Quakers mark Refugee Week

‘You, me and those who came before.’ Friends marked Refugee Week with a variety of events

by Rebecca Hardy 28th June 2019

The annual Refugee Week got off to a good start when the government announced that the UK will resettle 5,000 of the world’s most vulnerable refugees in the first year of a new scheme. As Quakers prepared themselves for a lively week of action, sanctuary campaigners congratulated each other after the Home Office pledged to continue to resettle thousands of refugees under the new scheme starting in 2020.