Thank you – keep in touch….

Refugee Week may be over but the activities go on – click here for the Refugee Week website.

You could also join Platforma Arts and Refugees Network or take part in the Simple Acts campaign.

And on this website you can continue to listen to some of the audio and find links to the radio stations which took part.

Meanwhile, thank you – keep in touch…

Refugee Documentary from Nomad Radio

This audio documentary for Refugee Week is from Nomad Radio.

Presenter Amina Ahmed with some facts about refugees and about Somalis in Britain – she also talks to Somali members of the public on topics including whether they feel torn between two cultures, whether they consider themselves a refugee and what difficulties they encountered when they first came to the UK. Produced by Abdul Adan.

~ Refugee Documentary from Nomad Radio (MP3 – 10′ 21″)

The documentary is available to play on community radio stations in a non-profit way, crediting the contributors and Nomad Radio.

SOAS Radio – Rita’s World – special programme for Refugee Week

Check out this programme from SOAS Radio. Rita Ray, one of the organisers of the Celebrating Sanctuary festival which took place in London last Sunday, presents a Refugee Week special edition of her radio show Rita’s World.

It’s one hour in length and is available for broadcasting on other community radio stations (in a non-profit way, crediting SOAS Radio).

~ Click here for more information and for the link to the audio.

Please let us know if you broadcast this programme on air, thank you.

Interviews from SOAS Radio

Reporters from SOAS Radio were at the Celebrating Sanctuary festival in London last Sunday, where they recorded 21 mini interviews with some of the participants.

These are available for radio stations to use free of charge in a non-profit way, crediting SOAS Radio.

The interviewees include
~ Donna Covey, CEO Refugee Council UK
~ Camilla Jelbart, Campaigns and Communications Manager at Freedom from Torture
as well as a number of musicians who performed at Celebrating Sanctuary including:
~ Krar Collective, Ethiopian band
~ Kerieva, a contemporary Romani musician and activist
~ Woven Gold, a choir made up of refugees of all ages
~ Danto Aya, an up and coming Tuareg musician
and many more.

Click here for more information and for links to all the interviews.
Do please let us know if you use any of them on air.

The Truth About Asylum – documentary from Your Preston FM

The Truth About Asylum is an audio documentary from Your Preston FM, the community radio station for Preston and South Ribble in Lancashire.

In the documentary, asylum seekers and refugees living in Preston and elsewhere in Lancashire explore how the journey of seeking asylum doesn’t end with arrival in a new country. The documentary includes real accounts of asylum seekers who have travelled to the UK, plus interviews with representatives of organisations working with asylum seekers and refugees in Lancashire.

~ The Truth About Asylum (MP3 – 42′ 59″)

The Truth About Asylum forms part of the station’s “Preston and Beyond” project, which was funded by UKAid from the Department for International Development.