Written by Mir Abdullah Miri For this year’s Refugee Week, I created an anonymous online form asking Afghans in the diaspora to respond to four sentence starters: Courage sounds like…, Courage looks like…, Courage feels like…, and Courage needs… The form was shared among friends, families, colleagues and community groups in different countries. Fifty-three (53!) people […]
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Bath Welcomes Refugees is recruiting Trustees
Would you like to make a difference in the lives of refugees and asylum seekers living in Bath? If you are passionate about welcoming people seeking safety in the UK and have lived experience as a refugee or asylum seeker or experience in charity governance, asylum and refugee law, therapeutic care, finance or communications we’d […]
Read moreBeyond Bath: Climate change, migration, and inequality
Oasis Church BathBath, England Tuesday, Mar 17 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm GMT Get your tickets here Around the world, droughts, floods, food shortages, and water scarcity are increasingly forcing people to leave their homes. The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat, it is already reshaping lives, livelihoods, and communities. Climate change is […]
Read moreBeyond Bath: Palestine, stories of displacement, dignity, and hope
Last Thursday November 19 in Bath, more than twenty people gathered for one of the Beyond Bath series. Organised by Bath Welcomes Refugees, the discussion, Palestine: Stories of displacement, dignity and hope, sought not to debate geopolitical abstractions, but to centre the lived experiences of Palestinians navigating war, exile, and daily life under occupation. The […]
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