Manchester's Syrian community and supporters protested in Piccadilly Gardens on 16 January 2016 to end the sieges on Syrian cities and villages. While we were very happy that UN aid has finally reached Madaya, know that there are still many areas under siege in Syria.
On 1 December, iTV News Correspondent Ben Chapman visited the offices of Rethink Rebuild to talk with our staff and ‘Hassan’ (name changed), who has been in the UK for just a month after fleeing Syria.
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 a moving interview with Syrian asylum seeker Fadi Rajjoub on iTV, Rethink Rebuild Society said that the Northwest of England has been very accommodating, but that we can still house a lot more Syrian refugees. We emphasised that Syrians want to 'contribute to the economy, not take away from it'.
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