BRIDPORT campaigners will be highlighting the difficulties experienced by refugees from all over the world as part of an awareness raising initiative.

It's all part of Refugee Week (June 20-26) which this year has the theme 'Healing'.

Through creativity and conversations, Refugee Week 2022 will be a 'celebration of community, mutual care, and the human ability to start again'.

The Bridport Refugee Campaign (BRSC) will be highlighting the issue locally and in an event sponsored by Bridport Film Society will be hosting the showing of the award-winning film, Limbo, on Wednesday, June 22 at Bridport Arts Centre at 7pm.

Limbo is a 2020 British comedy-drama film, focusing on four asylum seekers who are sent to a remote island in Scotland while awaiting the processing of their refugee claims.

Chris Pike, the Chairman of Bridport Film Society said: “Bridport Film Society is delighted to support this film screening, which embraces the complexities of the refugee ‘arrival’ experience in a quirky, upbeat and poignant manner.”

A short discussion will follow the film highlighting the political context behind the refugee experience and an exploration of how refugees have been represented on film.

Shihab Kanbar, a Syrian refugee who came to Dorset under the government’s resettlement scheme, will speak about this experiences providing further personal insight.

In a second event, Bridport Refugee Support Campaign will have a stall on Bucky Doo Square on Saturday, June 25 with musicians, creative activities, and information about international refugee issues.

The Refugee Week theme of healing, means recovering from a painful experience or situation, so that we can continue to live.

Margie Barbour, a campaign trustee, explained: "No-one understands this better than those who have lost their homes and had to build new lives from scratch. We have much to learn from refugees about holding onto hope when going on seems impossible – as well as about how art, creativity and community can help us to heal."

Barry Lovejoy, Campaign Chairman, added: "Those going through the asylum system also know that healing is an ongoing process, made harder by poverty, housing difficulties and the threat of being detained or deported. Asking for change, so that refugees can truly feel safe, is an act of care."

Tickets for the film cost £5 and are available from the Bridport Arts Centre website or the Tourist Information Centre.