In this episode, we remember the remarkable but tragic life of Sharif Barko, long term resident of Haringey, friend and supporter of Haringey Welcome, and a Sudanese refugee from Darfur’s Massaleit community, who was tragically killed on a family visit to Darfur in January 2021. Through Sharif’s story we explore the wider context of conflict and genocide in Darfur and Sudan over the past two decades, and Britain’s failure of responsibility towards Sudanese migrants and refugees.

Find out more about Sharif, Darfur, Sudan, and the UK’s broken asylum system by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you!

Sharif Barko

Sharif Barko 1961-2021

https://vjgrove.wixsite.com/sharifbarko 

Sharif Barko HMDT educational resource

https://www.hmd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sharif-Barkos-life-story.pdf

Organisations

Waging Peace

https://wagingpeace.info/

Articles

Sudanese refugees face deportation from UK as government fails to set up safe and legal routes

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sudan-war-refugees-uk-small-boats-b2326453.html

Sudan is at risk of unravelling from decades of injustice 

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/sudan-unravelling-from-decades-injustice

Reports and briefings

Genocide: all over again in Darfur? APPG Sudan report April 2023

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cI2LmXRdwBdWR8OtZIN9Jnws8gXI0U5c/view

JCWI ‘Illegal Migration” Bill 2023 Briefing

https://www.jcwi.org.uk/illegal-migration-bill-2023-briefing

Music

Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast

By noori & His Dorpa Band

https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/beja-power-electric-soul-brass-from-sudans-red-sea-coast

Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan

By Abu Obaida Hassan

https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/abu-obaida-hassan-his-tambour-the-shaigiya-sound-of-sudan