We’re excited to be involved in this event exploring #Brecht’s ever-relevant writings in exile, newly set to music by Niels Rønsholdt, with Lore Lixenberg, David Constantine & Tom Kuhn. 📍 Mordan Hall, St Hugh’s College Tues 3rd Feb at 5.30 pm 🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exile-for-...

Siham, Daneshgar, and Motaz are just three of the young people we work with. They told ITV News why education is so important for young refugees, to help them settle into Britain, rebuild their lives, and find work. www.itv.com/news/2026-01...

New reporting shows the “one in, one out” scheme is harming survivors of torture and trafficking while failing to deter crossings. Safeguards in detention are breaking down. This is performative cruelty, not effective policy. Read the investigation: https://bit.ly/4sKHBZA

Over 20 years, Iran has been the No1 country of origin for asylum seekers in the UK. Those who campaign to slash the rights of refugees, but today decry the savagery of the Iranian regime, need to have a little think. There is no safe route to the UK for Iranian asylum seekers.

From yesterday: Free Movement review of 2025 | Colin Yeo

⏳ Don't miss the chance to apply! We’re recruiting a Fundraising Officer — a hands-on role with real impact, supporting refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in Oxfordshire. Applications close midnight *tomorrow* (Sunday 11th January 2026). www.asylum-welcome.org/fundraising-...

💡 Interested? Know someone who might be? We’re recruiting a Fundraising Officer to help raise vital income supporting refugees & asylum seekers in Oxford. ⏳ 🕛 Deadline: Sun 11th Jan 2026 (midnight) Apply now via CharityJob or see more details on our website: www.asylum-welcome.org/fundraising-...

As Campsfield detention centre reopens tomorrow in #Oxfordshire, many of us feel heavy-hearted. But for all who may be detained there, we will keep going — and strengthen our efforts to #CloseCampsfield and #EndDetention. Join the protests: 4pm Campsfield • 6pm Carfax #TheseWallsMustFall

A former detainee of Campsfield said: “While I was at Campsfield I saw many people struggle to cope with depression and a system designed to break people down. You are treated as if you are a risk to society when all you are trying to do is reach safety and build a life.”

Our Winter Appeal launches today. Every donation is DOUBLED through match funding, helping people at risk of homelessness in Oxford find a place to stay. Please give what you can to help refugees in Oxfordshire find safety. Kindness really does open doors. Thank you. www.asylum-welcome.org/winter/

📣At the protest this weekend: "The people of Oxfordshire have made their voices clear, and will continue to do so, that refugees are welcome here. This is meant to be a city of sanctuary. Campsfield is the opposite of sanctuary." @asylumwelcome.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Looking for some good vibes? Join us **tonight** (Thursday 20th Nov, 6–8 pm) for the Art Auction at 74 Magdalen Road (OX4 1RE). Fabulous artwork, soft drinks and wine, and a warm community atmosphere — all in support of people seeking sanctuary. 🎨 🧡 www.magdalenroadstudios.com/calendar/art...

🚨Making it harder for migrants to settle in the UK is yet another act of economic vandalism🚨 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

It’s a kind of orange…. @asylumwelcome.bsky.social Place an orange light in your window during the Oxford Christmas Light Festival (14–16 November) — a simple symbol of welcome, sanctuary, and hope for people seeking safety.

Huge thanks to @adobe.com & Revivn for donating 50 laptops to Asylum Welcome’s Digital Inclusion project! 💻 These lightweight devices will help refugees and asylum seekers access education, jobs and connection. You’ve given technology a second life — and helped people rebuild theirs. #ThankYou 💛

Everyone deserves warmth & dignity. This winter, refugees in Oxfordshire face hunger & homelessness as they attempt to rebuild their lives. Your kindness can help: £20 = welcome pack £50 = school essentials £100 = safe sleep £250 = food & support 💜 tinyurl.com/hardship-appeal Thank you so much!

To support the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention 18 Oct, Coalition to Keep Campsfield Closed are running an event with a panel discussion & more. #Oxford #MigrationIsLife #NoOneIsIllegal #TheseWallsMustFall @asylumwelcome.bsky.social righttoremain.org.uk/local-action...

