Charities and individuals pledge their support for Afghan refugees coming to Perth and Kinross in open letter

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Perth and Kinross last week - despite a slight decrease in the infection rate.

Perth and Kinross councillors have outlined how they would address rising poverty in Perth and Kinross - after a report revealed one in three local people are living in or on the edge of poverty. The PA approached all four council groups to ask how they would tackle this growing issue.

Perth and Kinross ’s Chinese community is gearing up for one of the biggest events in its calendar.

iOS - Android Councillor Jim Logue, leader of North Lanarkshire Council, said: “The situation in Afghanistan is deeply worrying but through working with our colleagues in COSLA, we are looking forward to welcoming the first family by the end of September.“We will continue to welcome families in a considered approach to ensure we have available properties and services in place to support them.“North Lanarkshire has a proud and compassionate record of ensuring that people escaping terror are made

Afghanistan in a Scots council area. So far 18 volunteers from East Dumbartonshire have raised nearly £6,000 by walking the distance between Syria and Scotland which is just under 3,000 miles.

Perth and Kinross roads. A total of 874 offences were recorded in the region between April 1 and June 30, 2021 - a 109 per cent increase from the same period last year.Drivers were caught doing speeds as high as 118mph.

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Perth and Kinross have now been offered both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Perth and Kinross over the spring and early summer. A large proportion of those who have gone missing are young males aged 10-19.The figures were revealed in the latest quarterly police report for Perth and Kinross.

iOS - Android In response to the situation in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the council told Lanarkshire Live today: "South Lanarkshire Council and Community Planning Partners will welcome five Afghan families (approximately 25 people) and arrival arrangements are being put in place to receive and resettle families as a matter of priority." Since 2015, more than 170 Syrian refugees were re-homed in the region following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.It is understood that COSLA

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Alexander Durie Javid Sina, an Afghan refugee based in Sweden, has had a life punctuated by borders. First in Iran, where he spent his childhood, and where as an Afghan he was abused, unable to go to school, and forced to educate himself through the books his family kept at home, from Dostoyevsky to Rumi.

It was nine years ago that a Taliban gunman shot Malala Yousafzai in the head for publicly declaring that girls had the right to an education.

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