Pupils Star in Refugee DVD
Pupils from St Paul’s Primary School in Whiteinch and a former pupil of Drumchapel High have starring roles in a new DVD aimed at easing the integration of refugee and asylum seeking children into...
View ArticleFashion challenge focus for Unity’s winter fair
The Unity Centre is holding a winter fair with a difference this year, with live music and an eco-fashion challenge to aspiring designers. The date is 12 December and the venue is the Glasgow Social...
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Rally highlights destitute asylum seekers’ plight
by Martin Graham Noreen Real addresses the rain soaked crowd. ONE HUNDRED and fifty people braved the cold and hail on Saturday morning to attend a rally at the UKBA building at Brand Street, Govan, to...
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Santa due in court tomorrow
Santa, who was arrested for blockading the UK Borders Agency offices in Govan, preventing a dawn raid some months ago, is due to appear in Glasgow Sheriff Court tomorrow – Thursday 30 May 2013. Santa...
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Refugee Week brings talent to the fore
People from many places will bring their talents to Refugee Week. Pic by Tim Morozzo They’re here to stay! That’s the message from Refugee Week Scotland which officially runs from Monday 17 till Sunday...
View ArticleUKBA ‘go home’ campaign condemned
A Scottish charity which supports asylum seekers has condemned a UK Borders Agency advertising campaign branding it ‘shameful and deeply offensive.’ Positive Action in Housing (PAiH) say a new poster...
View ArticleStar speaker at STAR first night
Some ‘really shocking stories’ were heard by members of Student Action for Refugees (STAR) at their first official meeting of the term at Glasgow University. Jasmine, a volunteer caseworker with UNITY...
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Human Rights being violated by poverty
Awareness of fundamental Human Rights would help eradicate much of the inequality being experienced in Scotland today. Speakers (from left) Kate Lauchlin, Tricia McConalogue and Duncan Wilson with...
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Glasgow North church hustings blessed with peace and good chairmanship.
So many people wanted to attend Sunday’s hustings for Glasgow North candidates that the doors had to be closed when the maximum of 150 was reached in Hillhead Baptist Church building. Organised by the...
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The attitude towards refugees in Europe is appalling. According to the London Times there are secret plans to make criminals out of those who step forward and rescue people from the waters of the...
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European refugee numbers of Biblical proportions
The unregistered mass of refugees at Calais is ‘of Biblical proportions,’ said Michael Neuman, Director of Studies at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) speaking in Glasgow tonight. He was supported by...
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