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Julio: “Let me go outside”
Julio is a Rasta from Mauritius, a small island nation east of Madagascar. He was a talented young footballer, but he suffered discrimination and was targeted by police violence due to his ethnicity…
Robert: A Refugee Family’s Cry for Shelter, Food, & Dignity
Kirabo Robert fled the civil war in Sudan when he was just five years old. He lost his whole family in the refugee camps of Uganda, but he never gave up. Now he is fighting for survival with a…
Usman: Comedians in Charities Getting Coffee
Usman Khalid is a social entrepreneur and refugee. He founded HAVEN Coffee in 2019 as a coffee brand with a social mission. In this interview he tells us all about the story behind the project and…
Brighton: fostering Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Why should you become a foster carer? Elaine and Clare talk about their experiences of fostering UASC and the supported lodging scheme. There are many rewards to fostering, and the city urgently…
Albania: criminality and culture
Albania is the subject of a moral panic over crime and trafficking. But what is really happening in the country and what does it mean for the people affected? In this programme we investigate the…
Qahraman: “Lovely place and lovely people.”
Patrick interviews Qahraman, an veterinarian from Kurdistan (Iraq), about his experiences of going through the asylum system. Qahraman was housed in Derby, Manchester and finally in Brighton where he…
Best Foot Music: Razom Together
We talk to Phil Minns from Best Foot Music about the upcoming Razom event with the Ukrainian community and we hear new music from Bashir Al Gamar and a Ukrainian/Syrian fusion from local refugee…
Jordan: No one wakes up thinking- “Today I want to become a refugee”
We talk to Jordan about his experience of fleeing persecution in the DRC and claiming asylum in Eastbourne, Sussex. The post Jordan: No one wakes up thinking- “Today I want to become a refugee”…
Basma: End FGM
Basma Kamel is an activist against FGM and child marriage. She is a refugee from Egypt currently living and studying in the UK. In this interview she talks about her experience as a survivor of FGM…
Bekkie: “Nothing else can stop you”
Bekkie is a rapper and fashion blogger from Albania. In this programme, we listen to Incongruent Hiphoppa, Bekkie’s latest album, and talk about everything from the transformation of spiritual…
Kolbassia: “Loud and fearless”
Kolbassia Haoussou MBE is the co-founder of Survivors Speak OUT, an anti-torture network of refugees at Freedom From Torture. He has been appointed Survivor Champion for the UK Foreign and…
Young Leaders: “Our voice matters”
Steve and Julie G visited the Hummingbird Young Leaders project in Brighton to meet the young refugees who are going to be the future leaders of tomorrow. They told us all about the things they love…
Songs for Ukraine: Dina and Vlada
Dina and Vlada talk about their lives in Ukraine, the impact of the Russian invasion and finding sanctuary in Brighton, UK. We have wonderful music from Dina’s brilliant new EP, “Songs for…
Ahmad: Citizen of Moria
“When Ahmad’s life comes under threat by the Taliban in Afghanistan, he leaves his family behind for survival, without saying good bye, and ends up in Europe’s worst Refugee Detention Camp, Moria.”…
Nanaha: “they run from death to nowhere”
Nanaha lives in a refugee camp for Saharawis in the Algerian desert. She works as a teacher for the Sandblast charity. In this programme Nanaha talks about her life and the experiences of her mother…
Obsa: My journey from Ethiopia
Osba left his home in Ethiopia aged 15 after he was persecuted as a member of the Oromo ethnic group. He crossed the desert to Libya in search of a safe place to settle, but found himself in more…
Alvina: “Homeless, pregnant and alone.”
Alvina Chibhamu was badly failed by maternity services and by the Home Office when she found herself having to claim asylum while pregnant. In this programme, Alvina speaks about her experiences…
Shahireh: “Travelling with the clouds”
Shahireh Sharif is an Iranian writer and photographer. She recently performed her solo work, “I am an Orange Dot,” about a refugee in an orange life vest floating in the ocean, for Refugee Week 2022.…
TERN: Refugee Enterprise
Yusuf and Mjed are two refugee entrepreneurs who are kickstarting their exciting new social enterprises. In this programme we find out all about their plans and discover the capabilities and untapped…
Mohamad Hafez: “A safe haven for the soul”
Syrian-born architect and artist, Mohamad Hafez, takes us on a walk through the stree-tscenes of his miniature dioramas that transport the eye back to an imagined Damascus, before and after the…
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