Refugee

Happy Birthday AEJUK!

May 18, 2011

Congratulations to the Association of Eritrean Jeberti in the UK, who are based in Hammersmith. They celebrated their 10th Anniversary last Saturday in Hammersmith Town Hall, and invited me to address them at the reception. Mr Yusuf Said, the chair, and his management committee do invaluable work serving a small but often vulnerable community, and [...]

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Educational Vision

May 18, 2011

The photo shows me with Mohammud Abdi and pupils of the Vision Supplementary Education project, which runs on a Sunday in the brand new sixth form block at Phoenix School. I was pleased to see community use included in its remit, though it is a terrible irony that having secured the £10m needed to build [...]

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Stop the Trafficking

May 18, 2011

ECPAT is an acronym you need to know. They campaign against the trafficking of children and young people for sex and slavery. Their work highlights and combats the exploitation of children worldwide. When they visited the Body Shop in Hammersmith earlier this year, I learnt with dismay how necessary is the work they do every [...]

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Refugee Forum at Palingswick House

December 7, 2009
Palingswick House

Palingswick House is home to over a dozen refugee groups. They had their annual Refugee Forum AGM last week to discuss issues they all share. This year the agenda was dominated by Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s plans to remove these groups from Palingswick. The groups noted with some irony that Cameron had just announced that [...]

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Andy supports H&F Refugee week

July 3, 2009
Andy supports H&F Refugee week

Last week, I attended an event at Bishop Creighton House to mark Refugee Week. Hammersmith and Fulham Refugee Forum have held this event annually for several years: Refugee Week is an important chance to bring to the attention of the public (and MPs!) the plight of many refugees. Were it not for the work done [...]

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Andy attends Hammersmith Refugee Forum

July 1, 2008
Andy attends Hammersmith Refugee Forum

Andy Slaughter, the Labour MP for Shepherds Bush, has attended the meeting of the Hammersmith Refugee Forum to mark national Refugee Week. The Refugee Forum was held at Hammersmith Town Hall, and included a fair and a meeting for refugees and members of refugee advocacy groups. Representatives of over a dozen groups, representing refugees from [...]

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London Refugee Voice

February 24, 2008
London Refugee Voice

I was delighted to be the guest speaker at the Annual General Meeting of London Refugee Voice. You can find more about the vital work they do here: http://www.lrv.org.uk/index.htm

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