That is where we can all find a place called home. I hope that will be true for you in 1999. In his New Year Message for 1999 the Archbishop of Canterbury visited the Refugee Council s One Stop Service in Brixton to meet refugees from Slovakia and elsewhere. The issue of refugees is not only a major international challenge, but a local one for the Diocese of Canterbury. He called for generosity to be shown towards those who had been uprooted from their homes.
People don t readily uproot themselves . . .
The Eternal God is your refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms . That is where we can all find a place called home. In Slovakia and the Czech Republic, as with other Eastern European countries, the Roma are discriminated against and persecuted virtually from birth. Tina and Puckie arrived in England with their parents about 2 years ago. The One-Stop Service is part of the Operations Group of the Refugee Council.