Poll for folks who are non-British immigrants to #Scotland.
Do you know what a "foam banana" is?
(please boost for coverage)
@GetCarter look out from Nima Khorshidi who will be coming your way soon on his amazing cycle, walking , kayaking trip on his individually designed route (in pink) .Heβs raising money for women on wheels https://womenonwheels.raisely.com/nima-khorshidi #newscots are making a difference - hope he gets the weather in your picture - stunning
An emotional and gracious New Year Resolution from @sabir_zazai@twitter.com (featuring an @alison_phipps@twitter.com cameo appearance π). Very moving - well done @davidgstrachan@twitter.com π€ βa warm smile and a welcome, that does not cost muchβ 𧑠#NewScots
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gsfs
I had the privilege of teaching Afghan women at Asian University for Women #AUW, as part of a global effort to anticipate, evade, and resist the horrors of the Taliban.
The Taliban is scared of those women, as well they should be. I am glad that the #NewScots strategy is another part of that effort. Without women's education we cannot address the planetary crisis.
In order to pass this test, you will have to assume multiple identities, fool armed guards, survive a brutal, unpredictable network of internment camps, become an expert in managing hostile bureaucracy in several foreign languages, and pass live survival tests involving freezing weather, barbed wire, days without food and crossing 40km of freezing water. At the advanced level, you will do this while pregnant and protecting a small child, with the added requirement of surviving sexual assaults.
Congratulations. You are an "unskilled migrant" and a "illegal" asylum seeker.
#noillegalasylumseekers #NewScots #migration
Our thanks to all #NewScots who have sustained and supported our research and thinking and to each of the members of this unique partnership with Local Authorities through COSLA, Scottish Government Scottish Refugee Council & #universityofglasgow and to our hosts at #ScotlandHouse #Europe for their warm welcome and the perfect venue for launching this international report
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#europe #scotlandhouse #universityofglasgow #NewScots
We launched the #NewScots report yesterday in Brussels and you can download it and ponder its 70 recommendations for a kinder, more realistically welcoming and interculturally dynamic Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ here
We launched the #NewScots report yesterday in Brussels and you can download it and ponder its 70 recommendations for a kinder, more realistically welcoming and interculturally dynamic Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ here
It was co-authored by Dr Dan Fisher Dr Esa Aldegheri and myself as part of the #NewScots #Refugee #Integration Strategy development and will inform the refreshed strategy #NewScots3 as it is developed in partnership with #ScottishGovernment #COSLA #ScottishRefugeeCouncil and ourselves as independent academics. 2/
#scottishrefugeecouncil #cosla #scottishgovernment #newscots3 #integration #refugee #NewScots
Our #UNESCO RILA / #universityofglasgow research report is out on #NewScots.
It re-frames #integration ethically, interculturally, as restorative and conflict transformational with communities, place and relationships strengthened through community development at its core.
It takes the burden of change from those seeking refugee and holds it in common for all.
It offers international supports and systematic review #Scotland #refugeeswelcome
#refugeeswelcome #scotland #integration #NewScots #universityofglasgow #unesco
Reminded by a post from someone who's decided to move to Scotland.
I'm a #Yorkshire Scot. Grew up in #Leeds. Started uni in Aberdeen, age 18, in 1974. Been here ever since. Close on 50 years.
The only fok who've told me I'm not Scottish have been #Unionists (and only a handful of times) and Scottish #poets.
Hate the phrase '#NewScots', byraway. Maks ye feel ye dinna really belong. 'Haud it, ye've no been here lang enough te hae an opinion'. Gonnae no.
#NewScots #poets #unionists #leeds #yorkshire
Food for the soul, inspiration for the mind and bosies for the body at @scotrefcouncil@twitter.com #NewScots Conference 2022 β₯οΈ @UofGUnescoRILA@twitter.com @migrationscot@twitter.com @Aberdeenshire@twitter.com
In full swing - a strong feeling of joy as resistance - #NewScots, old Scots, big Scots, wee Scots blethering away - and celebrating the extraordinary work they have accomplished. And not least because Musicians In Exile just brought the house down.
RT @scotrefcouncil@twitter.com
The #NewScots Conference is in full swing with a rousing performance from "Britain's most unorthodox band" - the fantastic Musicians in Exile! @GlasgowBarons@twitter.com
π¦π: https://twitter.com/scotrefcouncil/status/1591042066486001664
All set at Glasgow Concert Hall for Scottish Refugee Council Conference of with and for #NewScots #RefugeesWelcome
Now to settle the nerves π
New funding - designed and managed by #refugees announced by Scottish Refugee Council.
These guys - honestly - the miracles they make happen β¦ respect.
#ScotPol #RefugeesWelcome #NewScots
https://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/working-for-change/reaching_new_scots/
#NewScots #refugeeswelcome #scotpol #refugees
@davidallengreen Thanks Dave - Iβm an academic and #unesco chair working with lawyers on #refugee and #immigration advocacy matters as well as #cultural rights #HumanRights #LanguageRights & #NewScots - not a lawyer but co-supervising law PhDs & huge admirer of folk like @AlasdairMackenzie
#NewScots #languagerights #humanrights #cultural #immigration #refugee #unesco
At the recent NATECLA Scotland conference, a familiar theme was coming through in discussions of barriers to integration & employment for #NewScots. #ESOL is not enough. When ppl step out of ESOL bubbles to access services, employment or the wider community, it often doesnβt matter how good their English is or how skilled they are, the barriers remain because they are often the only ones who have learned & adapted. We need to shift the focus http://journal.nystesol.org/Vol8No2/05_GoodeyFinal.pdf
Update from Minister Neil Gray MSP on support long term for mass evacuation and integration of those needing humanitarian assistance in #Scotland #NewScots #ScotPol #ScotG ovt
https://www.gov.scot/news/investing-in-long-term-support-for-displaced-people-from-ukraine/
#scotg #scotpol #NewScots #scotland