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Campaigners gathered this weekend for their regular demonstration outside Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre, to show support for the women held at the facility.

Festival held to celebrate cultures from around the world which are represented locally

Real Hope café, opened in october 2022, produces a safe space for refugees to learn new skills such as free barista lessons, and sessions to ease the volunteers into life in the UK, including conversations about their rights.Designed to be run by asylum seekers and refugees and aims to prevent exploitation and teach new skills,"The only job you can get is cleaning – I can do much more,” said H. Learning a skill such as Barista gives refugee volunteers a sense of pride, confidnece and skills to intergrate into new country.

Annual Festival of Culture celebrates the diversity of the district

The Red Dress has visited the North-east for the first time to showcases the stories of Stockton's refugees

The article reports on a petition which calls for people to condemn attempts to divide communities and create fear and hatred against people seekng refuge in the UK. This comes after a fireworks were launched at police and police vans during a protest outside a Hotel in Kirby where people seeking refuge in the UK were being housed.

The article cited lots of examples of contributions of migrants to the British culture - food diversity, sports personalities, artists

Cafe in Lancaster gives refugees the chance to give back to the community and let others sample their native food

Migrant Gloria Hanley dscusses her experience coming to leeds to train as a midwife discussing how leeds is constantly changing and thriving even in comparison to London.Her work is included in an exhibiton in leeds city museum that displays heirlooms that show the positive contributions of Jewish, Irish, Muslim and Sikh communities to the city.

Figures show nearly 40% of our top cultural figures come from migrant or minority ethnic backgrounds – but barriers still exist

The vast majority of business leaders in the UK believe that asylum seekers should be allowed to work, according to a survey that challenges the employment ban on people awaiting decisions on asylum applications.Campaigners say the status quo marginalises asylum seekers and allows the valuable skills of often highly qualified professionals to go to waste

Lancaster organisation is giving a voice to people from home and abroad whose stories have never been heard before.

Residents of leeds have built lasting friendships with Syrian refugees,reciprocating kindness to one another.Leeds is credited one of the most welcoming cities for 315 people escaping war and persecution in their homeland.

Syrian Refugee Imad tells the yorkshire evening post his and his familites experiences of their tramatic jouney form the war in syria, displaying his amazement of his and his familites experiences with resettlement program in leeds. His children are hsppy getting to know their new surroundings and enjoying school and their newly leanred song 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’.

A Council led summit to celebrate what migration has brought to the city and discuss future plans. Quotes from Council on the benefits of migration, and a Syrian explains her experience

It describes a new welcome scheme in South Leeds to help newcomers settle in, use services and learn English

It describes a scheme whereby neighbours can get together and share information to use the area better.

The One Direction star includes the multiculturalism of Bradford as a factor in his love of the city

A photo gallery of the restaurants, started by Mohammad Sabir, a Kashmiri originally working as a bus driver

Émilie is 52 years old and get away from Gango and she is one of the many people who look after the allotment at Growing Together Levenshulme.
Joy, 54, and Edwina, 63, were forced to flee their homes in the run up to a brutal election in Zimbabwe because of their support for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),The allotment was founded around eight years ago, originally set up as a community gardening project, it to be a vegan and organic garden. A few years later, we began working with Revive, a Manchester based charity that supports refugees and asylum seekers."The garden provides a safe space where people can take part in activities they enjoy, and helps provide structure and routine in lives that are often full of change.""At the moment they're just looking for funding to secure the long term future of the garden so it can continue to benefit asylum seekers and refugees for years to come."

Indian immigrant Ram Murthi Thukral had run Bobby's Sweet Centre on Roundhay Road for 43 years.

A photographic exhibition featuring pictures of refugees who have made new homes in Lancaster is currently on display in Lancaster library.

Tony Walsh, whose powerful love letter to the city 'This is the Place' has been heard around the world, talks about how he found the words we all needed

Jennie Henry came back to her hometown of Middlesbrough to film the emotive documentary explaining the refugee crisis to children

An event at the Hamara centre to bring communities together over food.

A Chinese restaurant hosts a play about the positive impact of Chinese immigration

Mohamad Khalil, Leeds City Academy pupil, wins three bravery awards. He was shot when at school in Syria.

It describes the St Patricks Day celebrations in Leeds. It celebrates the thriving community of 16,000 Irish in Leeds.