UK: 'Refugee of the Year' looking out for women (oh, and children)

Submitted by Minuteman on Wed, 2011-12-28 11:37

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Bradford woman who won the Yorkshire Refugee of the Year award is setting her sights on even greater achievements in 2012.

Next year, Beatrice Botomani, who fled to the UK from Malawi in 2004 with her two children, will qualify as a teacher fulfilling a lifelong ambition.

She hopes to work in the adult learning sector once her studies at Bradford College finish.

Miss Botomani has already helped improve the lives of others by campaigning for the rights of women and child refugees in detention.

She was spurred on after her own family’s experience at Yarls Wood Immigration detention centre in Bedfordshire, where her children were so traumatised they wrote a letter to MPs.

Since coming to Bradford she has worked as a volunteer for the Women’s Forum, as a Trustee for Forster Community College and with BCB community radio station.'

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"Refugee of the Year"?..."Refugee of the Year"?.."Refugee...Of...The...Year". I am just trying to get my head around that. It's like "House Fire Victim of the Year". OK, whatever.

Anyway, apparently male detainees cannot a) be traumatized or b) count much in terms of having their lot improved as they wait in detention cells for a hearing. Remember: It's only a problem if it affects women and children (esp. girls).

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2011-12-28 12:36