Keeping welcome tradition alive…
MORE than 500 West Yorkshire volunteers give more than 100,000 hours of their time every year to help refugees and asylum seekers.
The figures have come from the Refugee Council in Yorkshire and Humberside.
Research shows the picture often painted of British people as hostile or indifferent to refugees and asylum seekers is one-sided, says the Council.
Charlotte Cooke, Refugee Council Head of Operations in Yorkshire and Humberside, said: “This research shows that Yorkshire’s tradition of welcoming people fleeing from danger is still alive and kicking. Some sections of the media and some politicians have helped to foster the idea that the vast majority of Britons are only interested in stopping people getting here in the first place or kicking them out as soon as possible. (more…)
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