Temporary visa concessions for family members of British nationals in Ukraine
Temporary visa concessions have been introduced for family members of British nationals who usually live in Ukraine. You can find further details here.
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The UK’s Responsibility to Refugees – a letter from our CEO
The situation in Afghanistan is heart breaking to witness. We also know that many people here in Scotland are living with fear and uncertainty for their loved ones who are still in Afghanistan. Scotland is a generous and welcoming place, and we have been heartened to see and receive many generous offers of help from Scottish people. Whilst we welcome the UK Government’s announcement to re-settle 5,000 Afghans…
Annual Impact Report 2020/2021
CATRIN FINCH & SECKOU KEITA AT AN LANNTAIR in support of the Refugee Survival Trust
Reposted with permission from An Lanntair – the centre for arts and creativity in Stornaway, Outer Hebrides. 19th June 2019 – This week Caroline McKoen, Fundraising Development Coordinator from The Refugee Survival Trust, tells us how the charity are working with musicians Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita to celebrate Refugee Festival Scotland which takes…
Teach a man to fish!
Azita Jabbari-Arabzadeh writes about her various work experiences, highlighting the need for more accessible ESOL classes I am a multi-lingual person and before joining RST as a policy and research officer, I worked as a sessional interpreter on and off in the UK, including in Scotland in recent years. I…
The odds of a client succeeding in a fresh claim for asylum are stacked against them
Head of the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic Gillian Melville writes about working with destitute clients as part of the DASS project. The law clinic’s role is to help people fully understand what has happened in their case and what they need to do to make a fresh asylum claim….
“A group of schoolchildren showed me that Scotland is my home”
by Alireza Mogharrabi, RST intern It was about 5 months ago that I arrived in the UK, where I did not know anybody. I have to say I received a warm welcome from staff at the airport but the only thing they were in charge of was putting a start…
“I want to study health and social care so I can help people”
I am Marzieh, 30 years old, from Iran. I have been living in Glasgow for one year and 10 months. I am very pleased to live in this green, remarkable and wonderful Scottish city. Communicating with Glaswegians and people of other nationalities helps me experience new opportunities and lets me…
