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. http://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.