Athina Summerbell
Head of Communications, Engagement & Policy at Welsh Refugee Council
👉All views are my own👈
Social justice advocate, consumer of coffee and true crime podcasts👌
Cymro 🏴 Polski 🇵🇱
- Govt has scrapped the move-on extension, despite data showing it worked. Refugees get just 28 days to find homes. Forced into crisis, if they ask for help they risk losing their chance at citizenship. A plan that ignores evidence & punishes people for needing support. inews.co.uk/news/new-rig...
- Reposted by Athina SummerbellThanks to @welshrefcouncil.bsky.social for the invite to the Celebration of Reugee Integration event at Westminster on Tuesday. Inspiring to hear of the work being done, and important to hear how much more needs to be done across all our communities.
- This weekend I went back to writing. It can be hard to put into words what working in the asylum sector can sometimes feel like.
- Reposted by Athina SummerbellWe @praxisprojects.bsky.social have coordinated this letter signed by over 100 refugee, migrant and racial equality organisations asking to meet with Yvette Cooper. Govt. must engage properly with civil society and we are ready to have a meaningful conversation. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
- Language matters. Using terms like "island of strangers" not only fuels racism but also puts real people's lives in danger.
- Brilliant opportunity for free training from 👇👇👇 @promocymru.bsky.social
- A cruel and unjustified move by the UK Government which will potentially affect over 70,000 refugees in the UK. There is zero logic behind this amendment and is clearly an inhumane and performative act. There is only one way to stop irregular arrivals and that's to create ACTUAL safe routes.
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- If anyone would like to come and chat about refugee housing and homelessness, myself and Gareth will be at the @cymorthcymru.bsky.social annual conference all day! Come say hey!
- A personal one today. My Omi (Nan) fled Poland as a child, enduring camps before finding safety in the UK. Many of our family weren’t so fortunate—some were killed in those camps, others died in the resistance. I hope she’d be proud that our family continues to fight for the rights of others.
- Louder for the people in the back 👏
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- Great day speaking at this event ✨
- Gwych!
- Huge thank you to everyone who has been showing their care and support for the WRC. Hate won't win 💪✨
- Hi Bluesky, I've heard it's a much nicer place to be!
