Yasser Aljassem, Rethink Rebuild Society's Office Coordinator, describes his dangerous journey to the UK, claiming that it is not anything that a woman or a child, or any human for that matter, should have to experience. Yasser longs to be reunited with his wife and two daughters after he is (hopefully) granted asylum by the Home Office.
A powerful article published on 4 September by Manchester Evening News highlights that City Councils across Greater Manchester are willing to do their part to accept more Syrian refugees. Rethink Rebuild Society was featured in this article, and our message was put forward very loudly that the UK must act to bring an end to the crisis in Syria: Assad must go.
In an interview on BBC Breakfast, Rethink Rebuild Society's Advocacy & Policy Coordinator made the case that the UK's primary responsibility should be to take action with other countries to end the conflict in Syria, and that until this happens, it should shoulder its responsibility to accept more Syrian refugees.
A protest was held in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens on 4 September titled 'All Lives Matter! No Human is Illegal!' Rethink Rebuild Society was one of over twelve organisations that sponsored this protest. The turnout was very high and diverse and Manchester residents stated loud and clear that we want Manchester and the wider UK to resettle more refugees.
In an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, Rethink Rebuild Society Office Coordinator describes the hardships of living as an asylum seeker. Not only having gone through a dangerous journey himself, he left behind his wife and two daughters.
Rethink Rebuild Society
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Manchester
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United Kingdom
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