Rethink Rebuild Society acknowledges that there are fundamental problems within the UK asylum system but expresses great concern that Home Secretary Priti Patel’s pledge to reform the system will negatively impact the lives of asylum seekers in the UK and abroad.
While Rethink Rebuild Society acknowledges and appreciates the committed work of the UNHCR and their efforts to help Syrians everywhere, including those under the control of the regime, statements regarding a recent trip to East Ghouta made by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi are giving a false impression that Syria is safe to return to.
Yesterday, RR hosted an online course about coding in Arabic for youths coming from a refugee background.
The course was titled "Coding 4 Beginners" and was delivered by Khoulod Ghanem, an Electrical Engineer & Founder of "Kids&Codes" Coding Courses.
On Thursday 24 September 2020, RR participated in an online session exploring the main findings of Ageing Equally programme. Funded by Ambition for Ageing, the aim of the programme was to find out what makes a good place in which to grow older for people who belong to minority communities.
Rethink Rebuild Society (RR) utterly condemns a recent decree signed by the Syrian regime on 8 July 2020 that requires returning Syrians to exchange US $100 or other Central Bank permitted hard currencies into Syrian local currency Lira. Syrian exchanged money loses over 70% of its value in line with customs and aviation authorities’ rates.
