An article in the Middle East Eye on 8 April draws a link between Rethink Rebuild Society's bank campaign and recent revelations of the Panama papers. Rethink Rebuild Society initiated a campaign in 2014 to expose discriminatory practices of banks against Syrian individuals and organisations. HSBC was one of the main targets of this campaign.
A group of Syrian civil society organisations under the name of 'Save Our Syria' released a statement on 7 April 2016 regarding violations of the ceasefire agreement. We stressed that there must be consequences for any violation of the ceasefire and also pressed the urgency of the situation on the ground.
A Daily Mail article on 5 April shed light on the pro-Assad EuroCSE conference taking place in London on 5-6 April. This conference is hosting pro-Assad speakers including two ministers from the Assad regime.
We met with Katy Wood from the Asylum, Refugee and Migration Service of Manchester City Council on 4 April. We talked about some of the local approaches to the integration of Syrian refugees and what sort of coordination we can achieve to link both of our efforts.
We met with Sekandar Merza, Chairman of the UK Islamic Mission, on 29 April. This was a meeting of introduction and to seek means of cooperation to help with the resettlement of Syrian refugees to be active in their society. We are very grateful to Sekandar for his time and look forward to working further with UKIM.
Rethink Rebuild Society
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