Students raise asylum awareness
Leicester residents who fled their home countries to escape persecution will speak about the challenges of the UK asylum process for a student-led awareness week. The University of Leicester’s first Refugee Week, organised entirely by students, aims to give a voice to refugees in Leicester and promote the human rights of asylum seekers detained after entering the UK. The week, which runs from March 5 to 9, was funded by the United Nations society and will feature a series of events and activities on campus to raise money for asylum seeker charity City of Sanctuary. There will be a film screening of Canadian drama Incendies, which depicts the plight of a family who escape their war-torn birth land in the Middle East, on Monday, March 5 at 6pm in the Attenborough Film Theatre. A Zimbabwean choir will perform on Wednesday night from 6pm at the Cave, Percy Gee building, followed by testimonials from Leicester refugees. A panel of asylum seekers, academics and charity ...