{"id":22735,"date":"2024-10-06T21:14:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T20:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=pamphlets&#038;p=22735"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:36:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T14:36:52","slug":"city-of-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"pamphlets","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/pamphleteer\/city-of-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Sanctuary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol has been host to refugees for centuries\u2014but just how welcoming has the city been?<\/p>\n<p>The events of the first week of August 2024 follow a pattern that stretches back centuries\u2014refugees and asylum seekers seeking refuge in Bristol and encountering hostility from some, but a welcome from others.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Thomas\u2019s short history charts the reception given to those fleeing war and persecution from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first, outlines the stories of organisations that have developed to support these refugees in Bristol and, finally, poses some difficult questions we have to ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol has been host to refugees for centuries\u2014but just how welcoming has the city been? 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