{"id":90031,"date":"2021-03-23T18:31:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voiceofsalam.com\/?p=24686"},"modified":"2021-03-23T18:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:31:16","slug":"6-covid-safe-ways-to-welcome-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-your-local-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/23\/6-covid-safe-ways-to-welcome-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-your-local-area\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Covid-safe ways to welcome refugees and asylum seekers in your local area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Elizabeth Arif-Fear<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Here in Europe, whilst we should be sympathetic to the plight of refugees and asylum seekers and promote diversity and inclusion,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyes-on-europe.eu\/explaining-the-main-drivers-of-anti-immigration-attitudes-in-europe\/\"><strong>anti-refugee and xenophobic sentiment<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;has however&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/oct\/08\/europe-migration-crisis-prejudice-eu-refugee-orban-christian\"><strong>long reared its ugly head<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.com\/2018\/06\/20\/facts-about-refugees-the-media-isnt-telling-you\/\"><strong>Anti-refugee and anti-migrant narratives and misconceptions<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0around the numbers and location of refugees and asylum seekers continue to enter conversations, television screens and newspaper spreads. This sadly spreads fear, misinformation and distrust of those who\u2019ve been forced from their homes in search of safety and security.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">To read more, click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.speak.social\/6-covid-safe-ways-to-welcome-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-your-local-area\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"22522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.com\/2018\/11\/25\/it-never-ends-with-the-jews-worlds-oldest-form-of-hatred\/20-offpurplebouquets-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"385,139\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20% offPurpleBouquets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=385\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=385\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg 385w, https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.com\/2021\/03\/23\/6-covid-safe-ways-to-welcome-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-your-local-area\/\">Voice of Salam<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid a climate of xenophobia and anti-refugee rhetoric, Elizabeth Arif-Fear examines how you can welcome refugees and asylum seekers in your area, even with the challenges of Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":486,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1420,1392,231,1409,338,304,1691,6,1383,1402,784,14886,238,4905],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246943,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90031\/revisions\/246943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}