Sanctuary on Sea 🧡

working to make Brighton and Hove a #cityofsanctuary where refugees, asylum seekers & all seekers of sanctuary feel welcome and included

[Together With Refugees 🧡 @RefugeeTogether]

Watch community groups come together to tell the Home Office - we choose compassion not cruelty.

Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY

https://t.co/0kM8GK6BLl

#TogetherWithRefugees

[stellacreasy @stellacreasy]

Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - there is a better way forward rooted in Labour values that also ensures control at our borders. That’s why I will be a voice for common sense and compassion on asylum. My article for the guardian here: https://t.co/ElrKwEK5xX

#trueLabour

[Together With Refugees 🧡 @RefugeeTogether]

Britain’s asylum system is broken - uncaring, chaotic & costly. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

On the day the Government announces plans to erode asylum rights, new research by us & @pcs_union by @LSEEcon shows a fairer system could help refugees & boost the economy
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[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

Local councils celebrating Refugee Week matters.

It sends a clear unified message that refugees are welcome & valued in the community.

We LOVE seeing how councils are marking the week...🧵
https://t.co/qaSsRYFvXj

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

This #RefugeeWeek #Oursuperpower
is connecting people!

[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

Less than a week until @RefugeeWeek!

Kick it off in style - join us & poets from @OtherSideLitMag for an evening of poetry.

Feel free to eat your dinner or enjoy a glass of wine during this free event - and it's online, so you can join from anywhere!

https://t.co/qvimjXwwd2

[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

Want your kids to have a better understanding of people seeking sanctuary?

Ahead of Refugee Week later this month, the team behind A Day of Welcome have put together this reading list to help to encourage conversation and understanding of refugees
https://t.co/6suvGcI1D0

[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

We’re marking two decades of City of Sanctuary! For 20 years, we’ve been building a movement of solidarity, friendship & mutual support across.

Help us keep going for as long as necessary - explore our new range of 20 Years of Community Solidarity merch!
https://t.co/LPzXxzlstc

[CTBI @CTBI]

Sanctuary Sunday and Refugee Week 2025

Sanctuary Sunday is marked at the end of Refugee Week on 22 June 2025.

Help promote the aims of building cultures of welcome, hospitality and safety in our churches.

Resources are available to download.

https://t.co/Kbmy0j5g3R

[Women for Refugee Women 🧡 @4refugeewomen]

📢BREAKING

Our report #SafetyAndSurvival uncovers shocking findings about the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum.

Instead of finding safety, women are retraumatised and harmed.

https://t.co/FS6WJcJ5w9 [Content warning: rape, sexual assault, suicidality]

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[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

To mark our 20th anniversary, we’re asking people involved in this movement to share their reflections and memories.

Want to get involved? Reach out to [email protected]

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

Go Nathalie! Go @SanctuaryRunner !

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

Congratulations to @sussexinterpret ! ❤️

[Sussex Interpreting Services @sussexinterpret]

https://t.co/Nk5XG9UuMe

SIS is celebrating 30 years! We have 12 wonderful video support messages. #4/12 - Julia Encarnação, Community Interpreter and a former SIS Trustee.

@SPFT_NHS @UHSussex @nhs_scft @NHSBrightonHove @BHLibraries @BrightonSanct @BHCETS @EastSussexCC @ESHTNHS

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

Congratulations to Brighton & Hove libraries! #librariesofsanctuary

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

@BHCC_EMAS The ‘dream’ set out in the report is of more cohesiveness and co-ordination and planning ahead , so that people are seen as future citizens of Brighton & Hove as soon as they arrive

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

Excited to be launching our report with @SussexUni , “What does it mean to be a City of Sanctuary?” at @SussexCCC

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

Prof Linda Morrice presents the education strand of the report , starting by paying tribute to the Ethnic Minority Achievement Service: “we are extraordinarily lucky to have EMAS” @BHCC_EMAS

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

@BHCC_EMAS Dr Wilding introduces the health strand of the research highlighting the need to address the transition from health care support to people staying in hotels to people living in the community

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

@BHCC_EMAS Funding for English language courses has been cut dramatically over the past 15 years while demand has risen sharply

[Sanctuary on Sea 🧡 @BrightonSanct]

Dr Jo Wilding speaks about the serious and worsening shortage of legal advice in Brighton & Hove and the urgent need to boost capacity