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13 Jun 2024

Layla’s story: Fleeing from war

When the civil war devastated their home country of Syria, Layla Othman and her husband Kawa knew that they had to get their children …

15 Jun 2023

Ealing to become a Borough of Sanctuary

Offering sanctuary and safety to those escaping persecution and war is something our borough has stepped up to do on a regular basis. And, …

15 Feb 2023

Homes for Ukrainian families: Can you help?

Ealing Council is seeking more local people to act as hosts for Ukrainian refugees, with a big shortage of suitable local hosts to house …

24 Sep 2021

Local wellbeing projects boosted by funds

Nearly £80,000 has been granted by Ealing Council to 17 local projects set up to help the wellbeing of residents, ranging from literacy sessions …

7 Jul 2020

Government urged to grant refugee status to ‘no recourse to public funds’ rough sleepers

Ealing Council, the charity Hope for Southall Street Homeless and other local voluntary, charitable, community and faith-based organisations have called on the government to …

18 Jun 2020

Pledged to support refugees

In 2016, Ealing Council pledged to support the UK government efforts to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees and 3,000 children fleeing other conflicts in …

2 Mar 2019

European refugees in Ealing during the last century

London’s population has always been one of comings and goings and migration and immigration; but in the last century, Ealing welcomed a number of …

30 Jan 2017

Giving refugees a home from home

Our borough has always been hospitable to refugees – to people fleeing war and persecution – and now is no different. Some residents have …

21 Oct 2016

Helping the Calais ‘jungle’ children

In August, I visited the refugee camp in Calais that is often referred to as ‘the jungle’. As you can see from the video …

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refugee

Layla’s story: Fleeing from war

Ealing to become a Borough of Sanctuary

Homes for Ukrainian families: Can you help?

Local wellbeing projects boosted by funds

Government urged to grant refugee status to ‘no recourse to public funds’ rough sleepers

Pledged to support refugees

European refugees in Ealing during the last century

Giving refugees a home from home

Helping the Calais ‘jungle’ children

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