School of Sanctuary Leeds

Five schools achieved their Schools of Sanctuary awards in Leeds this year at our celebration at the Civic Hall after Refugee Week. Congratulations @kssprimary @abgacademy @ccuaceprimary @CoopLeeds @woodhouse_grove Thank you @LordMayorLeeds @FionaVenner @LCILeeds

Conversations From Calais in Schools! We’ve started giving talks about the project, how it became a book and how young people can get involved in the refugee rights movement in the UK. If you’d like us to come to a school near you, email conversationsfromcalais@gmail.com

@SchsofSanctuary @LeedsUniLLC @LeedsCityofSanc @LeedsUniUnion Thank you @SchofSanctuary for sharing this. Looks like something to check out and recommend to schools or take further as you suggest.

New school term! Will your school sign up to be a School of Sanctuary? Congratulations to Allerton Primary and Leeds City Academy who received their awards from the Lord Mayor of Leeds at the end of the summer term with other Leeds' schools present .

Banning people who cross by small boat from claiming asylum? It's wrong. Plain and simple. Here's why...

It's World Book Day! I read 'The Lightless Sky' by Gulwali Passerlay recently and it opened my eyes to the reality of being a child refugee from Afghanistan. What an incredible read. @SchsofSanctuary

Stand with Joan, the Holocaust survivor who stood up to Suella Braverman, and join the over 30,000 people signing her open letter calling for change. #IStandWithJoan secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/120582/pe…

No one should ever lose their life trying to reach sanctuary, @SuellaBraverman. But without safe routes, people are left with no choice. Make sure there are no more deaths in the Channel. We need #SafeRoutesNow

Beautiful, colourful and welcoming Christmas cards made by children at Coop Academy Leeds for men seeking asylum and living in a hotel in Leeds. Thank you!

We must act NOW to create safe avenues for people who have been forced to move by the impacts of climate breakdown. With @migrantsorg & @JCWI_UK, we call on world leaders to take immediate action by creating just & welcoming policies. Read the statement: cityofsanctuary.org/2022/11/17/mig…

I've just signed @FreefromTorture's open letter to the airlines asking them to stand against forced flights for refugees and rule themselves out. Will you join me? #StoptheFlights secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/116009/pe…

@SuellaBraverman, The Rwanda plan flies in the face of human decency. Refugees deserve protection not punishment. Everyone knows it, now you need to scrap it #StopTheFlights #FillTheSkiesWithHope

In fresh research we launch today, we reveal the fact that hundreds of refugee children in the UK are being mistakenly judged by the Home Office to be adults. As a result, these vulnerable children are being placed at risk of abuse and neglect. THREAD🧵#ChildrenNotAdults

@refugeecouncil I have just read 'The Lightless Sky' by Gulwali Passarlay. He was only 13 but was judged to be 16. He even went through one interview which was a standard adult interview with no support.

“Intercepted migrants crossing the Channel in small boats will no longer be deemed ‘illegal entrants’ but ‘arriving passengers’” Great to see this coverage in the Telegraph - we hope all their readers take note. facebook.com/flx/warn/?u=ht…

🚨Friday 23 Sep: together we will take a stand against the cruel Rwanda scheme. Join us & Fill The Skies With Hope by making & sending orange heart-shaped paper planes with their messages to the new PM🧡 Get planning now💪👇 togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/get-involved/s…

Hey @PennyMordaunt,  the Rwanda scheme is brutal. It tears families apart, destroys lives & flies in the face of international law & human decency. Everyone knows it, now you need to say it. Say you'll #LeadWithCompassion: scrap the Rwanda plan.