Refugee Week June 14th - 20th

If you have 5 minutes – go straight to the top! In the pack below is a letter addressed to Theresa May, the Home Secretary. It asks her to support the demands of the Right to Refuge campaign to make life fairer for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

- Simply sign it (as a group or as individuals) and send it to:

The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Home Office

The Home Office

Direct Communications Unit

2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

If you have 10 minutes – urge your local MP to support the campaign

- Download the template letter in the pack to write to your local MP. 

If you have 15 minutes – make links with local young refugees or asylum seekers

- If you’ve got internet access, look up your local refugee or asylum seeker support service.

Call or email them and invite them to visit your group – or offer to visit them. You can also

find out what’s going on near you in Refugee Week at www.refugeeweek.org.uk and

choose an event to attend.

If you have 30 minutes – create publicity for the campaign. Telling your local paper or radio station about the campaign would be a really powerful way to spread the message about refugees’ and asylum seekers’ rights. In the download below is a template for a press release but you could turn it into a letter to your local paper too.

- Re-write the press release to include a quote from someone in your group, and make sure

you mention any action you’ve taken or plan to take as part of the campaign.

- Post or email the press release to the newsdesk of the paper / radio station you’ve chosen and follow it up with a phone call to encourage them to print / broadcast it.