Celebrating Portsmouth Refugee Week & Ports Fest 2023
432 Nomads multicultural programme for the two festivals (Refugee Week and Ports Fest) was extraordinary, leaving a profound and lasting…
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Asylum Seeker volunteers use their gardening skills
Our Action Asylum volunteers have been busy this summer!
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Portsmouth proudly presents Refugee Week 2023 celebrating diversity, empathy and integration
Refugee Week Portsmouth is pleased to announce an array of exciting and inclusive creative events taking place across multiple sites…
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Sanctuary, Support & Solidarity: Global Conflict & Forced Migration at UoP
Sanctuary, Support and Solidarity: How the University of Portsmouth is engaging with global conflict and forced migration
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Young asylum seekers win film award in Portsmouth
A team of young asylum seekers has won the 'Spirit of DVMISSION' Award at the DVMISSION Film Festival for their…
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Diversity-led community organisation launches powerful new project highlighting gender violence in Iran
432 NO-MADS are pleased to present Dancing Through The Reigns of Fire - a thought-provoking new project developed in collaboration with the local Iranian community and creatives.
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Joint Letter to the Home Secretary on ‘Streamlined Asylum Processing’
Portsmouth City of Sanctuary has added their signature to a joint letter to the Home Secretary on ‘Streamlined Asylum Processing’.
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Valentine’s Day: stand against the Rwanda scheme
This year City of Sanctuary is encouraging groups, schools, awarded organisations and individuals to send cards showing your opposition to…
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Students lead reading project to help asylum-seeker children enjoy books
The University of Portsmouth has been helping children from asylum-seeking families to enjoy books and reading.
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The News: Portsmouth church could see cafe built and car park turned into garden as part of revamp
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The Guardian: Home Office to reopen immigration detention centres with £399m deal
The Guardian, Diane Taylor:
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Hampshire High Sheriff Award Winners
Portsmouth City of Sanctuary have won the Hampshire High Sheriff Award for our work in the city with refugees and asylum seekers. The award was collected by two of our Trustees Denise Callender and David Handley as well as Patience Mutunami our VAWG Project lead. We would like to thank…
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Home Office have announced today an immediate rise in support rates
The new rates are:
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The cost of living crisis is affecting us all, but it’s battering those in the asylum system.
One of City of Sanctuary Ambassadors told her story to the Metro. Read it here.
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Introduction to Ukrainian culture and language course
The Open University has launched a new free online course for people housing, caring for or working with Ukrainians in…
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Sanctuary in Politics Course – Applications Open!
Sanctuary in Politics Course – Climate Justice