Refugee Radio is a

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registered in

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, a local radio station in the South East. The programme is syndicated on various internet radio stations and is based on the long-running

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programme, ''

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''. Instead of interviewing celebrities however, it features refugee “castaways” and plays the music they brought with them to the UK. The project also contributes to the Refugee Week internet radio broadcasts and the International Migrants Day broadcast.Refugee Week Radio item
/ref> Their adviser is Alexis Condon, a producer on the '' Today Programme''.

List of publications

*''Castaway Heritage'' (2019, by Stephen Silverwood) *''Takeaway Heritage: True Stories from Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and North African Restaurants'' (2016, by Stephen Silverwood) *''Refugee Radio Times'' (2014, by Lorna Stephenson and Stephen Silverwood)

References

External links

Refugee Radio web siteRefugee Week Radio item
British radio programmes Charities based in East Sussex 2008 radio programme debuts {{nonprofit-org-stub