Clubs across the UK join Amnesty’s Football Welcomes campaign to show solidarity with those who have fled conflict and persecution

This year marks eight years of Amnesty International’s Football Welcomes campaign and Raglan JFC longside hundreds of clubs have signed up to continue efforts to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum.

Football Welcomes plays an important role in helping to settle people who have fled conflict and persecution into a new culture, to make friends, learn the language and get to know the local area.

Each year in April, Football Welcomes celebrates the role football can play in bringing people together.

Sandy Abi-Elias, Amnesty International UK’s Women’s Football Officer, said:

“It’s important to remember people seeking asylum in the UK are real people many of whom have already faced unimaginable harms and we must do all we can to support them, not demonise them. This is what Football Welcomes is all about.

“No matter what, Amnesty will continue to welcome refugees alongside football clubs across the country to show there is more that unites us than divides us.

“Football Welcomes is made possible thanks to funds raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery and awarded by Postcode Justice Trust.”