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According to UNHCR, in 2014 there were 59.5 MILLION displaced people in the world. Refugees and Asylum seekers across the globe go through hell to try to find safety and stability and a chance to rebuild their lives. 

The wonderful Sally Goldsmith has organised a Sheffield Poem-a-thon to raise money for ASSIST who support refused asylum seekers here in the city.  These asylum seekers are not allowed to work, to register themselves as homeless or to be placed in local authority night shelters. Many become destitute, struggling daily for food, accommodation and clothing. ASSIST says that:

• £5 could cover expenses for a weekend’s hospitality for an asylum seeker in need of somewhere to sleep
• £17 could cover travel expenses to enable an asylum seeker to get to medical and legal appointments       
  
• £20 could give a vulnerable asylum seeker a week’s ASSISTgrant to enable them to buy some food