Best of luck to everyone taking part in the #OxfordHalf today — especially #TeamAsylumWelcome 🎽 — running in memory of our much-missed volunteer James Throup. Every penny raised helps refugees and asylum seekers rebuild their lives in Oxfordshire. 🏃‍♀️🧡🏃‍♂️ Donate here 👇 tinyurl.com/oxford-half-marathon

One week to go until the Oxford Half Marathon! 🏃 🧡 Our Asylum Welcome runners are over halfway to their target — every mile they run helps fund help, advice and hope for people starting again in safety. Please support them if you can: justgiving.com/campaign/asy... Thank you!

Last week, our AGM & Supporters’ Meeting brought together voices from across Asylum Welcome — and marked 10 years of Sanctuary Hosting. More than 40,000 nights of shelter, 300 guests supported, and a new exhibition unveiled to celebrate this milestone. Read more: www.asylum-welcome.org/agm-2025/

👪 We're live at the Old Schoolhouse Community Day (Hertford Street, off Magdalen Road). 👋 Drop by our stall to say hello, pick up a copy of our latest Annual Review, and see if you can beat our fiendishly metaphorical Hostile Environment Challenge...

To mark ten years of Sanctuary Hosting, I wrote about migration. With thanks to @asylumwelcome.bsky.social for the fact checker. open.substack.com/pub/writingf...

This Sept, we're celebrating 10 years of Sanctuary Hosting! www.asylum-welcome.org/services/san... 300 guests helped, 40,000 nights of safe sleep & countless acts of kindness - thanks to our wonderful hosts 💙 🎧 Listen to the story on our podcast #Welcomecast: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

🏃‍♂️ Every step counts. Every gift helps. Sultan and the @asylumwelcome.bsky.social team are running 13.1 miles at the #OxfordHalf to support refugees in Oxfordshire as they rebuild their lives. If you can, please back them today with a donation: tinyurl.com/oxford-half-marathon Thank you. 🧡

Thank you #ThisisOxfordshire for highlighting our open letter calling for Compassion and Unity in Oxford - www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2542642...

'...my concerns with these are the safety of separated children if they can't make applications to join family members'. @catbriddick.bsky.social was quoted in @thetimes.com on the UK government's decision this week to halt the family reunion route for refugees: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

As Yvette Cooper pushes forward new laws to make it harder for child refugees to get safe passage to join their parents in the UK, here's a picture of her from 2020 campaigning for the complete opposite.

"We sat in stunned silence… wondering: what will this mean for the people we support now & those who will need us in future?" — Dr Hari Reed, our Co-CEO. For many refugees, reunion is the only hope they have left. Suspending that right puts women & children at risk, @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social.

Oxfordshire is a County of Sanctuary and we are rightly proud to support and stand up for refugees, people seeking asylum and anyone in the UK in need of support. Amazing work by @asylumwelcome.bsky.social to put together this letter!

Today, Nigel Farage used Oxfordshire to launch plans for “mass deportations” of people seeking asylum if he becomes Prime Minister. We believe in a different vision: one rooted in dignity, safety, and welcome. Please add your name to our open letter: tinyurl.com/aw-letter

🧡 Asylum Welcome's Oxford Half Marathon team is running in memory of our brilliant volunteer, James Throup. Here, Tania — our Sanctuary Hosting Manager — shares a tribute to James, remembered for his kindness, gentleness & commitment to others. Support in his honour: justgiving.com/campaign/asy...

A year ago, you chose welcome - and showed up for Oxford’s asylum seekers. 🧡 Today, the challenges are greater than ever. Read our latest newsletter to learn the facts, and stand with us again. www.asylum-welcome.org/one-year-on/

🎓 Last month, five of our clients completed a Core Maths course at Oxford Lifelong Learning — the third in a series designed especially for displaced learners. Huge thanks to Dr Ben Grant, Dr Tom Crawford and Behrad Ahmadpour at the University of Oxford. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/news/this-cl...

After years of fear and separation, Muhammad’s family is safe and reunited. 📖 Read their story: asylum-welcome.org/a-family-reu... This is what welcome looks like - and what community can do. 🧡 Thank you for standing with refugees in Oxfordshire.

