Nerve Magazine Launch Event
Colin Serjent reviews the Nerve Magazine Launch Event at the Courtroom Cafe on the 30th June, with photographs by Steve Lamb.
Colin Serjent reviews the Nerve Magazine Launch Event at the Courtroom Cafe on the 30th June, with photographs by Steve Lamb.
There is a free social event to celebrate the launch of the refugee edition of the Nerve magazine, this will be at the Courtroom Cafe on Friday 30th June between 7pm – 11pm.
This edition of Nerve is dedicated to the stories, the art, and the views of Liverpool-based migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Steve Moss examines the cinema’s extensive relationship with migration and asylum issues.
Jared Ficklin, from the University of Liverpool Law Clinic, asks the question what is a refugee and examines the prejudices against refugees.
Alexandra B wants to take YOU the reader into her history and ask you to consider your views when you discriminate against someone like her and her people – the Roma.
Darren Guy interviews Adan, a Syrian Kurd, whose city Kobani was under siege by heavily armed ISIS.
Katy Brown talks to a local musician about his long journey from Iran to Liverpool.
Colin Serjent talks to Farhood Jafari who specialises in rap music and who was forced to flee Iran due to political reasons.
Ashley McGovern interviews Alhussein Ahmed, a freelance translator and Sudanese refugee who assists Liverpool’s asylum community.
Mandy Vere reviews the latest books about migration and refugees.
Maria Notelodigo writes about how the vote for Brexit has changed things for people who’ve moved to the UK and now live and work here.
Steve Faragher, a director of Kensington Vision, writes about the changes that have happened in the Kensington and Fairfield areas of the city recently.
Dee Coombes visits MRANG, the Merseyside Refugee & Asylum Seekers Pre & Post Natal Support Group, who offer information, advice and support for female asylum seekers, refugees and their children.
Arthur Adlen reviews the book of poetry Over Land, Over Sea: poems for those seeking refuge.
The illegal push-backs that are taking place on the Balkan route are largely undocumented in the mass media. With enough pressure Michelle believes we could stop illegal push-backs and make peoples passage easier.
Mikyla Jane Durkan, of Potentially Brilliant Productions, describes the drama workshops they run on socially related topics, particularly in regard to the ‘Refugee’ play staged at the Casa.
Profile of Rania Khllo who arrived in Liverpool in 2014 as a refugee from Syria where she qualified as an architect.
Profile of Noel Urbain who fled Burundi in 2015 and is now involved with music and art activities in Liverpool.
The Liverpool-based Red Cross, Asylum Link Merseyside and the Liverpool branch of Refugee Action have united together to run a project which offers support in numerous ways to asylum seekers and refugees.
Fact-sheet put together by The Refugee Support Network looking at what happens when asylum seekers come to the UK.
Immigration is a constant aspect of political debate and people seeking asylum very rarely have their say. Report by Vicky Canning
Anthony McCarthy looks at the history of migration to Liverpool and Britain.
Ashley McGovern looks at the findings of reports into the practices of Immigration Removal Centres in the UK.
Rob Harrison interviewed Jen Verson about her role with MaMa, who actively campaign for justice in the migration system.
Colin Serjent previews Any Frontier, Any Hemisphere, an art exhibition to be staged at Liverpool Central Library during June to raise awareness of the refugee crisis both in the UK and abroad.
Carol Laidlaw, an expert on welfare rights, writes about Immigrants and the Social Security system.
Hazel is a long-term community activist and resident in the Granby Triangle. She looks at the influence Muslims have had in Liverpool.
Colin Serjent describes the ways theatre in the UK has portrayed asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.
Mimoza Gashi looks at the ways the LGBT asylum and refugee community has to face a system put in place to challenge and seriously question ones identity.
Jill Summers writes about the work the Liverpool City Council does to welcome refugees to the city, to help them settle and to fulfil their potential.
Darren Guy interviews Genna Rourke and Nadine Clarke who together established ‘MerseyAid’ after witnessing the horrendous living conditions of migrants in Calais.
A look at Migration Watch, which claims to be a non party political, independent think tank.
Refugees fleeing countries we are arming, meeting border guards we are funding.