Transmissions
A collaboration between English PEN and Counterpoints Arts in response to the UK government’s proposed ‘Illegal Migration Bill’.
For this PEN Transmissions series, writers have been given an open platform to write an essay in response to the Bill. Counterpoints Arts coordinate Refugee Week, a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. The theme for Refugee Week 2023, taking place 19–25 June, is Compassion.
The commissioned pieces were:
I Did Not Make That Decision Out Of Bravery by Awet Fissehaye
It’s More Complicated Than Than by Dina Nayeri
There’s No Such Thing as an Illegal Refugee : in conversation with Gulwali Passarlay
Changing Tides by Bidisha Mamata
