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Kamila Shamsie calls for the end of immigration detention
Long-time supporter of Refugee Tales and GDWG, Kamila Shamsie, has written an important piece in The Guardian Review calling for the UK to return to a place of welcome 'The UK once welcomed refugees. Now we are the only country in Europe to detain them indefinitely....
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End indefinite immigration detention – joint letter from 20 organisations
House of CommonsLondonSW1A 0AA Tuesday 30 June 2020 Dear Member of Parliament, We are a group of leading UK NGOs and organisations, writing to you as the 2020 Immigration Bill seeks to implement the biggest change to our immigration system in a generation. We believe...
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Liran Donin releases a song for Refugee Tales
Liran Donin and 100 Boats are the musicians performing for Refugee Tales at our first evening event on 3 July. Book your free ticket here. Liran is premiering some new material written for Refugee Tales alongside music from his recent release 8 songs. His music...
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Refugee Tales face masks
The Saffron Stitch is a business started by someone with lived experience of detention who writes: 'Without Refugee Tales and the GDWG from which it grew there would be no Saffron Stitch.' Take a look at the very beautiful website. If you have to enter a shop or...
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Order your Refugee Tales postcards now!
Whether you’re walking or staying at home, do send Refugee Tales postcards to friends, family, politicians… far and wide. Flick has made two postcards. Each one combines a portrait she has made of someone involved in Refugee Tales and a poem (or an excerpt) by David...
read moreGDWG June newsletter out now
Our latest GDWG newsletter is available now! The third edition of our GDWG 25th Birthday newsletter comes at a time of raised public awareness of systemic racism due to the killing of George Floyd, our sector reflecting what we must be doing better and showing how...
read moreRefugee Tales 2020 promo video
Watch the Refugee Tales Online promo video by Ridy, a film maker with lived experience of detention who volunteers on the organising group of Refugee Tales. Ridy asked people with lived experience of detention and those who work with them to say three words that...
read moreGDWG stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters
GDWG stand in solidarity with all fighting for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubery and all who have lost their lives to police brutality. Here in the UK, 37 people have lost their lives in immigration detention and a further 14 have died in prison...
read morePlease send us bridges on your walks
Refugee Tales 2020 calls for a world without detention. It does this through a series of online events 3rd to 5th July with talks, readings, film, tales and music, and as well as events there will be walking. Walking may be solitary or socially distanced according to...
read moreLaunching Refugee Tales 2020
Our Refugee Tales 2020 programme launches today. To see an outline of the programme 3rd to 5th July, take a look at our new website www.refugeetales.org We have talks, readings, film, music and tales in our programme of online events. Talks by Ali Smith and Kamila...
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