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Tune into the final installment of our series, 'Embracing Adversity Journey - Refugee Voices- Part 12: Empowering Refugees: A Call for Compassion and Action.' This episode delves deep into the crucial need for empathy and support for refugees across the globe. Discover the challenges refugees endure, understand their rights under international law, and learn about the vital importance of recognizing their humanity. We discuss how welcoming refugees positively impacts societies and highlight the crucial role of advocacy, policy change, and community involvement in fostering long-term solutions. 🎧 Join us as we inspire action and compassion. Learn how you can make a difference: educate yourself, support refugee organizations, and help challenge and change negative stereotypes. Let’s work together to build a world that embraces all. #RefugeeRights #CompassionForRefugees #RefugeeVoices #TakeAction

To improve our asylum system, integration, and contribution to the economy, the Welsh Refugee Coalition is setting out five key asks to all political parties ahead of the General Election: 1. Commit to the right to seek asylum in the UK 2. Build an effective asylum system that treats people with dignity and compassion 3. Review the impact of policies on No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) for those facing homelessness 4. Stand up for migrant justice 5. Commit to the Nation of Sanctuary vision of welcome 

Ready to stand up for refugees? 🌏💪 Our new guide is your toolkit for lobbying future MPs offline and online with impact. Let’s make sure they can’t ignore our call for justice and compassion. Download now and join the fight: https://rb.gy/mqznjk #RallyWithRefugees

Breaking, report from Humans for Rights Network, Refugee Council & Helen Bamber Foundation shows the devastating reality child refugees due to the Home Office’s flawed age assessment system: - Over 18 months, the Home Office wrongly assessed 1,300 child refugees as adults. - In the first half of 2023 alone, nearly 500 children were put in adult accommodation or detention. The UK Government is failing child refugees needing protection and safety. We need an urgent change to this flawed policy. Please read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eS9j6kmA

[Did you know?] HouseInc (2024-2027) will investigate housing inequality, with an emphasis on energy poverty and examine how housing inequality impacts leisure, mobility, employment and health. Social justice is at the heart of HouseInc and the project will support the most vulnerable communities by identifying the systemic barriers to housing equality, focusing on vulnerable communities living in Eastern European communities or those that have migrated from Eastern Europe, especially Ukrainians. By taking a holistic approach, HouseInc will provide solutions that aim to relieve the burden of housing inequality in 4 marginalised communities in Europe (Roma communities (in Czech Republic and Romania) as well as Ukrainian refugees (in Italy) and migrants from Eastern Europe (in Germany). The partners will conduct qualitative research in these pilots to identify drivers in marginalised communities and develop and categorise pathways of interlinkages. Eurocities has recently shared a video to remind that cities stand with Ukraine and will continue to support Ukrainian refugees. "#CitieswithUkraine - the voice of refugees". Since the war began, thousands of Ukrainians have lost their lives, families have been torn apart, and communities have been displaced, forced to flee their homes in search of safety and shelter. In response, cities across Europe have welcomed and integrated millions of Ukrainian refugees, as well as providing funding, aid and equipment to their sister cities in Ukraine. https://lnkd.in/dgq5a7GP and read more: https://lnkd.in/eXMiP3sB

💗 On #InternationalDayofFamilies, we think of all the refugees who are prevented from being with their families and denied the right to family unity because of inhumane asylum policies. 🔵 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔 𝐭𝐨: 👉 Broaden the scope of family reunification (for sponsors and beneficiaries) 👉 Apply more favourable conditions to all beneficiaries of international protection, without time limits 👉 Ensure adequate support to sponsors and their families throughout the procedure 👉 Provide families with rights identical to and independent of sponsors 👉 Establish effective alternative pathways to family unity 🔵 Refugee families belong together and therefore, we encourage you to vote this June 6-9 at the #EUelections2024 for an inclusive Europe. #EUisU

🌎 On this #WorldRefugeeDay, we are sharing research dedicated to the protection of #refugees and their children, both in #Gaza and around the world. Palestinians represent the longest-standing situation of forced displacement globally, and their children face numerous difficulties. ❓ What are the current child protection challenges? 🗞️ Researchers from the Migration Policy Centre share their analysis in this new blog post 'Born into Displacement: Palestinian Children's Struggle for Rights on World Refugee Day': https://loom.ly/IPoslKQ By Caitlin Procter, Luigi Achilli and Stephanie Acker

"I strongly believe that empowering refugees through self-reliance is key to creating a just and resilient world. By supporting education and economic opportunities, we can help refugees gain the skills and dignity they need to thrive. When they are self-reliant, refugees can contribute meaningfully to their host communities, enriching the social and economic fabric. Let’s advocate for refugee empowerment and work toward a brighter future for all. Learn more and support this mission: https://lnkd.in/dNVDFDe7

Did you know that refugees face multiple challenges in addition to being forced to leave home? Adamou Mohamed, Director of Grassroots Organizing at CWS, explains the threats and challenges refugees face and how community organizing advocates for meaningful change and support for refugees thriving in their new communities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gMVhJ2Fy #WorldRefugeeDay #WithRefugees

The government’s announcements today on asylum are out of step with the national mood, as we’ve seen from the thousands of people showing their desire to see a compassionate welcome for refugees in the UK over the last few weeks. We urgently need the government to create safe routes to the UK and an asylum policy that is compassionate, fair and does not allow asylum-seekers and refugees to be used as scapegoats. Today’s announcements are just more of the cruel and punitive approaches the previous government used. An approach that divides us, and has devastating consequences - as we’ve seen in recent weeks, causing so much distress among the young people with whom we work. We all deserve better than this - refugees and people seeking safety, the thousands of people who came out in onto the streets in support of refugees and against hate, and our communities who want to be able to live well together. Read more about the latest announcements: https://lnkd.in/ebXmjcN6