Quick Guide to Apprenticeship Funding for Businesses
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Zoe Allen, Sona Circle In the UK, the government provides a huge amount of funding and incentives for businesses to encourage them to hire apprentices. For larger businesses, this includes the apprenticeship levy scheme. If your business if not yet taking advantage of this, then read on to learn more about the […]
Frozen Present: A Story of Resilience of Refugees in Malaysia
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Chiara Fabbro, Sona Circle Contributor (Insta: @Chi.fabb) Zhara, Malika and Hussain are three young siblings. They live in a small flat in a 15 storey building in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They are Hazara and come from Afghanistan, but they had to flee their home country as Hazara people are […]
Lift the Ban Campaign: A Campaign Lobbying for Asylum Seekers’ Right to Work in the UK
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Katie McAdam, Sona Circle After seeking protection in their host country, asylum seekers must face an arduous journey to gain refugee status and the right to paid work in the UK. Unable to access the services and freedoms enjoyed by refugees, asylum seekers are in an uncomfortable limbo. As of March 2020, […]
4 Ways to Support Refugees in your Community
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Aanya Bhandari, Sona Circle Migration isn’t easy. Accepting change isn’t easy. Starting a new life isn’t easy. Refugees face a wide range of challenges when it comes to integration and acceptance within their communities. It is no secret that xenophobia and racism are two of the most pertinent issues that plague societies […]
Transferring International Qualifications to the UK: A Guide for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Reading Time: 5 minutes by Zoe Allen, Sona Circle Why Do I Need to Transfer my Qualifications? As a refugee, if you worked in a career you loved and enjoyed in your home country, you would probably love to continue practising it in the UK. However, you need to know whether your qualifications would be accepted as […]
Ode to London: The Melting Pot
Reading Time: 2 minutes by Katie McAdam, Sona Circle For millennia, London has welcomed people across the globe to live together in the same city. Central to London’s development was the influence of early Roman, Viking and Norman traders. In more recent times, the city has accommodated many; from the famed Windrush generation to EU migrants. However, […]
5 Great Initiatives Supporting Refugee Integration in the UK
Reading Time: 3 minutes by Katie McAdam, Sona Circle Settling into a new country can be very daunting for many refugees. Language barriers, new cultures and lack of social connections make integration a difficult process. Integration is vital not only for improving local community relationships but also for reducing the problem of social isolation among refugees. Those […]
Germany’s Progressive Approach to Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Reading Time: 3 minutes by David Cregan, Sona Circle To understand Germany’s current policy on refugees and asylum seekers, you need to revisit the post Second World War period, 1945-1960. This 15 year period transformed a destroyed West Germany into its current economic powerhouse that we know today. There was a significant movement of refugees back to […]
4 Ways to Support the Refugee Crisis in Yemen
Reading Time: 3 minutes by Katy Cottrell, Sona Circle The situation in Yemen has been described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with various threats to the safety, security and well-being of the population hitting Yemen all at once. Firstly, a five-year long war has caused the deaths of over 12,000 civilians and extensive damage to […]
Refugees in Entertainment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Katie McAdam, Sona Circle In 1969 Farrokh Bulsara fled Zanzibar, (modern-day Tanzania) due to the ensuing genocide of Arab and South Asian minorities. With a great songwriting talent and an impressive vocal range, he dreamed of stardom. After joining the band Queen, he changed his name and then changed the history of rock […]