Hollie McNish

These are some of the support letters i have for this project. I wanted to show these to get across a sense of why I want to do this project and the number of people, from school children to medical staff, theatre audiences and Equality officers, who appreciate the importance and innovation of the project.

This poem is part of a collection of pieces based around immigration policies and the gross stereotyping of immigrants, forced migrants, refugees and asylum seekers present in our current mainstream media. I don't think anyone thinks about the journey so many make and the risks they take to get to safety: At least 1,500 people are known to have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean in 2011. Some of these deaths could have been prevented. The desire of some European countries to prevent “irregular migration” has undermined safe and timely rescue at sea. Desperate men, women and children have...

Article by Cybazine, as part of The Junction Theatre's youth programme.