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		<title>We all have our reasons&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/08/we-all-have-our-reasons/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/08/we-all-have-our-reasons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiara Gnoli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supporters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may know, the Refugee Action team recently sent out a questionnaire to get the indispensable input of our supporters.
One of the questions we asked was: What created your interest in refugees?
We also offered our supporters the chance to win a LUSH basket or a book token for the most interesting answer!
Many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running the Bristol 10k</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/running-the-bristol-10k-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/running-the-bristol-10k-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiara Gnoli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In depth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeff Brewster
At first I flatly refused the suggestion of running 10k. Although a keen cyclist I have always found running jarring and tedious. However the idea of joining the lovely Refugee Action team and running for its Destitution Fund overcame my reservations and so I signed up. My motivation was the importance of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sorrow’s Reflection</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/a-sorrow%e2%80%99s-reflection/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/a-sorrow%e2%80%99s-reflection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esme Peach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portsmouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A poem by Blessing, winner of our Refugee Week poetry competition in Portsmouth.


Flooded with heavy emotion, my heart builds a steady momentum of grief yet I have lost no close one, suddenly it has come time to reap the rewards of unrelenting torment.
It has built a mountain of debt and pay I must,
I force shut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Refugee Week Blessing</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/a-refugee-week-blessing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/a-refugee-week-blessing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esme Peach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portsmouth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Simple Acts campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Refugee Day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.refugee-action.org/?p=598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Refugee Week is all about celebrating the contribution refugees make to the UK and honouring their personal stories of survival. Often the events organised to mark the week showcase individual talents and skills that are already well-known and much-lauded – like the performers on the main stage at London’s Celebrating Sanctuary for example.
But Refugee Week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is there such a thing as The Refugee Movie?</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/is-there-such-a-thing-as-the-refugee-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/is-there-such-a-thing-as-the-refugee-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esme Peach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BFI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casablanca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simple Acts campaign]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following our panel discussion &#8216;From Casablanca to Calais: exile on celluloid&#8217; at the BFI Southbank to mark Refugee Week, Terence Wright, Professor of Visual Arts at Ulster University, examines the classic film Casablanca and asks whether &#8216;the refugee movie&#8217; has become a distinct genre.

For me, From Casablanca to Calais provided a great opportunity to discuss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asking questions</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/asking-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/asking-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aidan Hallet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simple Acts campaign]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Had a splendid time at the regular Thursday night quiz at the Swan and Rushes last night. I asked Grant (landlord and quizmaster) if he would include some questions about refugees if I sent them to him. He agreed and allowed me to bring in some leaflets and a poster about Simple Acts.


It was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a (refugee) week!</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/what-a-refugee-week/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/what-a-refugee-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aidan Hallet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Refugee Week &#8211; here it comes again! This year we&#8217;ve got ourselves involved in loads of stuff in Leicester and, halfway through the week, it looks as though it&#8217;s all gone really well.

We started a bit early, on 5 June to be precise, with our 4th annual international football tournament. It just grows and grows! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The road to volunteering</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/the-road-to-volunteering/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/the-road-to-volunteering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiara Gnoli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In depth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.refugee-action.org/?p=571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why did I start volunteering? That’s a question I’ve asked myself many times! When I first started out, as a volunteer in an NGO in Sarajevo, my motivation was rooted in the deep passion I felt for the Bosnian cause. Landing at Sarajevo International Airport, I could not comprehend how a war could destroy a nation once known for its multi-ethnic and tolerant nature.]]></description>
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		<title>Sretan Put &#8211; Safe Journey</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/sretan-put-safe-journey/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/sretan-put-safe-journey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiara Gnoli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Refugee voices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.refugee-action.org/?p=559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Selma Seferovic
I come from Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. A year into the devastating war in my country, my mother brought my brother and I to the U.K. The ‘mothers and children only’ convoy separated my family. I was about to turn eight, a birthday I would celebrate in an alien place, but luckily we managed to escape unharmed, unlike the many others.

 
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		<title>From Casablanca to Calais: exile on celluloid</title>
		<link>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/from-casablanca-to-calais-exile-on-celluloid/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.refugee-action.org/2010/06/from-casablanca-to-calais-exile-on-celluloid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esme Peach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BFI Southbank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brightwide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mat Whitecross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Winterbottom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simple Acts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Frears]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.refugee-action.org/?p=537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lights, camera, Refugee Action! On 10 June, a panel of film luminaries will look back on the portrayal of refugees in film as part of a unique event organised by Refugee Action and Brightwide for Refugee Week. As our event at the BFI Southbank draws near, Samira Ahmed, our panel chair, reflects on some of [...]]]></description>
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