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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.

At this time of year, many of us will be enjoying spending precious time with our families. For that reason, it can be a particularly hard time for those who are missing their loved ones.

Jess Thompson, founder of Migrateful, a UK charity with a mission to support
migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in their journey towards integration,
explains how food and cooking can help bridge divisions between communities.

The journalist explores their own opinions on what 'migrant' brings to the UK on International Migrants Day. They explore the language used to refer to people travelling to the UK and the situational differences and specifics. It's a really thorough exploration of his own personal experience working as an immigration advisor and the statistical facts both of which counteract the stereotypical negative portayal of migrants in right wing press.

The article speaks about Marzena a Queer Polish activist who has lived in many countries across the world and maintained their fight for progressive change along the way.

The article speaks about a screening event in Liverpool including the film of Polish director Aga Woszczynska. It explains the themes of the film as being power, priviledge and denial between people of different migration status and socio-economic class. It also mentions a Q&A which took place at the event which included the director and panelists from merseyside with experience of leadership and activism within local orgs - topics discussed included racism, discrimination and migrants rights. The premise of the event was to open up discussions between local people on how they can uproot racism and class injustices in liverpool. The article also promotes a follow up event with similar agenda of using film to prompt discussion for change.

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.”

Group of refugees given the opportunity to travel from Bradford to Morecambe to experience a different part of the UK

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.

A Morecambe firm has answered a call to help Ukrainian refugees currently staying in North Lancashire to work and to keep in touch with families at home.

A community centre has been changing the lives of refugees through music, conversation and cooking.

Project set up to support Lancashire Refugees and Asylum Seekers to run cookery classes and events for the general public to attend

A Lancaster resident is appealing for help with buying mobile phones to help people seeking asylum who arrive in the district

895 Ukranian refugees matched with Lancashire sponsors as part of governments Homes for Ukraine Scheme

Drop in and pick up centre for donations of clothes, toys and toiletries for recently arrived Ukrainian families new to Lancaster and district set up in city centre

A charity has created a “missing poster” campaign to highlight the loneliness felt by male migrants, as crossings continue to the UK.

Local charity provides art in nature workshops for refugees

Cross party statement welcomes refugees to the North West

The generosity of everyone in the town has been 'overwhelming' say organisers

Famous footballer Marcus Rashford campaigning free school meals scheme was defeated in the House of Commons, but he and his mother determining to make it happen by help out at the foodbank in Manchester

Iranian refugee welcomed into local football team in Lancaster

The words “Rise above fear. Refugees welcome” have been beamed onto the White Cliffs of Dover. It lit in support of migrant welfare.it was expected to assemble to demonstrate over migrant crossings on 5th Sept 2020

We learn about Amina's experience being trafficked into the UK as a young girl and being detained at Yarl's Wood an immigration detention facility. We also learn about her journey of being co founder of MAMA - a campaign group of multicultural women from different backgrounds, many single parents, and it's a community based group. It's women fighting for each other. The finishing point of the article is that people placed in detention centres have valuable skills and could become vital contributors to society.

Hossein Ahmadi is thriving in foster care in Leeds after fleeing his homeland of Iran. He shares his story as part of a campaign by the Welcoming Young Refugees project. Laura Reid reports.

Four women from Lancaster are part of a group of 100 refugees across Lancashire who have spent one year creating a recipe book showcasing Syrian food, families and culture

New awards - the Blossom Awards was funded by Alan Mak, a Britain’s first MP of British- Chinese heritage, it was an esclusively on the British- Chinese community. It aiming to recognise the achievement for those who were the key professional workers and had achieved success in professional fields