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This newspaper database was created to;

  • document local newspaper articles about migrant experiences
  • present local newspaper articles about migrant experiences in a more accessible and searchable manner
  • counterbalance negative media rhetoric of migration, through highlighting positive stories of migration or sentiment to migration, at a local level.

It was created by volunteers who took part in Online Archive Research training. The training was opened to the wider community in each area to learn how to use online research tools to gather local newspaper stories. 

They then collected local newspaper stories following a specific criterion. 

The newspaper stories had to;

  • be about positive contributions made by the migrant community in the specific local area.
  • have positive sentiments shown towards the migrant community.
  • be in the last 10 years, between 2012 – 2022/3
  • counterbalance negative media portrayals of migration. This could include (but not limited to):

a. Details of positive contributions migrant communities have made to their local area.

b. Positive sentiments to migration from local area sources.

c. Direct lived experiences of migrant communities that have been shared to advocate/highlight experiences (even if the experiences themselves are negative)

 

the findings created the content for our Archive Research database. 

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‘I miss my hometown, my friend – and my mum’s delicious food’: the cookbook made by refugees

Short summary
A sense of community is created by young refugee authors from Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Chad, who recreate their favourite meals from home and share them with the local community in theor cook book 'cooked with love'.“It’s like a window into the young people’s worlds Not just the trauma they’ve been through, their positive memories and the things they love and miss about home too.”

Leeds charity to help hundreds of refugees get online with free tablet lending scheme

Short summary
Refugee charity Leeds refugee forum acquires a £400,000 funding from environmental charity Hubbub and Virgin Media's O2 tech lending community fund, to provide tablets and data to refugees, to help develop new skills, integrate and tackle digital isolation and e-waste.

Little Amal: 3.5 metre puppet of migrant girl passes through Yorkshire

Short summary
A puppet called Amal, Arabic for 'hope', brings together local creatives, artists and communities as it travels around yorkshire. It symbolises tens of thousands of displaced refugee children in need of assistance to rebuild their lives after leaving their war-torn countries and, being made by 17 international puppeteers, shows a sense of global community.

Refugee who works on NHS frontline in Leeds hits out at Priti Patel’s immigration plans

Short summary
An NHS worker who has spent the pandemic helping save lives on a Covid-19 ward says Priti Patel’s immigration plans will see refugees like her turned away from the UK.
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/refugee-who-works-on-nhs-frontline-in-leeds-hits-out-at-priti-patels-immigration-plans-3256283

Date of publication

  • 2023 (1)
  • 2020 (1)
  • 2019 (3)
  • 2018 (1)
  • 2017 (10)
  • 2016 (11)
  • 2015 (1)
  • (-) 2022 (2)
  • (-) 2021 (2)

City

  • Lancaster (11)
  • Manchester (7)
  • Middlesbrough (7)
  • Liverpool (4)
  • (-) Leeds (4)

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