Blogs

Personal insights from behind the scenes

Our blogs are written by staff members at Scottish Refugee Council, as well as people from a variety of backgrounds who are keen to discuss the issues that refugees and people seeking asylum face.

The opinions expressed in our blogs are the views and opinions of the writer.  Scottish Refugee Council cannot be held responsible for others' opinions. 

• 25 October 2017 Refugee-led community groups are unsung heroes at the heart of integration Our CEO Sabir Zazai met with community representatives in Glasgow to discuss their important work (0 Comments)
• 19 October 2017 Getting ready for Share My Table Share My Table is a multi artform, multi nationality multidimensional project led by Scottish Refugee Council and Tramway Glasgow (0 Comments)
• 13 October 2017 Syrian family in Greenock facing racist abuse and threats of violence Thoughts on media coverage of Syrian refugee released without charge in connection with London attack (0 Comments)
• 10 October 2017 Family matters to everyone - we must improve the family reunion system in the UK Sabir Zazai explains why the SNP's family reunion bill is so important to so many people (0 Comments)
• 27 September 2017 Share My Table group prepares for public performances and exhibition at Tramway in Glasgow Our participatory arts project encourages people to look behind the headlines about refugees and migration (0 Comments)
• 21 September 2017 Mark Bartlett and the 600km triathlon Community fundraiser Mark Bartlett took on a 600km triathlon in aid of Scottish Refugee Council. (0 Comments)
• 20 September 2017 Cup of Tea with a Refugee week in October Are you a café owner or a church group, a bunch of neighbours or colleagues, these events are a great way to bring people together (0 Comments)
• 13 September 2017 Reflections on week one at Scottish Refugee Council Well, it’s the end of my first week as CEO at Scottish Refugee Council and I would like to share a couple of thoughts. (0 Comments)
• 8 August 2017 12 shows not to miss in Edinburgh this festival Edinburgh is buzzing with thousands of shows and performers (0 Comments)
• 19 July 2017 Sharing Lives, Sharing Languages Reflections on a peer education project supporting social and language integration in Scotland (0 Comments)