Right to Refuge: a SolidariTee podcast

In this episode, Flic is joined by Dr. Siyana Mahroof-Shaffi, founder and chair of trustees of Kitrinos Healthcare, to discuss the provision of healthcare for refugees as well as the impact Covid-19 has had on it.

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Introducing Right to Refuge, a podcast brought to you by SolidariTee, an international charity who work to raise awareness of the refugee crisis and offer grants to NGOs providing legal aid and other vital support to refugees and asylum seekers.

Music by Alex Bokhari

Produced by Emma Penney

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In this episode we discuss the experiences of LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers in Greece, and the work Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid do to support them. Abby Field from Fenix works in the family reunification team, assisting individuals with their applications to be reunited with family members in other European Union countries under the Dublin III Regulation. We discuss the Eurocentric expectations of LGBTQ+ individuals to conform to harmful stereotypes, and the number of issues they face during the asylum process.

TW/CN: mentions of homophobia, transphobia, sexual violence

Fenix are currently one of SolidariTee's grant recipients. To learn more about Fenix go to: https://www.fenixaid.org

Editing- Jess Clifford

Music- Efeloji

This episode, we talk to Lydia Siapardani from the Irida Center about the work they do to support women in the area. The centre aims to provide support to women in all areas, offering protection services, legal aid, education, recreational activities, social connections and emergency response. The discussion centres around safe spaces for women, the limitations of resources, and the issues these women face.

This episode was originally recorded in December 2021. After two years of lockdown this was the first winter Irida Women's Centre remained open, continuing to offer essential support to refugee, asylum-seeking, migrant and local women.

In 2022, Irida successfully re-established Child Safe Space, for children of pre'school age. It also launched the Irida Solidarity Free Shop, to provide women and their families who are not eligible to receive cash assistance with decent access to food items and non-food necessities.

To find out more about Irida and its latest developments, you can follow them on instagram @iridacentre

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Edited by Jess Clifford

Music by Efeloji

In this episode, Outreach Director Izzy and Team SolidariTee Director Jess discuss the importance of a gendered lens when considering refugee experiences. Discussions focus around the impact of gender at different stages of displacement, and the issues occurring when there is a lack of gendered consideration.

CN/TW- mentions of FGM, sexual assault, transphobia, rape and violence

At SolidariTee, we want to raise awareness of issues which affect refugees and welcome the voices of those with lived experiences. Please get in touch if you are a displaced person who would like to speak on any of the issues we cover here. Over the next few episodes we will be speaking to experts and our volunteers to unpack a variety of issues impacting different groups of refugees and welcome external thought - just message us on our instagram or Facebook if you'd like to offer feedback.

Further reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yubObAmtxdnp3JVUGnmRmXNMcLfrSRSpioikiUnbfDU/edit

Editing- Jess Clifford

Music- Efeloji