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.

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.

Camden Community Radio – What’s On Refugee Week edition

Members of Camden Community Radio produce a weekly What’s On podcast which can be heard via their website.

Click on the link below for the What’s On for week beginning 20th June, with information on Refugee Week events in Camden and the North London area.

~ Camden Community Radio What’s On – week beginning 20th June (MP3 – 7′ 09″)

Sunday 20th June 2010

Today is World Refugee Day.
In London there’s a World Refugee Day Umbrella Parade – hundreds of refugees, asylum seekers, and their supporters will march through London to celebrate the protection of refugees. Marches and parades will also take place simultaneously in cities across Europe – Brussels, Dublin, Lyon, Berlin, Lisbon, Madrid, Istanbul and Ankara, as well as London. Click here for more details.

On air:
  10am – 12 Folk, Roots & Branches Refugee Week Special on 10 Radio in Somerset (repeated from Thursday)

  11am Balana – special programme for Refugee Week, on Awaz FM in Glasgow

  6pm Welcome to Britain – I’m Aaron Barschak on Resonance FM in London

  6pm The Truth About Asylum – Refugee Week Special on Preston FM
Preston FM marks refugee week with a special programme created by local asylum seekers and refugees, looking back at their journey to the UK and reflecting on how their life has changed since they arrived. The programme is part of the Preston & Beyond strand and is funded by UKAid

  7-8pm African Essence on Resonance FM in London
This week African Essence looks at the darker side of the World Cup. In light of recent mass evictions in South Africa, African Essence speaks to Cape Town’s Akraf Cassiem (The Anti-Eviction Campaign) and updates listeners on the work of The Amos Trust (organisers of the Street Kids World Cup). Moroccan multimedia artist Bouchra Khalili will also be on the show, discussing her work which features in the current exhibition Whose Map is It? at INIVA, London. Tribute will also be paid to the South African singer/composer Bhusi Mhlonga, who passed away this week. www.african-essence.com

  7pm Celebrating Sanctuary on Peterborough FM

  8-9pm Refugee Radio on Radio Reverb in Brighton

  8.30pm Six Pillars to Persia on Resonance FM in London (repeated from Monday)

  Homely Planet, based in Belfast, is streaming a range of special programmes and items for Refugee Week from its website, including at 7.30pm Wilson Magwere and Talking Drum, recorded live at The Black Box in Belfast.
To listen, go to the Homely Planet website, then select your player and click on the appropriate listen button.

  South Leeds Community Radio is streaming special programmes for Refugee Week, including an interview with Arsham Parsi, an activist and a gay Iranian asylum seeker. Click here for more details and to listen on demand from the South Leeds Community Radio website.

NB: the links may be live before and/or after the actual Refugee Week programmes. Please note also that Refugee Week Radio is not responsible for material broadcast on other radio stations.

Saturday 19th June 2010

Around the country:
Live fairs and events are being held in various places around the country including Portsmouth, Oxford and Barnsley.

On air:
  10-11am Africa Live from Awaz FM in Glasgow
With George Murevesi and Belinda Matarutse

  11am-12 Saturday Late Breakfast from Awaz FM in Glasgow

  7-8pm Camden Unlocked from Camden Community Radio in London
Harriet Bird talks with Khadeja Shireh of British Somali Community about their work in Camden. Marian Larragy talks with Asha Kin Duale, Community Partnership Advisor for the London Borough of Camden, about the work of the partnership to embed child protection amongst all local communities. Matina Grebener talks with Debora SInger of Asylum Aid about its work over the past 20 years and about its Charter for a better understanding of the needs of female asylum seekers and refugees. Agnes Pareyio, from the Tasaru Rescue Centre, Narok, Kenya, and Asha Kin Duale in discussion with Marian Larragy on the topic of FGM (female genital mutilation) and work to eradicate it.

  8pm Refugee Week news and roundup

NB: the links may be live before and/or after the actual Refugee Week programmes. Please note also that Refugee Week Radio is not responsible for material broadcast on other radio stations.