Church Action on Poverty

Church Action on Poverty

Podcasts from Church Action on Poverty (www.church-poverty.org.uk)

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December 21, 2007 4 mins
Through Advent, we're posting short interviews each weekend with asylum-seekers who've been forced into destitution, and remembering that Jesus was born to a refugee couple. The final interview is with Katherine (23) from Burundi and her six-month-old son Brian. Katherine talks about the uncertainty she lives with every day, the difficulty of living on vouchers instead of money, and the sense of exclusion and powerlessness: ...
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Through Advent, we're posting short interviews each weekend with asylum-seekers who've been forced into destitution, and remembering that Jesus was born to a refugee couple. The third interview is with Mary Lubanjwa from Uganda.

Mary talks about the fear of deportation, the impossibility of returning home yet, and how her faith sustains her: “I want very, very much to go home, but if I go there, I...
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Through Advent, we're posting short interviews each weekend with asylum-seekers who've been forced into destitution, and remembering that Jesus was born to a refugee couple. The second interview is with Daniel Munkasa from Zimbabwe.

Daniel talks about the experience of being destitute for over three years: “It's like I'm just in a limbo... you need to be self-reliant so you end up sometimes think...
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Through Advent, we'll be posting short interviews each Sunday with asylum-seekers who've been forced into destitution, and remembering that Jesus was born to a refugee couple. The first interview is with Amar Hassan Albadawi from Sudan.Amar talks about his disappointment at how his asylum application was handled, and the distrust and isolation caused by the constant threat of deportation: “I go for interview without solicitor, w...
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