Refugee Festival Scotland 2018
Refugee Festival Scotland: Friday 15 to Sunday 24 June 2018 Scotland-wide Coordinated by Scottish Refugee Council, Refugee Festival Scotland is an annual Scotland-wide programme of arts, cultural, educational, heritage and sports events that bring refugee and local communities together in celebration of the contribution refugees make to the richness and vibrancy of life in Scotland and the... Read More
Strangers attend community funeral for asylum seeker
Strangers have attended a funeral for an asylum seeker whose death has left her 10-year-old son an orphan and facing an uncertain future.
17 March – JPIT Conference
10.00am-4.00pm Manchester Brave New World? Faithful living in a time of change The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) of the Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, United Reformed Church and Baptist Union of Great Britain are arranging a major national conference in Manchester. David Bradwell of Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees will be helping lead a... Read More
Welcome for New Scots integration strategy
The New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy 2018-2022, which has been endorsed by UNHCR, the United Nations’ Refugee Agency, sets out a vision for how the country can welcome and support people to rebuild their lives from the day they arrive.
Catholic Delegation visits Calais
From 27 – 30 November a delegation from Justice and Peace Scotland were guests of the Maria Skobtsova Catholic Worker House in Calais, France. Bishop William Nolan (President, and Bishop of Galloway) and Danny Sweeney (Social Justice Co-ordinator) went to witness first-hand the situation on the ground, over a year after the migrant camp, known... Read More
UK faith leaders urge action to end statelessness
A new initiative calling for improved rights and better support for ‘stateless’ people has been backed by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and the Convener/President of the Muslim Council of Scotland Right Rev Dr Derek Browning and Dr Muhammad Adrees have joined 110 religious and faith leaders in signing a... Read More
Edinburgh Direct Aid – winter appeal
Edinburgh Direct Aid is now urgently appealing for winter supplies for the Syrian refugees – estimated 60,000 min – who are facing their 5th winter in flimsy tents and shacks in Arsal, Lebanon, at an altitude of 5,000 ft near the Syrian border. It takes 4-6 weeks for shipping containers to get there, so EDA... Read More
10 October – Refugee Awareness Event
7.15pm Tuesday 10 October, Broughty Ferry An open evening organised by Broughty Ferry Churches Group Barnhill St Margaret’s Church Hall, Guthrie Terrace, Barnhill DD5 2QX Here is a chance to find out what is happening in Dundee and overseas to aid refugees displaced by war in Middle East and North Africa and how we may... Read More
17 November – ‘Inside Syria’ talk for Christian Aid
7.30-9.30pm Friday 17 November 2017 – Inside Syria with author and Middle East specialist Diana Darke. Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL Diana Darke, Middle East specialist and author of My House in Damascus, bought a crumbling house in the old city of Damascus in 2005. Later it became a sanctuary to... Read More
Vatican urges refugee response
Pope Francis has issued a message in preparation for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on 14 January 2018, Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants and refugees.