Monday 20th June is World Refugee Day. This year’s theme is “Real people, real needs” – remembering that refugees are individuals with real needs, just like ourselves. UNHCR says: “This World Refugee Day we ask you to remember the millions of forcibly displaced and stateless people under our care who are struggling with their day-to-day lives. One thing connects them all: basic needs that must be met so they have a chance to rebuild their lives.”
Mionday 20th is also the first day of Refugee Week in the UK. Check out the Events Calendar on the Refugee Week website for details of events taking place today. Or take part by listening to a selection of radio programming from around the country.
On air today we have programmes from Norwich, London, Preston, Bradford, Brighton, Peterborough and Swindon.
NB: programmes and details are subject to change without notice.
10am Community Chest on Future Radio in Norwich
Tim MacWilliam talks to Paul from Cinema City about the film ‘Welcome’ about refugees which is showing there in the evening, and to Alexandra Stuart-Sheppard from Norwich Mind about an event taking place on Wednesday about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
11.30am Colourful Life with Roaemary Laryea on Colourful Radio in London.
Rosemary Laryea talks to her guest Monica Clarke, a refugee from South Africa, about apartheid and about life as a refugee in Europe.
12 noon The Truth About Asylum – from Your Preston FM in Preston
Presented by volunteers of the Blackburn Refugee Project in Lancashire and Preston FM
1.30pm Six Pillars to Persia on Resonance FM in London.
Produced and presented by Fari Bradley.
1.00pm Live from the Refugee Week launch on BCB Radio in Bradford
BCB Radio report live from the Refugee Week Launch at Kala Sangam in Bradford.
3.00pm Asylum Dialogues on BCB Radio in Bradford
This is a play developed by iceandfire theatre company from interviews with people seeking asylum in the UK. It reflects the relationships between those seeking asylum and the friends they make. The play was recorded and produced at BCB Radio studios for Refugee Week 2011, with support from the Health Creation Bradford Project.
4.00pm Drive Time on BCB Radio in Bradford
With Refugee Week reports.
4.00pm Jayson Mansaray on 91.8 Hayes FM in West London
With Refugee Week reports and interviews between 5pm and 6pm
6.00pm Roots and Shoots on Phonic FM in Exeter
With Martin Henning and Martin Hodge – global and local roots music.
6.00pm Refugee Week programme on Peterborough FM in Peterborough
A special programme about refugees produced by young people involved in the Refugee Week youth action project being run in collaboration with the British Red Cross in Peterborough.
8.00pm DJ Debbie on Resonance FM in London.
DJ Debbie is joined by Macedonian composer/singer Tanja Tzarovska – whose album ‘No Record of Wrong’ is out now – and Refugee Week Radio coordinator Cathy Aitchison for a Refugee Week special. We’ll be discussing online tools for networking and profiling including bandcamp and Platforma, which extends Refugee Week onwards, listening to extracts from Asylum Dialogues shared via BCB Radio in Bradford and sharing great music and chat, with updates on what’s going on this week and beyond.
various Refugee Week news from Swindon 105.5
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.
The Truth About Asylum is an audio documentary from Your Preston FM, the community radio station for Preston and South Ribble in Lancashire.
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.
A roundup and preview of Refugee Week activities and events, plus stories from around the world.
Refugee Week Radio 2014 