Refugee Solidarity Week 2020

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Refugee Solidarity Week 2020

DATE: 15-21 June 2020

PLACE: YouTube

COMMITTEE: Immigration Committee

Refugee Solidarity Week is a week of celebration started by Human Rights Solidarity in 2020. It celebrated in the week containing the World Refugee Day (June 20) and it is aimed at celebrating, empowering and inspiring refugees with programs throughout the week. Since the week was launched under the pandemic conditions, a week-long live programme was conducted in which we published a live episode every day for Refugee Solidarity Week. Each episode contained creative arts and music performances done by refugees, interviews with well-established refugees to inspire new-coming refugees to the UK and interviews with charity founders and activists appealing to the refugees.

Some of our guests were:

Becky Dell; Musical director of Citizens of the World Choir
Lord Roger Roberts; Former president of the Welsh Liberals and Mark Lavender

Gulwali Passarlay; Bestselling author of “The Lightless Sky”

Here are a volunteer’s words for their experiences at the Refugee Solidarity Week:

“Refugee Solidarity Week was a great experience – one I feel especially privileged to have been given a role in. I’ve been involved in many activities with HRS, seeking awareness for issues across the globe, but Refugee Solidarity Week has a different feel to it. A week full of interviews, musical performances, stories, arts, crafts and many more. Despite the busyness, intensity and fatigue, seeing the outcome and the positive impact it has on people makes it all worth the effort. Thanks to everyone who made this possible!”

The programs can be watched at our YouTube channel here: