World's largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees. 15-21 June 2026 #RefugeeWeek

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📣 Refugee Week 2026 Theme Announcement: COURAGE The word courage comes from the Latin cor, meaning “heart.” 👉Read here: refugeeweek.org.uk/theme-of-…
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Our message to the Arts & Culture sector: will you join us and show Courage for Refugee Week 2026? Refugee Week marks 75 years since the UN Refugee Convention – a commitment that people forced to flee deserve protection, dignity & hope. Take part now: buff.ly/syEEMRQ
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People who have been persecuted, tortured or seen family members killed in brutal wars are not "asylum shopping." As our CEO told @thetimes, refugees don’t compare asylum systems before running for their lives. thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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A little kindness goes a long way. If you want to start your week with compassion, rather than division, read these messages from our supporters. refugeecouncil.org.uk/suppor…
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📢Event alert! Drawing Us Together – Sudan's Youth, In Conversation 🗓️ 4-9pm Sat 1 Nov '25 📍 King's College London, London WC2R 2LS 🎟️ Booking essential bit.ly/4nONi68 Join for youth conversation, live original poetry & theatre, & honouring Sudan's martyrs. More 👇
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🌍🎥 NEW: Host your own free film screening this November! Introducing Our Shared Futures: Climate & Migration Film Festival 2025 - powerful films about climate, migration & hope. 📅 21–30 Nov (during #COP30) 📍 UK-wide online 💻 Films FREE to stream (21–30 Nov only) Host anywhere - cinema, school, library, pub, outdoors, or your living room. We provide the films, rights discussion guides. You just press play. 🎬 Utama • Thank You For The Rain • And Still, It Remains • Dead As A Dodo • Until The Last Drop 👉 Register: counterpoints.org.uk/event/o… #ClimateJustice #MigrantJustice #CommunityFilm
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We've joined over 100 organisations calling on the new Home Secretary to unite communities. Scapegoating refugees won’t fix inequality, housing shortages, or a crumbling NHS. Real solutions will. Read our open letter here: refugee-action.org.uk/govern…
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RT @CosmicCatFilms: 📢From exec producer Michael Moore @MMFlint FROM GROUND ZERO 22 extraordinary stories. 22 Palestinian filmmakers. Livi…
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📢 We are hiring! Exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as an Intern. 👉Apply here: bit.ly/4lJfq8z #UNJobs #UNcareers
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Today we join over 200 orgs to call on Party Leaders to end the divisive politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past. Only then will they bring unity instead of division and cohesion rather than hate.    #TogetherWithRefugees
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"It is time for you, our leaders, to take a strong and united stand." Thanks to the 200 orgs that joined our call for party leaders to end the divisive politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past🧡👇mirror.co.uk/news/politics/o…
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CULTURAL RHYTHMS 2025 / Refugee Week Lithuania youtu.be/Nvr05jnHrg4?si=rmce… via @YouTube By @AgencyArtscape & @Refugees, part of global #refugeeweek #artofchange #lithuania #community @CounterArts

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Thanks to those who took part in the “Sharing Food, Sharing languages” event hosted at Eden Court to mark Refugee Week events. The event brought together over 200 people from New Scots and host Communities to promote diversity, cross-cultural understanding and connect people.
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Thank you @afintl.tv for the coverage 🙏🏼 ACAA’s Biggest Refugee Week Afghan Summer Festival 🌸
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RT @zarahsultana: As part of Refugee Week, I visited Out in Cov, a LGBTQ refugee group that’s supported people from around the world for o…
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Today, on Windrush Day 2025, we honour the men and women who kept Britain moving. From buses to the Underground, Windrush transport workers helped drive the country forward — one route at a time. #WindrushDay #Windrushgeneration #BlackBritishHistory #LondonTransport #TFL
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"Afghan women need support from the international community." says film director @Sahra_Mani Tonight, #Afghan #Women’s voices are ringing out in a full theatre. #BreadAndRoses reminds us why @RefugeeWeek matters & how storytelling can be a form of resistance. #CommunityAsSuperpower #RefugeeWeek #SimpleActs
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Happy National Windrush Day! It’s important to recognise the contribution and legacies of the Windrush generation descendants year-round, but today is still a special moment to reflect and commemorate the 77th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush coming to Britain #WindrushDay
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