We attended an event hold by TellMAMA organisation on Tuesday 3rd October about "How Extremism Impacts on Hate Crime". The speakers highlighted an insight into hate crimes and the importance of tackling and reporting hate crimes in addition to some keyfindings from tellMAMA upcoming annual report on the state of anti-Muslim hate crime in 2016.
We attended a meeting in London on 19 September organised by Common Purpose to bring together leaders from the Syrian diaspora in the UK and to hear from the experiences of Zrinka Bralo, Chief Executive of Migrants Organise and Bosnian refugee.
Our Development Coordinator, Amaf Yousef, participated - as part of the Network for Refugee Voices delegation - in several meetings on the margins of the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in September.
Our Advocacy Director, Dr Haytham Alhamwi, delivered a talk at the "Community Sponsorship Training - Sharing experiences and good" event held in London on Friday 15 September 2017.
We met with Jeff Smith MP on 22 August to discuss updates pertaining to the Syrian conflict. The issues that we focused on were the updated situation in Syria, detainees, and bank account closures for Syrian nationals and organisations. In Jeff we always find a friendly smile, a receptive ear, and helpful advice. Looking forward to continued work with him!
