Refugees are being given the chance to learn the traditional skill of lime plastering - taught by someone who is not only a master craftsman from Bristol, but who came here as a refugee from Somalia.


Their teacher Daahir Mohamed came to the UK from Somalia as a refugee himself and is now a skilled lime plasterer. 

Refugees helping restore a historic pub using traditional plastering skills

ITV News' Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker traced stories of people from Afghanistan who resettled in the UK - many of whom are separated from family.

Home Office unveils Afghan family reunion plan three years since Taliban return

The former Crown Paints factory in Coolock in north Dublin has witnessed violent disorder this week.

Second fire at former Dublin factory site earmarked for asylum seekers

The Ukrainian families who are adapting to Wales urge people to remember the fighting in their country continues everyday. 

The Ukrainian families who fell in love with Wales after escaping war

The existence of an ‘operational arrangement’ at the centre of the UK-Ireland diplomatic row has been acknowledged by both sides.

Irish Department of Justice refuses to publish UK migrant deal

A charity set up to help refugees faces an uncertain future as demand in Bristol reaches record levels.

Refugee charity seeks new Bristol home as demand reaches record levels

More than 70 charities, law firms and organisations are calling for the creation of a visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza who have family in the UK.

Gaza: British families call for Ukrainian-style visa scheme to get relatives out

More than 7,000 refugees have either being living with host families or in Welsh Government provided accommodation.

Ukrainian refugees could 'end up homeless' as welcome support phased out

A father who fled from war-torn Ukraine to be reunited with his family on Merseyside, has described the support from the UK as "amazing."

Ukrainian family forced apart by Russian war ‘happy’ to finally be reunited

The Commissioner-General of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the UNRWA headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleges that Israel is intent on “destroying” it along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right one day to return home. Philippe Lazzarini in an interview with a Swiss newspaper accuses Israel of having a “long-term political goal” of eliminating the agency created decades ago to assist Palestinians who fled during the war over Israel’s creation. 

 Philippe Lazzarini also said Israel also wants to destroy the idea that Palestinians are refugees who have a right to return home one day.

UNRWA head says Israel is intent on 'destroying' Palestinian refugee agency

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Nine venues run by Tyne & Wear Museums & Archives have been awarded the title as organisations that go above and beyond for people seeking sanctuary. 

Museums of Sanctuary offering a warm welcome to the North East

A group of people thought to be migrants being brought in to Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel

Peers have told how some fighters who fought with UK forces in Afghanistan had been threatened with deportation to Rwanda. 

Foreign troops who fought for UK must be exempt from Rwanda plan, ministers told

Refugees stage sit-in in bid for answers to homelessness

As the government clears its asylum backlog, a Granada Reports investigation has found many migrants now have nowhere to go, creating a new homelessness crisis

'Never seen demand like it', refugee homeless problem worse than ever

A woman walks past tents of the homeless in Victoria, London. PA Photo. Picture date: Thursday January 16, 2020. Photo credit should read: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Councils in London warn refugees are sleeping rough after being evicted from Home Office accommodation. 

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