A PRACTICE OF SANCTUARY
Dr Sally Stewart – Staff Representative Director
SANCTUARY: refuge or safety from pursuit, persecution, or other
danger
WHERE DO OUR PATIENTS COME FROM?
PAKISTAN
SYRIA
IRAN
BANGLADESH
SRI LANKA
The way refugees are pouring in from every port of this country is
becoming an outrage. The number of aliens entering the country through
the back door is a problem to which the Daily Mail has repeatedly pointed
Refugees swamping our cities
Refugees taking all our jobs
1938
I am absolutely outraged at the thousands of immigrants flooding into
the country. If the Government don’t stop this, we Britons will become an
‘ethnic minority’ in our own country
Daily Record 2000
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) believes that:
"ill-informed, adverse media coverage has contributed to heightened
local tensions and resentment of asylum seekers".
‘We've been here before’ Anne Karpf The Guardian 8 June 2002
The UK has a proud tradition of providing a place of safety for
genuine refugees. However, we are determined to refuse protection to
those who do not need it, and will take steps to remove those who are
found to have made false claims.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/asylum/
Accessed 4.11.13
Downing Street declared that the controversial
campaign telling illegal immigrants to "go home"
was working and could be extended nationwide.
11 people left the UK after seeing the
advertising vans.
Staff spent 18 hours dealing with bogus
calls and texts.
The Advertising Standards Agency banned
the vans last month.
‘When I arrived in America, though I had left the war physically far
behind, in my mind, the soldiers were still chasing to kill me, my
stomach was always hungry, and my fear and distrust kept me from
opening up to new friendships. I thought the war was over when I left
Cambodia, but I realize now that for survivors and all those involved,
the war is never over just because the guns have fallen silent.’
Loung Ung (1970-) Cambodian-American Human Rights Activist
‘A lasting solution, the possibility to begin a new life, is the only
dignified solution for the refugee himself.’
Poul Hartlin UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1978-1985
Bradford Rape Crisis
Clinical Psychologist
City Primary Mental Health Team
Homeless and New Arrivals Team
Red Cross
Bradford Action for Refugees
Hale Project
BEACON
BIASAN
Refugee Council
Refugee Action
Inn Churches
Abigail Housing
‘We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are
people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance
and racism.’ Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemala Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1992
‘While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal,
they all share a common thread of uncommon courage – the courage
not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives.’
Antonio Guterres, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, former Portugese Prime Minister
‘I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions
of refugees past and present.’ Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General 1997-2006,
2001 Nobel Peace Prize
Carl Djerassi - the inventor of the first contraceptive pill. Austrian refugee
Michael Marks - one of the founders of Marks and Spencer. Russian refugee.
Ben Elton - comedian and grandson of a Czechoslovakian refugee.
Ed Miliband - Leader of the Labour Party. Son of a Belgian Jewish refugee
Alexandrew Joseph Andrew Szekeldj – my Dad, a Hungarian refugee
IMMIGRATION BILL
Failed asylum seekers will have to pay for primary care!
The Public Bill Committee is now able
to receive written evidence, deadline
19.11.13
Email: scrutiny@parliament.uk
A doctor's ethical duty is to treat any
patient who comes to him/her with a
medical need. It is not part of a doctor's
duty to find out if that person is eligible
for treatment under the NHS.
Dr Richard Taylor National Health Action Party
‘And they will stop bogus asylumseekers from getting NHS care, saving 1
billion of tax payers cash’
The Sun, 31 July 2003
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