Stamford Arts Centre And featuring ‘Moments of Peace’ - a photographic project by Alan Walters, ONE WORLD WEEK - REFUGEES WHAT'S IT LIKE TO FLEE YOUR HOME

Stamford Arts Centre And featuring ‘Moments of Peace’ - a photographic project by Alan Walters, ONE WORLD WEEK - REFUGEES WHAT'S IT LIKE TO FLEE YOUR HOME

Displays of artwork and projects undertaken by local students and pupils

Stalls promoting the work of local community groups

Stalls selling fairly traded products 

And featuring ‘Moments of Peace’  - a photographic project

The project aims to represent the lives of Ukrainian refugees in Stamford. It involves two images per family juxtaposing the harsh reality back home which never truly leaves them with moments of peace that they find here. This is a pilot display of an ongoing project by Alan Walters, a local photojournalist, in conjunction with Stamford Diversity Group. Feedback from the October display will influence the project going forward.

Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Central, Labour, refugees in urban areas

Developing Countries: Urban Areas
International Development

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the vulnerabilities of refugees in urban areas.

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

DFID recognises that, in developing countries, refugees in urban areas often face a wide range of risks which include threat of arrest and detention, exploitation, inadequate shelter, human trafficking, prohibition on movement and residence and lack of documentation. This is why DFID is providing support to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to deliver protection and assistance programmes in urban areas. DFID has also funded research, through the Norwegian Refugee Council, to identify the most effective approach for assisting urban refugees, on which humanitarian organisations can draw to improve their programmes of support.