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Forced Migration: how can Quakers Respond?
3 - 5 February 2017, Birmingham
Unprecedented numbers of men, women and children have been fleeing war, persecution and environmental catastrophe. Many have risked death, hoping to find safety and a new life in Europe. Why is this happening? What have been the responses? And what can we do?
Governments see this as a security issue. We believe that asylum policies are flawed. We will explore how Friends can work, collectively and locally, for justice and compassion for all those seeking refuge in Europe.
Guest speakers will include Sarah Teather, Director of Jesuit Refugee Service, and former chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees and Andrew Lane, Quaker Representative at the Quaker Council for European Affairs.
Booking is essential - please click the 'Register your place' button to book your place.
This is a Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network conference run in partnership with Woodbrooke, the Quaker Council for European Affairs, and Quaker Peace & Social Witness.
More information
For more information contact:
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
Telephone: 01214 725 171