The longest miles - thanks for the support - Day 3

We set off from Chepstow, via the Castle and the busy High street (people looked a bit confused, but were friendly!)



We walked along lanes, past horses and sheep, we made friends with some animals 

























The Cor Cochion Caerd ydd (Cardiff Reds Choir) joined us at Shirenewton and walked a few miles with us.



We had Lunch and some of us played in the park.

After lunch we had to pick up the pace, because we had done much less than half of the walk, we had around 11 miles to go and if we walked at the same pace we wouldn't arrive until after 10pm. So no more stopping to talk to animals!

It was really hard, many of us were already quite tired, we encouraged each other and we made it to Newport by 8pm!

We stayed in a church which was built by Irish immigrants and has a congregation from around the world. 

People from the Newport Rising group came and hung out with us in the evening and we made plans to join them the next day for Breakfast.

March leaving Bristol - loud and proud

Can you imagine living on £5 a week?

People often wonder where we live and how we survive if we are 'really destitute'.

We rely on charity and donations, Bristol Hospitality Network (BHN) supports many of us, trying to give £10 a week, but sometimes there isn't enough to give even that.

 Rachael from BHN spoke about not having enough money to give out during refugee week. 

There are lots of ways to help us through BHN, so do contact them http://bristolhospitalitynetwork.wordpress.com/community/

Why should you march? Video

Please share this video and encourage your friends to come to the march on Saturday!

Trailer film for our march on Saturday - please share!

#Dignity2013  Facebook Event Page

'We want to contribute'

  

 End Destitution of Asylum Seekers

March with us:  Saturday 29th June, 11am

Meet: Malcolm X Centre, City Road, St Pauls, BS2 8TX

Shared National Day of Asylum Seekers Taking Action

شاید ما را شامل نمی شود نوشتن بیش از حد

We Want To Contribute – End Destitution of Asylum Seekers

STAND UP FOR THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM! 

JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DIGNITY FOR ALL

We are human beings and have rights....Speech from Celebrating Sanctuary

This is a clip from the speech Manesh gave at Celebrating Sanctuary Day on Sunday about asylum seekers rights and being so-called 'illegal'.

We should be doing ourselves out of a job

Rose, a member of the dignity for asylum seekers planning group shares why she thinks the march on June 29th is so important.

Is this Sanctuary? A film showing how it feels to sign at the police station

Esam, a Kurdish asylum seeker from Iraq has made this film 'Is this Sanctuary?' about how it feels to go to the police station to sign for the UK border agency. He interviews asylum seekers before and after they sign and also those who support them.

We hope you find this film enlightening and we would like to invite you to join us on to march through Bristol with us on June 29th or to support asylum seekers in your city as part of our national day of action.You can read more about this on the rest of this website.



Sorry this video doesn't seem to be working in older versions of Internet Explorer, please update your browser to latest version of flash  or use google chrome or firefox browsers.

You are welcome to link to this page on facebook and elsewhere, (but please don't copy or embed the video), to help people see the reality of the fear and pressure asylum seekers are living with in Bristol and build awareness about our campaign for dignity for asylum seekers.

Please e-mail esam.bristol@mail.com if you would like to have a copy of this film suitable for group screenings or if you would like to invite him to talk about his film.

Video - Marching 29th June

We Want to Contribute - End Destitution of Asylum Seekers

Asylum seekers and supporters in Bristol are marching again this June as part of the growing national campaign to end destitution. They are inviting other cities to also take action on the same day.

Video of our statements, the councillors' discussion and the vote.

Statements from Manesh and Father Richard

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The Motion and amendment being discussed and voted on by the councillors.

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