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.
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.
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.
In an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, Rethink Rebuild Society stressed that the UK's intake of Syrian refugees will not hurt the UK's economy. Rather, Syrians are eager to contribute to their communities and to support themselves.
In an interview on BBC, Rethink Rebuild Society's Office Coordinator described his trials not only in Syria and through his journey to the UK, but also now as he waits painfully for his asylum decision from the Home Office. He needs a positive decision granting him refugee status before he can take action to bring his family to join him here in the UK.
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