Sanctuary Meetings - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Sat, 17 Nov 2018 19:21:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.quakerranter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-qr-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Sanctuary Meetings - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org 32 32 16720591 Kindertransport survivors call for routes to sanctuary for child refugees https://www.quakerranter.org/kindertransport-survivors-call-for-routes-to-sanctuary-for-child-refugees/ https://www.quakerranter.org/kindertransport-survivors-call-for-routes-to-sanctuary-for-child-refugees/#respond Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:53:00 +0000 https://www.quakerranter.org/?p=61594 At an 80th anniversary of the UK kindertransport program (which we read about a few days ago), survivors and Friends call for wider support for today’s refugees and asylum seekers:

Helen Drewery, Head of Witness and Worship for Quakers in Britain, welcoming all to Friends House, said, “We are pleased to be hosting an event which honours all those – including Quakers who put the Kindertransport into effect. Their endeavours are being echoed today by nearly 100 Quaker meetings across Britain which have identified themselves as Sanctuary Meetings and are supporting people who have fled from danger in their home countries. We are glad that these Meetings and the people they are supporting are represented at today’s event. We join them in pressing for more safe passages.”

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/27200

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