A night to help with funding for the UNHCR & their work to protect refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people, stateless people and returnees.
http://www.unhcr.org/
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Exhibition of a new Installation by Melanie Wheeler
created during ‘The Floating Island Residency’ 2015
The work made during the ‘Floating Island Residency’ has been produced from an accumulation of research; investigating the current refugee crisis. Using this information and the UK media’s treatment of the situation as its subject matter.
Live performances from
EUGENE THE OCEANOGRAPHER
ALIYAH HUSSAIN
JOHN POWELL- JONES
MOTHER
IRMA VEP & THE WIGS
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Across the world, millions of refugees need support as they struggle under some of the most difficult of circumstances imaginable. The UNHCR is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.
Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
All money raised at this event will be donated to the UNHCR
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DOORS @ 7:00 Tickets £7
http://www.skiddle.com/
entry fee includes copy of a zine by Melanie Wheeler as part of the featured exhibition