On 2 December, we took part in a radio interview with BBC Radio Manchester. We implored listeners to realise that ISIS emerged out of the chaos caused by the Assad regime and therefore if the UK is serious about tackling ISIS, it needs to address the root cause of the humanitarian crisis, namely the Assad regime's indiscriminate aerial bombardments.
On 2 December, Rethink Rebuild was interviewed by the BBC Victoria Derbyshire about its views on the UK Government’s decision to bomb Syria. We called for a comprehensive, international approach to tackling the problem of ISIS, namely by beginning with the root cause of the conflict which is the Assad regime's indiscriminate aerial bombardments.
We signed an open letter to MP’s written by Manchester University Student Union on 2 December saying that we hoped that they would vote against the decision to authorise UK military airstrikes in Syria. The letter went on to say that there is a high risk of innocent civilians dying in these airstrikes, worsening the refugee crisis.
Rethink Rebuild issued a briefing on 1 December regarding the resettlement of refugees into the UK. The briefing outlines what Rethink Rebuild believes the government should do in order to make the integration of refugees with society easier, quicker and more accommodating for Syrians. This briefing was disseminated in a Parliamentary event on 1 December.
On 1 December, iTV News Correspondent Ben Chapman visited the offices of Rethink Rebuild to talk with our staff and ‘Hassan’ (name changed), who has been in the UK for just a month after fleeing Syria.
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