UNISON

http://www.tuc.org.uk/nhstogether/lobby.cfm?theme=nhstogether

Please forward to anyone who may be interested:

FREE theatre performance, Banner Theatre company's
MIGRANT VOICES - Thurs 8 June - 7pm
Hosted by Newcastle City Unison

More info contact:
Ed Whitby Campaigns officer (ed.whitby@workersliberty.org)

Migrant Voices: Touring in 2006

Migrant Voices explores the real-life experiences of asylum seekers
and refugees in twenty-first century Britain – how they got
here, why they came, and what they have found here.

Based on in-depth interviews with Iraqi Kurdish refugees and asylum
seekers living in Salford, this show combines live music, drama
and video to show some of the harsh realities behind the media myths
about asylum seekers.

It shows people who have fled their homes to escape torture and
persecution only to find themselves the victims of racist abuse
and intimidation, with insecure and badly paid jobs and substandard
living accommodation. The show draws the link between refugees living
in Britain and British intervention in Third World countries and
demonstrates powerfully that “they” are here because
“we” were there.

Migrant Voices interweaves Middle Eastern and British musical traditions
and provides insight into the causes of the global instability that
makes people into refugees. It presents an emotionally charged theatrical
experience to set audiences thinking about the real reasons why
people abandon their homes and families to seek refuge in the west.

www.bannertheatre.co.uk