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NOTTINGHAM REFUGEE WEEK UPCOMING EVENTS

*THURSDAY 19 JUNE – PUBLIC MEETING: Refugees in a Global Era. Speaker: Phil Marfleet.
Venue: The Square Centre, Alfred Street North. Time: 7pm. ALL WELCOME.
*SATURDAY 21ST JUNE – FUNDRAISING EVENT: International food tasting event
Venue: The Vine Community Centre, Bobbersmill Rd, Hyson Green. Time: 7-10pm. Tickets: £20
*SUNDAY 22 JUNE: ?They Don?t Want to Learn English?. Come and celebrate and learn more about the issues faced by refugees and people seeking asylum who are English learners.
Venue: Sneinton. Time: 6.15 ? 8pm. FREE EVENT. Contact: 07905 298137

NOTTINGHAM REFUGEE WEEK UPCOMING EVENTS
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THURSDAY 19 JUNE – PUBLIC MEETING

Refugees in a Global Era

Speaker: Phil Marfleet is an activist and co-ordinator of the MA in Refugee Studies at the University of East London

Author of the book ?Refugees in a Global Era? Phil Marfleet explores issues of forced migration in an age of globalisation. Charting the changing patterns of migration and the refugee experience of displacement, flight and the search for asylum, his work discusses the conflicts and contradictions in the global system and the failings of refugee policy in Europe, North America and Australia.

Venue: The Square Centre, Alfred Street North

Time: 7pm

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SATURDAY 21ST JUNE – FUNDRAISING EVENT
International food tasting event
Come and enjoy food and drink from around the world. All proceeds will go towards work with refugees and asylum seekers. Organised by the Rainbow Project.

Venue: The Vine Community Centre, Bobbersmill Road, Hyson Green

Time: 7pm-10pm

Tickets: £20

Contact: Dianne on 07977308905 / dskerritt@southwell.anglican.org

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SUNDAY 22 JUNE

?They Don?t Want to Learn English?

* They?re not interested in integrating* They?d rather sit at home watching satellite TV* How can you be here 7 years and not learn English* My neighbours don?t speak English so how can I get to know them
Come and celebrate and learn more about the issues faced by refugees and people seeking asylum who are English learners.
Venue: Sneinton
Time: 6.15 ? 8pm
Contact: 07905 298137
FREE EVENT