12th June, 7:30pm, location on registration
An event supported by Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation, Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community and the Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre.
Join us, with a guest speaker from René Cassin – the Jewish voice for human rights – for a powerful conversation exploring the UK’s immigration detention system and the urgent need for safe and legal routes for refugees. Drawing on the Jewish experience of internment during WWII, this event reflects on how Britain once welcomed those fleeing persecution through schemes like the Kindertransport—and why such compassion is missing today.
We will examine the harmful impact of indefinite detention, especially on women and LGBTQI+ refugees, and discuss humane alternatives that uphold dignity and human rights.
Let’s reimagine a system that truly welcomes the stranger.
Speaker: Mia Hasenson-Gross
Mia is the Executive Director of René Cassin, the Jewish voice for human rights, with over 25 years of experience in human rights campaigning and leadership development. Mia has a BA and MA in international relations from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She is a graduate fellow of the Minerva Centre for Human Rights at the Hebrew University and a graduate fellow of Wizo’s Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Programme. Mia is also an alumnus of the first Dangoor Senior Leadership Programme for lay and professional leaders in the Jewish community.
Mia is a trustee of the Coalition for Genocide Response, co-founder and Chair of Stop Uyghur Genocide UK, is on the Advisory Council of World Uyghur Congress UK and is on the Executive Committee of the Alliance of Jewish Women and their Organisations.
Mia is the proud mother of Lyri, Yuval and Daniel and has lived with her partner Amir in the UK since 2004.
