“I am sad to inform you that your application has been denied” – Home Office. Growing up, I did not get to experience typical childhood, teenage fears, and anxieties. Instead, I had thoughts such as “Do I have enough money…
When Sireen came to join her husband in the UK under the refugee family reunion scheme, she found life in the UK incredibly difficult. Everything was stunningly different; from the weather, to the culture to how to open doors. She…
For young people caught up in the UK’s asylum system, the good intentions of everyone concerned by no means guarantee a fair outcome. Find out how Bristol Refugee Rights’s Young People Project helps children who arrive in the UK on their own.
There are six strange men asleep in the small, cold room with him. Each on blue plastic mats on the floor. One mutters to himself. Another snores like an irregular chainsaw. A third has night terrors that wake everyone up….
What stories to tell? When the Welcome Centre had to close down because of Coronavirus 19, Anna Burness, who runs the Early Years Project, suggested a weekly Zoom meeting with parents and children…. Colin discusses his choice of stories.
