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What If It Was You? My Friendship With a Somali Refugee

Karen Campbell | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK
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Karen Campbell

Glasgow, the city in which I grew up, has the largest amount of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. Although mostly pushed to the periphery, this new wave of Glaswegians are quietly weaving themselves in to the fabric of the city - and none more so than my friend Farida.

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Quantum Leap: A Father's Faith

Yassin Alsalman | Posted 21.12.2012 | UK Entertainment
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Yassin Alsalman

Times are different now. We are a distracted generation. The tension is rising in our nations, as it did during our parents generation. We have been witness to media wars, and wars through media.

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Damian Green and the Ever Changing UK Immigration Language and System

Austin Aneke | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK Politics
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Austin Aneke

The honorable minister's phrases of "fewer and better", "precisely selective", and "brightest and best", sounds like sifting the grain from the chaff; a complete display of contempt for vulnerable immigrants.

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