Our Mission

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To relieve the need and hardship of refugees, asylum seekers and their dependents principally in Kent, particularly by the provision of advice, information, and public education about the position of refugees.

We are a small voluntary organisation and we carry this out through information-sharing for support groups and others, sitting on multi-agency committees for refugee integration and publishing a monthly Newsletter; running a formerly Home Office now Big Lottery funded Mentoring Project for refugees; and helping and housing the Dover multi-agency Friendship Project which produces schools Packs and conferences for staff and the general public. We have set up new support groups; and with AVID and Refugee Action a Detainee Visitors Groups (DDVG) for Dover Immigration Removal Centre; and we initiated and continue to support a multi-agency Dover Festival for Refugee Week. We work to set up further support groups, give talks, help students and researchers, publish leaflets and respond to media requests on current Issues.

What is a refugee?

According to the Geneva Convention, a refugee is a person who is outside his or her country because of a well-founded fear of persecution there based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, and who cannot or does not want to return home.

What is an asylum seeker?

An asylum seeker is a person who has applied to be accepted as a refugee and is waiting for their claim to be processed. The UK, together with most countries in Europe and many others is a signatory to this Convention and it is important that we honour it.

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