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July 28, 2016
We will always appreciate the support of the British people
Dr. Nasimi fled to the UK speaking no English. Now he runs a large…
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July 28, 2016
I’m so grateful to UK for giving me the chance to learn & achieve
Emina fled to the UK from Sarajevo in the 1990s. After completing a Masters at Oxford,…
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July 28, 2016
Freedom, for me, is the most important thing
I couldn’t live a lie, but the alternative was truly dangerous. Being a gay man in…
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July 28, 2016
I fled to the UK in 1956. This is not the welcome I remember
George Szirtes is a multi- award winning Hungarian poet and translator. He fled to the UK…
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July 28, 2016
Twice forced into exile
Humberto and Gabriella fled Chile in the 1970s after Humberto was detained and tortured under General…
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July 28, 2016
I am a refugee. But first and foremost, I am a human being
Paul Lorber fled Czechoslovakia in 1968 following Soviet invasion. His parents, who had survived concentration camps,…
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July 28, 2016
Refugees have so much to give us
Raju Bhatt was expelled from Uganda at 15 along with 80,000 other Ugandan Asians. In the…
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July 28, 2016
Without Britain’s protection, I would not be alive today
Poet Shash Trevett fled civil war in Sri Lanka in 1987. As a well-known surgeon, her…
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July 4, 2016
The forgotten children
Last month, the High Court made an important ruling which could transform the futures of unaccompanied…
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May 24, 2016
Young refugee cricketers take on the MCC
Our Parliamentary Manager, Jon Featonby, writes about his change of scenery as he swaps the Houses…
