Refugee Voices Scotland

Ngqabutho Mpofu is a DJ, an actor, chairman of Ignite Theatre Company, the founder of Jaiva and a lot more. In this podcast recorded in front of an audience, he tells us how he got into DJ-ing and Acting, about a beautiful moment on a roadside with two policemen and the big influences on his...

Nihaya Jaber is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow. She is also an intern for the Palestinian Arabic online project. This is a third-generation Palestinian refugee story. She is Palestinian, from Gaza. In this podcast, she talks about life in one of the most populated refugee camps in Gaza, how she experienced reverse...

This podcast was recorded on a wet and cold December Sunday at the Refuweegee shop in 100 Byres Road in Glasgow. Refuweegee held a social event for the public and volunteers. It featured a performance from the Nevis Ensemble.

This episode features The Welcoming Association in Edinburgh whose mission is to “Welcome newcomers, build community and learn together”.

Scottish Detainee Visitors is a Scottish Charity that supports people detained by the immigration service in Scotland and through its work and projects influences government policy on detention.

This podcast features Radiant and Brighter an organisation set up by Pheona and Micheal Matovu, who were not refugees or asylum seekers and therefore, did not qualify for any support. They experienced destitution and though their experiences developed a Community Interest Company with a range of services that aim to bridge the gap between the needs of the growing BAME refugee and migrant communities.

This episode features Lyndsay McDade. Mum and a refugee volunteer many times over, particularly in camps in France. She also has a lot of knowledge and experience of how our system deals with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and has direct experience of the asylum processes by looking after a young person going through the asylum process.

Welcome to our very first podcast recorded in front of an audience at a festival! We were delighted to be asked to join the University of Glasgow UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the Solas Festival in beautiful Perthshire.

A few episodes ago we spoke to Amal Azzudin, one of the Glasgow girls. She recommended speaking to ”the legend “ Mr Girvan featured in the Glasgow Girls story. A teacher in Drumchapel High at the time a large number of refugee and asylum seekers and their children arrived in Glasgow. He talks about the challenges the teachers and school faced at the time, the unexpected consequences on the communities of Scotstoun and Drumchapel and the continuing challenges faced in communities across the UK.

This episode features Steven McCluskey, the founder of the Bikes for Refugees Charity, which if you follow them on twitter, seems to be growing arms and legs or should that be pedals and chains? Bikes for refugees started through a meeting that included Steven, a young gentleman from Syria called Yaman and what Steven describes as a bike shaped object.

Amal Azzudin is a campaigner for human rights and social justice in Scotland. She is a Somali-born Scottish refugee and activist who co-founded the Glasgow Girls a group of seven young women who campaigned against the harsh treatment of asylum-seekers in response to the detention of one of their friends. The Glasgow Girls story has since been turned into two BBC documentaries, a stage musical and a television musical drama. The stage musical toured again this year. The post “We all have a...

Refugees and asylum seekers experience huge and varying amounts of psychological stress before and during and after their journey to settle into a host country. This can seriously impact their mental health. This podcast is about a project that is focused on psychological interventions for preventing the onset of mental disorders in refugees and asylum seekers once they reach a host co The post How do you promote well-being in refugee and asylum-seeking populations? Try the Re-Define...

Hello and welcome to the Refugee Voices Scotland podcast. This is our first birthday episode! We are one year old. In this episode, we interview Selina from Refuweegee, the subject of our very first podcast to find out what has happened since we last spoke a year ago. You will not be surprised to find out that there’s a lot. The post Refuweegee one year on – we feel totally part of something really really special in the city appeared first on Refugee Voices Scotland.

This episode features Keiran Taylor talking about the forgotten history of Belgian refugees in Glasgow during the Great War. It is a story that has many contemporary parallels. The post The hidden story of Belgian refugees living in Glasgow during the Great War appeared first on Refugee Voices Scotland.

Maryhill Integration Network (MIN) started in 2011 as a drop-in point for refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow. It was and still is a place they could get a cup of tea, good advice and English tuition. It has grown significantly since. Now it offers a long list of clubs, support and activities. The post People say that we are an extended family and Maryhill Integration Network is their second home appeared first on Refugee Voices Scotland.

Hello and welcome to the Refugee Voices Scotland podcast. This episode features Küche, a social start-up which creates socially engaged one-off food-led events and community dinners that discuss the anthropology of food. Feeling hungry already? I spoke to Deborah May, founder of Küche. Stay tuned for details of how you can take part in Küche events at the end of the podcast. Here's the transcript -0- K: I am here with Deborah May from Küche. Hi Deborah, how are you? D: Good pronunciation....

Welcome to the Refugee voices Scotland podcast it's not often we get invited to sit in on a meeting for a refugee project. Ok, it has never happened. We were delighted to be invited to join the Meeting of the Colours of Edinburgh project. Colours of Edinburgh is a refugee and art project and it's happening on June 21st. Our Ken joined the meeting and then after the meeting spoke to co-founders Moh Al-Haifi and Muriel McIntyre. -0- Here's the transcript: K: I am in Edinburgh today at the...

This podcast features Aimee Corrine Ottroh. Aimee was an asylum seeker from Ivory coast. She arrived in the UK in 2011. After dispersal to Glasgow, she spent three years trying to get refugee status. She has now several academic achievements and she is now a UNESCO RILA ambassador. Links to all the organisations mentioned in the podcast are at the bottom of this post. We thought we would try something new and what follows is a transcript of the interview. K: So what's on your mind today?...

Welcome to the last Refugee Voices Scotland podcast of 2017. This podcast looks back on our favourite bits of the podcasts we have made so far. We also talk about the people and organisations that helped get us started. Late in 2016 in the UK, there was a lot of negative tabloid news focused on refugees and immigrants. My daughter and I were chatting in WhatsApp about the negativity and what to do about it. I make podcasts for my work. My daughter said, “why not make podcasts of refugee...

Welcome to the Refugee Voices Scotland podcast. In this podcast, I talk to Sabir Zazai, the new Chief Executive of the Scottish Refugee Council (SRC), who on 18 December 1999, then 23, arrived in Britain as a refugee from Afghanistan. When I spoke to Sabir, he was in his fourth week at SRC and Sabir talked about the importance of family to refugees, the impact of refugees on both communities and business, the dividing power of numbers and the connecting people of stories. I am sure you...