Our Research & Policy Coordinator Dr. Yasmine Nahlawi attended a roundtable discussion in London on 5 August hosted by the Danish Refugee Council on the topic of durable solutions for Syrian refugees.
We attended an event to celebrate the general election victory of Labour's Shadow Minister for Immigration Afzal Khan MP on 31 July at the British Muslim Heritage Centre. Afzal ran against George Galloway to win the Manchester Gorton seat after previously representing the North West as a Member of European Parliament.
We had a meeting with the Amnesty team in Manchester on Monday 24th July. Dr Haytham Alhamwi attended the meeting and spoke about his experiences of the Syrian conflict, including his time in Assad's prisons. Thank you to Amnesty for inviting us to speak at their meeting.
We hosted an iftar dinner party on Saturday 17th June, as part of the The Great Get Together celebrating the legacy of Jo Cox. Many representatives from different communities attended - it was great to see such a diverse group come together to show we have more in common.
On 3 June, Syrians in Manchester Gorton, Manchester Withington, and Stretford and Urmston participated in a ‘Day of Action’ to get involved with their local election candidates. They visited their local candidates in their offices, asked them to sign up to the pledges in the Syria Manifesto, and volunteered with their candidates’ campaigns.
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