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Clearing of Calais 'jungle' camp 22nd-23rd September 2009
Refugee Action responded to the clearance of migrants from the 'Jungle' camp in Calais. Our CEO Sandy Buchan and Communications Director Dan Hodges were interviewed on Sky News and Dan Hodges was interviewed on Channel 4 News, BBC News, ITV Meridian TV News, Five Live, and on a variety of regional radio stations. See here for another chance to see the Channel 4 news interview.
See below for a selection of our press coverage.
Refugee Action's comments appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Express and The Sun.
The Independent
The Jungle has gone - the issue has not
Daily Mirror
BBC News
The Guardian
French police clear the 'jungle' migrant camp in Calais
Daily Telegraph
"The time has come for the French authorities to meet up to their obligation to those who have fled to their territory seeking sanctuary."
Refugee Week 2009 - 14-21 June 2009
Guardian coverage of Refugee Week - a range of articles, interviews and short videos on this year's Refugee Week.
Newsnight Review - Friday 19 July, BBC2 11pm
Newsnight Review reviewed La Forteresse this Friday, which was presented by Refugee Action during Refugee Week at the British Film Institute on the South Bank in London, and at independent cinemas in Nottingham and Bristol.
'Refugees need more than tea and sympathy', Alison Benjamin, Opinion piece, The Guardian, 17 June
The Guardian online has run a photo feature on celebrity support behind the Simple Acts campaign.
'Britons urged to try a simple act of kindness', Independent on Sunday, 14 June
BRISTOL:
BBC Radio Bristol interview with Qerim Nuredini, Deputy Area Manager of Refugee Action Bristol, about the Simple Acts campaign and an event at the Town Hall in which councillors will meet refugees for a 'Tea with a refugee' event before watching Refugee Action's new film, Forced to Flee.
NOTTINGHAM:
Guardian/ Wordia
Throughout Refugee Week, well known public figures defined words such as refuge, liberty, freedom, detention, home, identity and community. These were produced by Wordia and broadcast on the Guardian website. Many other people have also uploaded their own videos for Refugee Week.
See www.wordia.com/Themes/3-Refugee-Week-2009
'Refugees: Nottingham is our new home', Nottingham Evening Post
In the last of a series looking at the lives of refugees in Nottingham, we discover how the city is providing a precious new home - and new hope.
www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Refugees-Nottingham-new-home/article-1092405-detail/article.html
'Merry Hill shoppers send notes of support to refugees'. Stourbridge News
'Why I fled Zimbabwe for Nottingham', Nottingham Evening Post , Monday 15 June
'Simple Acts of kindness mark Refugee Week in Notts', Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday 13 June
DERBY:
'Spotlight on refugees as library brews up for event', This is Derby
LEICESTER:
BBC Radio Leicester interview with area manager Aidan Hallett about the Simple Acts Campaign and Refugee Week.
PLYMOUTH:
BBC Radio Devon interview with Jane Robinson, area manager in Plymouth, about events in Refugee Week and the Simple Acts campaign.
'PLYMOUTH will join the rest of the country in celebrating Refugee Week with an array of activities', This is Cornwall
Refugee Week 2008
Radio One Refugee Week feature
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/surgery/
Update in the Guardian on 'Thomas'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/jan/31/asylum.guardiansocietysupplement
Portsmouth News > Destitution
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/spare455/Refugees-can39t-stay--and.1868628.jp
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