Sabir Zazai
@sabirzazai.bsky.social
CEO @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
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What a heartwarming story. The news should feature more stories like this!
Refugees bring opportunities and often turn their own experiences of suffering and loss into hope for others. Nahid's story is one of courage, resilience and hope.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Entrepreneurial refugee says 'thank you UK' for giving family sanctuary
Since settling in North Yorkshire, Nahid Hamidi has set up a pop-up restaurant and helps other refugees.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What a heartwarming story. The news should feature more stories like this!
Refugees bring opportunities and often turn their own experiences of suffering and loss into hope for others. Nahid's story is one of courage, resilience and hope.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Entrepreneurial refugee says 'thank you UK' for giving family sanctuary
Since settling in North Yorkshire, Nahid Hamidi has set up a pop-up restaurant and helps other refugees.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Refugees bring opportunities and often turn their own experiences of suffering and loss into hope for others. Nahid's story is one of courage, resilience and hope.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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@sabirzazai.bsky.social "lessons have not been learned" "Home Office's approach to asylum accommodation - lack of planning, compassion and accountability"
Our CEO Sabir spoke with BBC Radio Scotland about the UK Government’s proposal to move people seeking asylum to disused military barracks in Inverness.
He highlighted that this is yet another short-term measure for a system that urgently needs long-term, humane reform.
He highlighted that this is yet another short-term measure for a system that urgently needs long-term, humane reform.
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@sabirzazai.bsky.social "lessons have not been learned" "Home Office's approach to asylum accommodation - lack of planning, compassion and accountability"
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My heart is full today 💜 as I join 200+ brave, thoughtful & determined women in #Scotland to challenge far right claims that their divisive and racist solutions are necessary to protect women & girls
✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
September 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
My heart is full today 💜 as I join 200+ brave, thoughtful & determined women in #Scotland to challenge far right claims that their divisive and racist solutions are necessary to protect women & girls
✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
First, they came for those seeking sanctuary. Then for those with settled status. Soon, they'll come for those with citizenship. If we don’t stop them, they'll come for us all. Racism thrives on division & fear but we've far more in common than they want us to believe. metro.co.uk/2025/09/22/r...
Reform vows to deport hundreds of thousands with indefinite leave to remain
metro.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
First, they came for those seeking sanctuary. Then for those with settled status. Soon, they'll come for those with citizenship. If we don’t stop them, they'll come for us all. Racism thrives on division & fear but we've far more in common than they want us to believe. metro.co.uk/2025/09/22/r...
No one should live in fear; especially those seeking sanctuary, who carry deep scars of dreadful conflicts and traumatic experiences of perilous journeys to safety.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/refu...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/refu...
Refugees in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity
Memory, a refugee living in the UK, writes about her experiences over the last year following riots and rising right-wing rhetoric.
www.bigissue.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
No one should live in fear; especially those seeking sanctuary, who carry deep scars of dreadful conflicts and traumatic experiences of perilous journeys to safety.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/refu...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/refu...
Scotland has always delivered on its promise and we @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social are ready to work with people fleeing global conflicts including those now arriving from Gaza?
www.thenational.scot/news/2546896...
www.thenational.scot/news/2546896...
First patients arrive in Scotland from Gaza for treatment
THE first two patients and their families have arrived in Scotland from Gaza to receive treatment, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
www.thenational.scot
September 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Scotland has always delivered on its promise and we @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social are ready to work with people fleeing global conflicts including those now arriving from Gaza?
www.thenational.scot/news/2546896...
www.thenational.scot/news/2546896...
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We stand in solidarity with people seeking safety and against acts of violence and intimidation taking place in parts of the country.
Times are tough but people fleeing war and persecution are not to blame for Scotland’s problems. Everyone deserves to be safe and feel like they belong.
Times are tough but people fleeing war and persecution are not to blame for Scotland’s problems. Everyone deserves to be safe and feel like they belong.
September 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We stand in solidarity with people seeking safety and against acts of violence and intimidation taking place in parts of the country.
Times are tough but people fleeing war and persecution are not to blame for Scotland’s problems. Everyone deserves to be safe and feel like they belong.
Times are tough but people fleeing war and persecution are not to blame for Scotland’s problems. Everyone deserves to be safe and feel like they belong.
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As our CEO, @sabirzazai.bsky.social said: “Words matter. We have to challenge misinformation, engage with communities, speak to those who have concerns, but at the same time engage with those seeking sanctuary. We need to work for a society where all of us feel safe and no one is living in fear.”
September 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
As our CEO, @sabirzazai.bsky.social said: “Words matter. We have to challenge misinformation, engage with communities, speak to those who have concerns, but at the same time engage with those seeking sanctuary. We need to work for a society where all of us feel safe and no one is living in fear.”
