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The Evolutionof Sanctuary
Following a hugely successful event on 23 June to close Refugee Week in Hastings, organiser POLLY GIFFORD looks back on eight years of Sanctuary Festival Things rarely end up where…
Syrian Resettlement: “Working Brilliantly”, Says Project Co-ordinator
Simon Finlay, Project Co-ordinator of the Syrian Resettlement Programme at Hastings Borough Council, seems a happy man these days. He has spent half a lifetime working for organisations that have…
A Celebration of Sanctuary
On 13th June the “open” project at Open on sea-front was launched with its first exhibition of photographs by Andrew Grainger. This venue is to be run by the 20…
The Refugee Experience: A Two-tier System
In September 2015, the then Prime Minister David Cameron pledged that the UK would welcome 20,000 refugees from camps on the borders of Syria over the next five years. The…