🚨 There’s a debate in Parliament tomorrow about the refugee citizenship ban. The UK is making it harder for refugees to become citizens—just because of how they arrived. ✍️ Write to your MP now (with thanks to our friends @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social): secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/173733/...

Refugee Week may be over — but the need remains. Every day in Oxfordshire, people seek safety, food, shelter and family. At Asylum Welcome, we offer essential support and expert advice when it’s needed most. Please donate if you can: app.donorfy.com/donate/9C307... Thank you.

Today! Sunday 22nd June 2025 12 noon: Rally at the Campsfield site (Langford Lane, Kidlington OX5 1RE) 1 mile walk to Kidlington Methodist Church; refreshments and discussions in the Rear Hall. Let’s walk together to say: Keep Campsfield Closed. Immigration detention is an abuse of human rights.

This #WorldRefugeeDay, we’re celebrating the strength it takes to start again – and the power of community to make it possible. Your support helps refugees & asylum seekers in Oxfordshire find safety, dignity and a new beginning. Please support our appeal today: tinyurl.com/RWBluesky25 Thank you.

Drop by our stall at the Sanctuary Fair and say hello! 💙 We’re here all afternoon at Oxford Town Hall sharing information about our work with refugees and asylum seekers in Oxfordshire. #RefugeeWeek #CommunityAsSuperpower #OxfordRefugeeWeek

Stand with us this #RefugeeWeek Your donation today can help. With your support, we can offer essentials like food, safe housing, and expert advice when it’s urgently needed. Please give what you can to stand in solidarity with sanctuary seekers in our community. 👉 tinyurl.com/refugeeweeka...

Our theme this year for Refugee Week is 'Community as a Superpower'. As bell hooks says “We can begin the process of making community wherever we are. We can begin by sharing a smile, a warm greeting, a bit of conversation; by doing a kind deed or by acknowledging kindness offered to us.”

By including Asylum Welcome in your Will, you can ensure that refugees and asylum seekers have the chance to live in dignity. If Asylum Welcome has been part of your story—or the values you hold dear—please consider leaving a legacy of welcome 👉 www.asylum-welcome.org/legacy

Just 1 week to go until the Oxford Sanctuary Fair 2025! *Book your free place (or just drop in):* tinyurl.com/sanctuaryfair2025 *Part of Refugee Week* Organised by Asylum Welcome, University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes, IWAW, Oxford City Council & more.

🚲 Happy #WorldBicycleDay from Sanctuary Wheels! 🧡 Since 2022, this project has provided hundreds of free refurbished bicycles to refugees and asylum seekers across Oxfordshire. Each donated bike gets a second life — and offers someone the freedom they need to rebuild. tinyurl.com/sanctuary-wh...

💥 Coming soon - #refugeeweek2025: Community as a Superpower 🗓 16–22 June *🧡 Planning an event? We’d love to include it in the Oxford Refugee Week brochure. Submit by 12 noon on Friday 6th June: 👉https://tinyurl.com/RW2025programme 📧 [email protected] 🌐 oxfordrefugeeweek.info

If your organisation can help promote this model, influence decision-makers, or support its future, please share it. 👉 Read the full evaluation report: tinyurl.com/nrpf-project... 👉 Read the executive summary: tinyurl.com/nrpf-summary

📣 We're looking for two new trustees to help guide the future of Asylum Welcome: 💼 Treasurer 🌍 Trustee with lived experience Help stand up for refugee rights here in Oxfordshire. #NeighboursNotStrangers Read more on our website: 🔗 www.asylum-welcome.org/trustee-recr... Apply by Friday 30th May.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make our recent Eid and Easter celebration at Sandford Village Hall such a joyful success! 🙏 If you’re interested in getting involved or hosting an event for Refugee Week, reach out to us at [email protected] 📩

Our brilliant volunteer Jonny Fox is running the Oxford Town & Gown 10k on 11th May in aid of Asylum Welcome and Oxford Phoenix FC. 🐦‍🔥 Help keep it running by supporting Jonny’s run! 🙏 👉 Donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/jonny-f...

The Asylum Welcome family said a huge thank you and a fond farewell to our outgoing Director, Mark. Mark's has guided AW through times of change and growth. Thanks to Mark we're stronger and better prepared for whatever the future holds. We'd also like to welcome our new Joint CEOs, Hari and Sarah!