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We have lots of exciting events and talks coming up over the next few weeks! Check out this post to see what’s on! First event is a Pub Quiz on Tuesday, we hope to see lots of you there!

2/2 2. Use this Safe passage template message to your MP to raise your concern regarding our humanitarian responsibilities, the more letters our MPs recieve, the greater the likelyhood of action: safepassage.org.uk/write-to-your-…

1/2 Along with many others we are deeply concerned by the recent events in Afghanistan. Here are two easy ways to pressure our government to take effective action supporting Afghans fleeing the country. 1. Sign the Freedom From Torture petition: bit.ly/2Xzne7w

📣Join @WeAreSfGH and @WeavingHopes in a unique event: a COP26 simulation!📣 🗓️THIS SATURDAY 7th August ⏱️2PM (UK), 9PM (MYT) A free interactive workshop on #COP26, including some debate and a conference simulation! Zoom Registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #ClimateJustice

6/6. The Lift The Ban Coalition have put together a report that includes a survey of asylum seekers. The report is very colourful and is an easy read, found here: refugee-action.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

5/6. The coalition lobbies the government to scrap the jobs occupation shortage list, and reduce the time that asylum seekers wait to be able to work to 6 months.

1/6. Another campaign we will be supporting this year is The Lift the Ban Coalition. This is a group of organisations and institutions that are lobbying the government to change the law on whether asylum seekers can work while their application is processed.

6/6 County Durham: Abolish Detention - Hassock field Durham's People's Assembly NoToHassockfield National campaign groups: These walls must fall Credit to Abolish Detention - Hassockfield for the images.

1/6 The Governement is planning to open a new detention centre in County Durham. This has been met with opposition from many local groups. Immigration detention centre's are used to hold people without the ‘correct’ documentation without trial, usually before deportation.

5/6 If you are interested in learning more or getting involved in campaigning, please message our page with any questions, we will also be supporting the campaign and sharing news as things develop. Groups campaigning against the opening of the detention centre for women in…

4/6 The UK is the only country in Europe that does not have a maximum time that someone can be held in detention for.

3/6 - There are repeated findings that conditions in detention centers are inadequate. Most recently, the home office lost a legal battle that found that they the Napier Barracks had been used to unlawfully detain people in inadequate and unsafe conditions.

2/6 -Research by Women for Refugee Women has found that many of those detained in immigration centres are survivors of torture, rape or trafficking, and locking them up severely impacts their mental health.

2/2 The info shared here was produced by Abolish Detention - Hassockfield for #refugee week. They are a group that is currently working to protest the opening of a new detention center for women in Consett, County Durham.

1/2 - This week our social media platforms will be used to focus on refugee health, and more specifically, the issues within the UK asylum system and what can be done about them. SfGH Newcastle plans to campaign on these issues throughout the year.

A joy to sit down with Dr. Catalina Rojas for her @PCDN Social Change Career Podcast. If social change is something you'd like to find a way to have as a job, I hope this episode helps - or at least warns you what a challenging choice you'd be making! :-) socialchangecareerpodcast.libsyn.com/e12s8-a-career…