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Tag Archives: Refugees
The importance of family life
Two of my little treasures Eva and Jonah in Court Hey Park after visiting the NationalWildflower Centre. Whoops almost forgot my big treasure Erica!! Yesterday I had a marvellous day with two of my three families. No, don’t get … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged asylum seekers, Athenaeum, Donald trump, family life, Frank Doran, Lord Alton, Lord Storey, Refugees, Social Workers
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Paris, Climate Change and Terrorism
The Council Chamber in Paris where the European Section, CEMR discussed climate change and Syria It’s not often that I get emotional about being a politician or the work that I do but the five days that I spent in … Continue reading
Posted in International Activity
Tagged Anne Hidalgo, CEMR, climate change, COP21, Daesh, Mayor of Paris, Paris, Patrick Klugman, Refugees, Syria, Terrorism, UCLG
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The shame of Farage and Cameron’s UK
Only desperation could lead to journeys like these If the picture of a dead three year old from Syria being plucked from the sea does not stir the hearts and emotions of Cameron, Farage and their ilk I don’t know … Continue reading
Posted in International Activity
Tagged Cameron, Dyria, Farage, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberal Democrats, Liverpool, Middle East, Refugees
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2 Weekends, 1.5 marches and One Marvellous City!!
Chief Angus and I before the march Some superb African dancing before the libation I have just come back from the walk to commemorate Liverpool’s part in the infamous slave trade. It was a marvellous way to commemorate such … Continue reading
Immigration, Asylum Seekers and the movement of labour
They say that ‘travel broadens the mind’. Well mine has certainly been expanded somewhat by some of the discussions that I have had with Mayors and other political leaders in the two recent travels I have made to the Middle … Continue reading
Posted in International Activity
Tagged asylum seekers, boat people, emigration, immigration, Migration, Refugees
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What Liverpool could DO in a Ukrainian Crisis
More than 12 years ago Liverpool made a name for itself with the Government and in the eyes of the nation when within 3 days it organised and took in more than 900 Kosovan refugees. Most of these were women … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimea, Joe Anderson, Labour, Lib Dem, Liverpool, Refugees, Ukraine
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