Another plug for the new Migrant Rights Centre that just opened out of the Pierian Centre in St Pauls. The volunteers and supporters associated with the Centre held a lantern launch on 18th December (which is International Migrants Day) on the Downs. I wandered up to lend my undoubted firelighting skills. It was a lovely event, with the Deputy Lieutenant of Bristol there to start the whole thing off and around 50 people armed with eco-friendly chinese lanterns - despite the crashing cold! The lanterns symbolised those who travel... like part of my own family, who came to the UK about a century ago as economic migrants from what is now the Czech Republic.
The volunteers behind the Centre have done a great job of getting everything together and launching with a bang. I hope that they are able to keep their efforts going, attracting new volunteers and supporters along the way. The Centre operates a drop-in advice and information session for all types of migrants on Friday mornings between 10am and 12 noon.
(Many thanks to Jon Massey for the use of his action-packed picture.)
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