Cutting family reunion routes is heartless. For many, it’s the only safe route to be reunited with loved ones. Removing it pushes people into the hands of smugglers and perilous journeys. We need policies rooted in compassion, not cruelty. #FamiliesBelongTogether 🧡
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Home secretary suspends refugee family reunion applications until new, tighter rules are put in place – as it happened
Yvette Cooper says rules were designed years ago to help families separated by war but are being used in a different way now
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September 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Cutting family reunion routes is heartless. For many, it’s the only safe route to be reunited with loved ones. Removing it pushes people into the hands of smugglers and perilous journeys. We need policies rooted in compassion, not cruelty. #FamiliesBelongTogether 🧡
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The path to safety is not paved with fear. It’s built through compassion. Over the past few weeks, like many others, I’ve felt the personal and professional weight of rising anti-refugee sentiment. When one community lives in fear, we all live in fear. This moment calls for courage and leadership.
August 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The path to safety is not paved with fear. It’s built through compassion. Over the past few weeks, like many others, I’ve felt the personal and professional weight of rising anti-refugee sentiment. When one community lives in fear, we all live in fear. This moment calls for courage and leadership.
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That’s Sabir Zazai and I quite literally on the same page today in the today’s National (and no, there was no coordination)
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
August 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
That’s Sabir Zazai and I quite literally on the same page today in the today’s National (and no, there was no coordination)
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
500 pieces of welcome.
While some piece together hate, I’m building belonging, one puzzle at a time. #AyeWelcomeRefugees #PartOfTheBiggerPicture 🧩
While some piece together hate, I’m building belonging, one puzzle at a time. #AyeWelcomeRefugees #PartOfTheBiggerPicture 🧩
August 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
500 pieces of welcome.
While some piece together hate, I’m building belonging, one puzzle at a time. #AyeWelcomeRefugees #PartOfTheBiggerPicture 🧩
While some piece together hate, I’m building belonging, one puzzle at a time. #AyeWelcomeRefugees #PartOfTheBiggerPicture 🧩
Love Scotland 🏴🧡!
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Refugees are welcome here: New series highlighting their positive stories in Scotland begins
Refugees are welcome here: New series highlighting their positive stories in Scotland begins
August 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Love Scotland 🏴🧡!
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Sadly I live too far away to attend the Cheltenham Book Festival and hear the three of you speak. However having read your powerful book "Anywhere but here" I am now ordering "We came by sea". @sabirzazai.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Sadly I live too far away to attend the Cheltenham Book Festival and hear the three of you speak. However having read your powerful book "Anywhere but here" I am now ordering "We came by sea". @sabirzazai.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social
We are all part of a bigger picture. Let’s not allow hatred or misinformation to fracture the communities we’ve worked so hard to build. Now more than ever, we need truth, compassion, and solidarity to guide us forward. #partofthebiggerpicture 🧩
Last week, we were out & about talking to the public in Glasgow!
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
August 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We are all part of a bigger picture. Let’s not allow hatred or misinformation to fracture the communities we’ve worked so hard to build. Now more than ever, we need truth, compassion, and solidarity to guide us forward. #partofthebiggerpicture 🧩
Thank you, First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social for your leadership 🙏.
Proud to support the campaign by @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social to show that Scotland is proud to welcome refugees.
Join me in being #PartofTheBiggerPicture, and together let’s make Scotland a more welcoming and inclusive place. 💛🌍
Join me in being #PartofTheBiggerPicture, and together let’s make Scotland a more welcoming and inclusive place. 💛🌍
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Thank you, First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social for your leadership 🙏.
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Happy 40th Birthday @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social . Congratulations to everyone past and present who have contributed so much to welcome refugees from many places, despite the hostile environment, over the last forty years.
@sabirzazai.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
@sabirzazai.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
July 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Happy 40th Birthday @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social . Congratulations to everyone past and present who have contributed so much to welcome refugees from many places, despite the hostile environment, over the last forty years.
@sabirzazai.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
@sabirzazai.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
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It's absolutely phenomenal to have so many pubs & restaurants being #partofthebiggerpicture🧩
Across sectors, people are playing their part in making Scotland a more welcoming & inclusive place - and we LOVE to see it!
Give them a wee visit when you're out & about!
HUGE THANKS to all involved!🧡
Across sectors, people are playing their part in making Scotland a more welcoming & inclusive place - and we LOVE to see it!
Give them a wee visit when you're out & about!
HUGE THANKS to all involved!🧡
July 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It's absolutely phenomenal to have so many pubs & restaurants being #partofthebiggerpicture🧩
Across sectors, people are playing their part in making Scotland a more welcoming & inclusive place - and we LOVE to see it!
Give them a wee visit when you're out & about!
HUGE THANKS to all involved!🧡
Across sectors, people are playing their part in making Scotland a more welcoming & inclusive place - and we LOVE to see it!
Give them a wee visit when you're out & about!
