‘Most are just normal people’: Manchester film maker to portray Calais refugee crisis
The escalating refugee crisis will be portrayed as a film by a Chorlton director next year and filming is well underway.
Festival celebrates 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s Manchester ‘judas’ gig
A music venue in South Manchester is planning an early celebration by a staging an all-day Dylan Festival for charity on Saturday 25th of October.
Governments to blame for refugee deaths and suffering, says a North West MEP
A North West MEP has ‘deplored’ the UK government’s inaction to take a ‘compassionate’ European approach to the ongoing refugee crisis, after EU government ministers agree on a disputed relocation plan.
‘Death was staring at us’: Syrian mums and dads reveal struggle of refugee parenting
Syrian refugees talk of their ‘dangerous journey’ to the UK, ‘blessed refuge in Manchester’ and thoughts on UK migration policy, as they feature in a new documentary showing the lives of Syrian refugee families living in the city.
Doing their bit: Manchester club hosts charity night to raise money for refugees
Popular Manchester nightclub and music venue The Deaf Institute will play host to a charity night organized by People Over Borders this Sunday.
North West MEPs condemn Cameron’s refusal to meet EU’s proposed refugee quota
All 28 Member States must plan and act on an EU-wide solution to end the refugee crisis says a North West MEP, as cross-party MEPs in the UK condemn David Cameron’s refusal to take migrants under the proposed EU quota.
‘We are all moved by Syria’s plight’: Stockport Council will not stand by as refugees die
Stockport’s council leader is determined to accept more Syrian refugees but says her borough and all of Greater Manchester will need greater government support if they are to carry out this ‘simple act of human compassion’.
‘How many migrants will you take?’: Bishop of Manchester challenges local councils
Bishop David Walker has sought to ‘move the refugee crisis debate on’ by asking every Greater Manchester Council, ‘how many migrants will you take?’.
Connecting lives: Refugee Weeks gives Manchester the chance to celebrate
Things kick-off today with RAPAR’s Rhythm and Justice Summer Festival which is being billed as a celebration of diversity within the Manchester community.
Rochdale’s ‘unfair burden’? So-called asylum seekers ‘should go back to own country’, says Simon Danczuk
Asylum seekers are an ‘unfair burden’ on Rochdale and many should go ‘back to their own country’, according to the town’s MP Simon Danczuk.
UK asylum seekers living in poverty on less than £40 a week get helping hand from Manchester charity
Hundreds of people turned up at the People’s History Museum last Saturday to celebrate ‘Refugee Week’