migrant and Refugee Women
Five extraordinary women were honoured tonight on International Women’s Day, at The 2013 Migrant and Refugee Woman of the Year Awards Ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the Women...
View ArticleWhy We Must Care About Deaths in European Waters
Have you ever visited Farmakonisi? It is in Europe! Specifically, it is a Greek island but not as famous as Rhodes or Corfu, not as beautiful as Santorini, nor as posh as Mykonos. Farmakonisi is small...
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Sewing classes: an effective tool to fight against loneliness
Loneliness and isolation are one of the biggest challenges that asylum seekers and refugees fight against when they come to the UK and settle in a country whose social, cultural and community systems...
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Their dramatic stories…
Migrants and refugees feel lonely in the UK regardless of the duration of their stay here. Moreover, they face remarkable challenges related to loneliness. My new research for The Forum, titled This is...
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Do you know how it feels to be lonely?
Do you really know how it feels to be lonely? For my research, This is how it feels to be lonely, I interviewed The Forum’s members. Some were happy to share their dramatic stories and their...
View ArticleGetting the right to stay in the UK: the beginning of a new struggle
As part of our blog series looking at the isolation that our members face, 'This is how it feels to be lonely' , The Forum’s Mentoring Project Support Worker Heike Langbein explores the reality of...
View ArticleWhen support isn’t always supportive
As part of our blog series looking at the isolation that our members face, 'This is how it feels to be lonely' , The Forum’s Mentoring Project Support Worker Heike Langbein explores the reality of...
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The Forum Launches New Leadership Academy
The announcement from Justice Secretary Chris Grayling on Friday vowing to scrap the Human Rights Act should the Conservatives be re-elected comes across as a cynical move to claw back support. As UKIP...
View ArticleImmigration Statistics – Should Size Matter?
The latest migration statistics will be published on the 26th February. I can already tell you that net migration is up, because that is the trend for now. I can also tell you that you have already...
View ArticleSuspended Between Torture and Refuge: Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers in the UK by...
To mark the Refugee Week 2015 we are publishing a series of excellent articles by students taking an MA in International Journalism at City University. We are very grateful to students for sharing...
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