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See below for links to videos and learning leaflets in\u00a0 Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Kurdish Sorani, Pashto, Spanish, Tigrinya and Urdu.<\/em><\/p>\nRCOs spend a lot of time trying to help community members who have problems because they were unaware of UK laws, systems, expectations, rights and responsibilities and norms. This lack of knowledge can lead to tragic consequences, such as parents losing their children into care because they didn\u2019t know the UK\u2019s child safeguarding laws.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhen you arrive in a new country you need to adjust – literally overnight – to these differences. But how do you know? Who will help you avoid crossing unseen boundaries? Since 2014 our members have advocated for national and local strategies to ensure newly arriving refugees and asylum seekers have immediate access to orientation information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThese Welcome to the UK resources try to fill that information gap. Over 50 of our members, from 23 RCOs and 20 countries of origin across Africa, Middle East, South East Asia and Eastern Europe worked together to produce 3 free video guides to life in the UK. They developed content based on what they wish they had known when they first arrived in the UK. They hope early access to orientation guides can prevent these problems arising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThere are 3 video guides<\/strong> on Parenting and Schools in the UK, on Looking after your health in the UK, and on Laws and Life in the UK. They are translated into 10 of the most used refugee and asylum seeker languages in the region plus a simplified English version for speakers of minority languages.\u00a0<\/span>These guides are designed for sharing in a group learning context with a same language and culture peer facilitating a session, but they can be accessed by individuals any time.<\/p>\n<\/div>