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‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside

Environmental and refugee groups have joined forces to benefit lives and wildlife in Wales and elsewhereShielding his eyes from the blinding midday sun, Abdullah, a Sudanese asylum seeker, gazes out at the expanse of green in Tŷ Mawr country park in north Wales.“This place is so beautiful,” he says....

The Guardian

by Diane Taylor

‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside

Environmental and refugee groups have joined forces to benefit lives and wildlife in Wales and elsewhere

Shielding his eyes from the blinding midday sun, Abdullah, a Sudanese asylum seeker, gazes out at the expanse of green in Tŷ Mawr country park in north Wales.

“This place is so beautiful,” he says. “It feels a very long way from the Home Office.”

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