Refugee News
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Jonatane’s experience of being a refugee student
“While most of my friends from school started their degrees I had to wait…”
Jonatane Bidiaka Budiaki (LLB, LLM, University of Kent) describes the obstacles faced by asylum-seeking students when accessing higher education and the importance of finally being able to study at university.
Posted by James Fisher on 11/11/2009 at 11:19 AM
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Students work with refugees in Egypt
Students at the American University in Cairo are doing fantastic work similar to STAR members in the UK. Find out about the situation in Cairo and what students are doing to help.
Posted by James Fisher on 15/10/2009 at 05:03 PM
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Refugee children at Calais camp need support
STAR is appalled by the treatment of child victims of war at the temporary camps in Calais today. The Border and Immigration Agency must allow them to come to Britain as refugees.
Posted by James Fisher on 22/09/2009 at 03:02 PM
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Urgent: Stop Cuts to Asylum Support!
Fancy living on a fiver per day – every day? No? Then why should others have to? Please help us stop cuts to asylum support. It’s urgent!
Posted by James Fisher on 17/09/2009 at 03:52 PM
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Monday, June 22, 2009
On 26-27 June, Tell Your MP to Let Them Work!
The Let Them Work campaign needs your help to tell the government to let asylum seekers work.
Posted by James Fisher on 22/06/2009 at 10:58 AM
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Destitution On Film
Refugee Action has released a new film about destitution, you can watch it here.
Posted by James Fisher on 19/05/2009 at 04:16 PM
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Keep up to date on Let Them Work news
Here you can find out about the latest developments in the campaign, how it is viewed in the media and what the government is doing.
Posted by James Fisher on 22/09/2008 at 01:08 PM
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
New Statesman campaign to end child detention
Earlier this month, the current affairs journal New Statesman launched its new campaign, ‘No Place for Children’. The campaign calls for an end to the detention of children in immigration centres.
Posted by James Fisher on 09/09/2008 at 02:57 PM
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
STAR signs the Women’s Asylum Charter
STAR has signed up to a charter for the rights of women seeking asylum in the UK. Signatories including STAR, Refugee Council, Liberty and Amnesty International UK are calling upon the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to treat women seeking asylum with fairness, dignity and respect.
Posted by James Fisher on 14/08/2008 at 09:05 AM
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Making it work in schools for refugee and asylum-seeking children
In May 2008, the Refugee Council published a report about refugee and asylum-seeking children in secondary schools, in which STAR collaborated.
Posted by James Fisher on 29/07/2008 at 02:09 PM
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