Category Archives for Barnsley

Will Government attacks on asylum tenants succeed?
19th May 20230Asylum Housing, Barnsley, Mears, Sheffield

Will Government attacks on asylum tenants succeed?

This week the Government announced plans to remove basic protections to asylum tenants including safety regulations and protections against overcrowded conditions. SYMAAG has worked in solidarity with asylum tenants for safe and dignified asylum accommodation…
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We’re not frightened anymore – Sheffield says no to Zimbabwe Deportations
22nd February 20190Asylum, Barnsley, Sheffield

We’re not frightened anymore – Sheffield says no to Zimbabwe Deportations

I have never been on a demonstration at 9am on a Tuesday morning before. Would everybody else be at work or in bed? Would more than 2 people and a dog turn up? But my…
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Jaber Abdullah: how I set up a refugee football team in Barnsley
12th May 20170Asylum, Barnsley, General

Jaber Abdullah: how I set up a refugee football team in Barnsley

Barnsley, like other northern ex-industrial towns, is often stereotyped as racist and hostile to refugees. Refugees, including SYMAAG members, do experience some wariness, hostility and racism from some in a town still struggling to recover…
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