by Lucja Jastrzebska | Jun 21, 2025 | Asylum and Detention, Latest, Stop the hostile environment
As Refugee Week draws to a close, we stand in solidarity with refugees and asylum seekers around the world. We reflect on the week’s theme — “Community as a Superpower” — with deep resonance and a sense of responsibility rooted in our history, our values, and our...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Jun 18, 2025 | Asylum and Detention, Blogs, Latest, Stop the hostile environment
Blog by Evie Cawte, René Cassin Alumni At the beginning of the month, Keir Starmer delivered a message on how the UK has become an “island of strangers” due to increased rates of migration and refugee intakes. The timing of this message, a month before Refugee Week...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Jun 13, 2025 | Latest, Stop the hostile environment
The theme for this year’s Refugee Week is Community as a Superpower, which speaks deeply to our Jewish heritage, our value of dignity, and our solidarity with refugees and asylum seekers. 🧡 Our history as a people is marked by seeking refuge from exile and the...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Jun 12, 2025 | Equal Rights for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, Latest, Tackling Hate Crime
by Melissa Charles June marks Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) History Month. The UK honours this month every year celebrating the rich cultural diversity of traditions, languages, and cultures among Gypsy, Rom and Traveller communities as well as raising awareness...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Jun 6, 2025 | Latest, Stop the hostile environment
June 2025 What are safe routes? When conflict or persecution occurs, it is up for other states to help refugees flee by setting up safe and legal routes. Refugees have a right to claim asylum in any state which is asignatory of the Refugee Convention 1951, which the...
