First-hand accounts of LGBT+ people seeking asylum in the UK about their experiences in their own country and on arrival in the UK, addressing the particular challenges they face. Read by members of the Actors For Human Rights Network for Refugee Week at Theatre Delicatessen Old Library Q&A with Micro Rainbow International & UKLGIG (UK […]
Ice&Fire presents This Is Who I Am in partnership with Manchester Amnesty International. Using the verbal testimonies of refugees, This Is Who I Am is a reading that focuses on the challenges faced by LGBT people going through the UK asylum process. Followed by a Q&A with Micro Rainbow Family, Asylum Matters & Amnesty International […]
DIFFERENT PASTS, SHARED FUTURE: We are both similar and different, but we will thrive together. The Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees (University of Essex), The Tavistock Clinic, UNHCR and the Refugee Council invite you to a special event to mark Refugee Week 2018 Light refreshments provided Entrance is free and open to all. Come […]
Presented by ice&fire “This waiting for the Home Office to decide – me, I always say that it is a diplomatic form of torture. They are not raping us, they are not burning us with cigarettes, they are not hitting us with guns, but they are torturing us mentally, and that’s the worst. Because – […]
What Do I Know? Premiering at the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, What Do I Know? is a new performance piece by ice&fire looking at the effects of the current war in Yemen, taking inspiration from the poetry of Amina Atiq and the reflections and realities of Khaled Ahmed, a young, self-taught English teacher living in Yemen, played by Waleed Akhtar. Ana Silvera, […]
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This is event is open to all and free First-hand accounts of LGBT+ people seeking asylum in the UK about their experiences in their own country and on arrival in the UK, addressing the particular challenges they face. Read by members of the Actors For Human Rights Network. “The monologues simply but powerfully illustrate the […]
This is a free event Here is a link to the event on facebook and eventbrite Affected by Detention What goes on in our immigration system and inside detention is often kept very hidden and migrant lives are misrepresented. Those with experience are not always in a position to speak out. This exhibition is a […]