Monday, June 18, 2018
STAR receives “Billion Acts Hero Award” from Nobel Peace Laureates
STAR has been awarded a Billion Acts Hero Award. STAR’s CEO was presented with the award on June 17th by Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in Monaco.
Photo credit – Christine Wu
Posted by STAR team on 18/06/2018 at 10:52 AM
Friday, June 01, 2018
It’s Volunteers’ Week!
Here at STAR we’re celebrating all of the amazing work that STAR student volunteers do welcoming refugees into their towns and cities. This year our groups have run and helped out at 56 volunteering projects supporting hundreds of refugees across the UK and Ireland.
Posted by STAR team on 01/06/2018 at 10:52 AM
Monday, May 14, 2018
Home Office confirms asylum seekers can study
There is no study ban for asylum seekers! After STAR exposed errors, The Home Office have issued new guidance to confirm that asylum seekers should not be given Immigration Bail conditions which state ”you cannot study”. Watch our CEO Emma on Newsnight yesterday explaining what’s happened.
Posted by STAR team on 14/05/2018 at 02:56 PM
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Immigration Bail and the Right to Study
People seeking asylum and others are being denied the right to education by a new immigration status.
Posted by STAR team on 26/04/2018 at 02:30 PM
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Let Asylum Seekers Learn!
STAR is horrified that some asylum seekers are being told they do not have permission to study and is working to address this as a matter of urgency.
Posted by STAR team on 11/04/2018 at 04:49 PM
Friday, March 16, 2018
MPs back STAR campaign to reunite refugee families in the UK!
Cheers and applause rang out in the House of Commons for refugees today (16th March 2018).
In rare scenes for a Friday – normally a quiet time in Parliament – the Refugee Family Reunion Bill was backed by MPs and now moves onto the next stage where it will be looked at in detail by a Committee.
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STAR staff and students with Angus MacNeil MP
Posted by STAR team on 16/03/2018 at 03:55 PM
Friday, February 09, 2018
Let’s Work Together – to Reunite Refugee Families.
What if you could make a massive difference to the lives of refugees and their families – you’d do it right?
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That’s what our amazing STAR activists are doing up and down the country for our annual week of action from 16th to 23rd of February.
This year the focus is the Families Together Campaign – as this suggests it’s all about reuniting refugee families.
Posted by STAR team on 09/02/2018 at 04:40 PM
Thursday, February 01, 2018
‘The opportunity to improve and thrive’ - for asylum seekers & refugees
So much is being done and there is so much more to do.
This seemed to be the takeaway from a special one day conference in London (31st January 2018) about improving access to higher education for asylum seekers and refuges.
Posted by STAR team on 01/02/2018 at 03:29 PM
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Equal Access Conference - Bringing Down Barriers
For many students getting to university is enough to change their lives – even more so if you are an asylum seeker having fled your home country and sought protection in the UK.
Yet while refugees have the same status as everyone else living here, the position for asylum seekers and others is more complex.
Posted by STAR team on 24/01/2018 at 04:06 PM
Friday, January 05, 2018
‘Welcoming Refugees as Friends’
On New Year’s Day STAR had a star turn on national radio.
Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 did a major feature on women who will be 18 years of age in 2018. They sought out interesting young women who are making their mark in society and asked STAR to help.
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UWC Atlantic College in South Wales
Posted by STAR team on 05/01/2018 at 04:25 PM