HUGE THANKS to all involved!🧡
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Although we welcome renewed dialogue between the UK and France on the issue of migration, another complex asylum deal is not the answer.
The current system is broken. People seeking safety face a complicated, confusing and often arbitrary process which is founded on institutional hostility.
1/3
The current system is broken. People seeking safety face a complicated, confusing and often arbitrary process which is founded on institutional hostility.
1/3
July 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Although we welcome renewed dialogue between the UK and France on the issue of migration, another complex asylum deal is not the answer.
The current system is broken. People seeking safety face a complicated, confusing and often arbitrary process which is founded on institutional hostility.
1/3
The current system is broken. People seeking safety face a complicated, confusing and often arbitrary process which is founded on institutional hostility.
1/3
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Utterly abhorrent far right behaviour. After the racist violence in Ballymena, there is no way to argue this isn't a hate crime designed to stoke violence against refugees. Everyone involved needs banging up and the bonfire ripped down before they can set it alight.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Moygashel: Parties condemn bonfire effigy of refugees in small boat
A small boat with several figures wearing lifejackets inside is on top of a banner saying 'stop the boats'.
www.bbc.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Utterly abhorrent far right behaviour. After the racist violence in Ballymena, there is no way to argue this isn't a hate crime designed to stoke violence against refugees. Everyone involved needs banging up and the bonfire ripped down before they can set it alight.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thank you, Frankie Boyle. In Scotland, we take a whole society approach to welcome and support refugees. It takes all of us to work together to help people rebuild their lives in safety and dignity.
Today, we're excited to launch Part of the Bigger Picture!!🧩
With Frankie Boyle & LOTS more, we'll show the vast support refugees have across Scotland!
Wear our new colourful ‘Aye Welcome Refugees’ t-shirt & play your part in making Scotland a more inclusive place!
Choose yours: ow.ly/B5KG50WfjHl
With Frankie Boyle & LOTS more, we'll show the vast support refugees have across Scotland!
Wear our new colourful ‘Aye Welcome Refugees’ t-shirt & play your part in making Scotland a more inclusive place!
Choose yours: ow.ly/B5KG50WfjHl
July 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Thank you, Frankie Boyle. In Scotland, we take a whole society approach to welcome and support refugees. It takes all of us to work together to help people rebuild their lives in safety and dignity.
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A jigsaw is not complete without all the pieces.
Our staff & volunteers are an integral #PartoftheBiggerPicture ... and so are YOU! 😃🧩
Get your t-shirt here: scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com
Our staff & volunteers are an integral #PartoftheBiggerPicture ... and so are YOU! 😃🧩
Get your t-shirt here: scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A jigsaw is not complete without all the pieces.
Our staff & volunteers are an integral #PartoftheBiggerPicture ... and so are YOU! 😃🧩
Get your t-shirt here: scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com
Our staff & volunteers are an integral #PartoftheBiggerPicture ... and so are YOU! 😃🧩
Get your t-shirt here: scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com
We're delighted to have the backing of @mogwai.scot and many others in creating a Scotland where everyone sees themselves as #PartOfTheBiggerPicture. This reminds us we're not alone in the work we do to help refugees rebuild their lives in Scotland. Thank you 🙏.
Proud to stand with @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social in their campaign showing the support refugees receive across Scotland. Let’s keep building a country where everyone feels safe and welcome🧡
Be #PartOfTheBiggerPicture - buy their new t-shirt and help make Scotland more inclusive: ow.ly/JSXt50WmPoj
Be #PartOfTheBiggerPicture - buy their new t-shirt and help make Scotland more inclusive: ow.ly/JSXt50WmPoj
July 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
We're delighted to have the backing of @mogwai.scot and many others in creating a Scotland where everyone sees themselves as #PartOfTheBiggerPicture. This reminds us we're not alone in the work we do to help refugees rebuild their lives in Scotland. Thank you 🙏.
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Everyone seeking safety in Scotland should be made to feel welcome no matter where they came from or how they arrived.
Join us in creating a more welcoming & inclusive society by displaying a #partofthebiggerpicture poster in your window!
Print out, take a photo & tag us! 🧩📸
ow.ly/Gj7n50Wluk3
Join us in creating a more welcoming & inclusive society by displaying a #partofthebiggerpicture poster in your window!
Print out, take a photo & tag us! 🧩📸
ow.ly/Gj7n50Wluk3
July 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Everyone seeking safety in Scotland should be made to feel welcome no matter where they came from or how they arrived.
Join us in creating a more welcoming & inclusive society by displaying a #partofthebiggerpicture poster in your window!
Print out, take a photo & tag us! 🧩📸
ow.ly/Gj7n50Wluk3
Join us in creating a more welcoming & inclusive society by displaying a #partofthebiggerpicture poster in your window!
Print out, take a photo & tag us! 🧩📸
ow.ly/Gj7n50Wluk3