As the Syrian community within the UK, we are demanding our Government to provide asylum for Khaldoon Sinjab and his family. Khaldoon is a quadriplegic Syrian refugee able to move only his tongue and dependent upon electricity to live. .
RR met with MEP's Afzal Khan and Gianni Pitella in our office on 13 August. After giving a brief presentation to them on the Syrian conflict, Afzal and Gianni asked us some of their questions on the conflict and were shocked to hear some of the facts and statistics.
MP Jeff Smith visited our office on 12 August 2015 to meet with the Syrian community and to hear about any issues that we are facing. After we went through a presentation for him, Jeff asked us a number of questions about Syria and promised to help us get our message across to other Labour Parliamentarians.
RR was interviewed by BBC Radio Manchester on 3 August regarding the situation in Calais. We emphasised that the asylum seekers in Calais must be treated as victims and not criminals, and reminded listeners of the brutality that Syrians are facing within their home countries which necessitates them to flee to Europe.
RR attended MPAC-UK's Anti-Islamophobia Network Strategy Away Day in Newport Pagnell on 1st of August. This event brought together organisations from across the UK to discuss rising levels of Islamophobia and how we can collectively work to address this increasing problem.
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