Brighton and Hove News
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Full programme released for Together Community Day
We have just released the full programme for Sunday’s Together community day, the finale for Refugee Week 2019 in Brighton & Hove. With dozens of activities for people of all ages and across communities, it is also our contribution to the Great Get Together in honour of Jo Cox. So…
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New research finds young refugees are wrongly thought to lack ambition
Refugee students tend to set their sights high, but new research on young refugees’ education in Brighton and Hove has found that their low level of English is often interpreted as a lack of ambition.
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Grand finale to Refugee Week in Brighton & Hove this weekend
After seven days of concerts, talks, parades and parties, Refugee Week 2018 draws to a close in Brighton & Hove…
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Sanctuary on Sea has welcomed a report on the needs of international migrants in Brighton & Hove
The study, ‘International Migrants in Brighton & Hove’, was produced by the council to help plan and shape services for…
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Young Syrian singers star at Sanctuary in Parliament 2017
A song recital (VIDEO) by eight young members of the Sussex Syrian Community Group was the highlight of this year’s…
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Directory of Resources for Refugees & Migrants in Brighton & Hove
Where can I find an Arabic interpreter? How can I meet other Kurds? Where can I get legal advice? I’m…
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Sanctuary on Sea CONNECT community get-together marks the end of Refugee Week in Brighton and Hove
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Refugee Week 2017
REFUGEE WEEK 2017 IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE: 17 June – 1 July For centuries people have come and sought sanctuary in Brighton…
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Sanctuary on Sea goes to Parliament to stand up for the right to asylum
Caroline Lucas meeting Sanctuary on Sea group
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Upcoming event: Sanctuary on Sea AGM, Wednesday 7 December 2016 – conversation, food and ideas
We are having our Annual General Meeting at 6.30 – 9.00 on 7 December at BMECP, 10A Fleet Street, Brighton, BN1 4ZE. If you haven’t had an invitation, please sign up here to get on our mailing list.
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Beautiful start to Refugee Week in Brighton and Hove
Refugee Week started in Brighton on Saturday with a beautiful performance by the Regent’s Orchestra of works on a refugee…
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Brighton people say, “not in our name” to anti-refugee march
This Saturday, 4th June, a group which calls itself “South Coast Resistance” plans to protest at Brighton & Hove’s willingness to welcome refugees from Syria. Sanctuary on Sea has condemned the march in an open letter signed by local MPs Caroline Lucas (Green) and Peter Kyle (Labour), Councillor Pete West, the city’s mayor, and…
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Brighton Table Tennis Club named first UK sports Club of Sanctuary
Hoang, a victim of trafficking from Vietnam, who has recently won his appeal with the Home Office and is a…
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New “Crossing Borders” music festival for Brighton and Hove
Sanctuary on Sea are proud to announce today Crossing Borders an exciting new festival that will take place in Brighton…
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Temporary Refugee Week Coordinator wanted
Are you passionate about supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Brighton and Hove?
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Schools of Sanctuary programme launches in Brighton and Hove
More than 50 people representing 22 schools attended the Schools of Sanctuary launch in Brighton and Hove on 17th March…
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Help needed to fight the Immigration Bill
The Immigration Bill currently going through Parliament, if it becomes law, will make it a whole lot harder to welcome those seeking sanctuary, as Migrant Rights Network makes clear in this briefing.
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AGM – The Next Steps Taken
On Monday 26 October Sanctuary on Sea Brighton and Hove held its first Annual General Meeting at the BMECP. With…
