He closes the door to his apartment, takes off his shoes and jacket in the corridor before going into the living room. He sits on his armchair and opens his iPad to play The Search by NF. After a minute he gets up, goes to the kitchen and drinks a glass of cold water. – …
As a lawyer by profession and having worked for human rights for more than 20 years, my instinctive first point of reference – beyond the Scriptures – is the legal framework, the ‘rule of law’. It seems to have been the same for the ecumenical movement as a whole. One of the very first actions …
The Importance of a Moral Voice on Issues of Migration and Refugees Read More »
– My dreams recently begin with a text message from the migration agency, saying that a letter has been sent to me. The feeling of happiness that I may have gotten my resident permit is beautiful! It is Friday and I am sitting by the beach Kaananbadet in Stockholm, Sweden, talking on the phone with …
“France Doesn’t Play Around with Refugees which Sweden Does” Read More »
Lisa Hofverberg and Rose-Marie Olihn Photo: Magnus Aronson Many young people who had to leave their homelands and come to Sweden as unaccompanied minors slip through the cracks of the Swedish welfare system. – If you have no home address, you have no home municipality, and no one is responsible for you, says Rose-Marie Olihn, …
