# Event Details - **Event Name**: Political Insights: Refugee protection in turbulent times - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 25 Nov, 2025 at 06:15 pm – Tue, 25 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Refugee protection in turbulent times: An international and local perspective with speakers from UNHCR and AFRILAbout this EventPolitical Insights: A Series of Talks from Experts in the World of Politics and International RelationsRefugee protection in turbulent timesSpeakers: Vicky Tennant (UK Representative, UN High Commissioner for Refugees), and Chloe White (CEO, Action for Refugees in Lewisham)Vicky Tennant and Chloe White will provide international, national and local perspectives on the current refugee situation.This event has been co-organised with the United National Association (UNA) London and South-East Region, Blackheath and Greenwich branch.Speaker information:VICKY TENNANT is the UNHCR Representative to the United Kingdom. Educated at the University of Essex and Queen’s University, Belfast, she is a member of the English Bar. She has served with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2000, in a range of positions at its Geneva headquarters and in field operations, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and Myanmar.Her most recent field assignment was in Syria, serving as Deputy Representative from September 2020 to June 2022. At UNHCR headquarters, she worked in a range of policy, evaluation, and emergency-related positions, and served as Special Assistant to the High Commissioner. Shas served with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2000, in a range of positions at its Geneva headquarters and in field operations, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and Myanmar. Her most recent field assignment was in Syria, serving as Deputy Representative from September 2020 to June 2022. At UNHCR headquarters, she worked in a range of policy, evaluation, and emergency-related positions, and served as Special Assistant to the High Commissioner.The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.CHLOE WHITE is the recently appointed CEO of Action for Refugees in Lewisham (AFRIL), previously overseeing the organisation's casework, legal and policy work as Deputy Director. Following her Law degree from The London School of Economics, Chloe started work for the British Red Cross Refugee Services. Her current work focuses on utilising casework and co-production to create systemic change, having led a strategic litigation against the Home Office, advising the Greater London Authority on Asylum Support matters, and sitting on the London Housing Panel where she chairs the Panel's work on improving Temporary Accommodation in the capital.AFRIL is a dynamic and specialist local charity, established in 2006, supporting over 700 asylum seekers, refugees, and ‘vulnerablised’ migrants annually to lift themselves out of poverty, assert their rights, and rebuild their lives in Southeast London.Event DetailsDate: Tuesday 25th November 2025Time: 18:15 for a 18:30 startRoom: University of Greenwich Queen Anne Building, Room 180 https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/c3a821a0-c1e6-11f0-a910-95791c534b8f-rimg-w1200-h305-dc187ac2-gmir.png https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/c4485940-c1e6-11f0-a572-671c7f3c2484-rimg-w1200-h458-dc000000-gmir.png - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/political-insights-refugee-protection-in-turbulent-times/100001967647807560 - **Event Categories**: nonprofit, charities - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: University of Greenwich, Queen Anne Building, Room 180 - **lat**: 51.4830291 - **long**: -0.003232 - **full address**: University of Greenwich, Queen Anne Building, Room 180, Park Row, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Political Insights: Refugee protection in turbulent times - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/8df7b04d27f0a342facee0053765019be275560bfe25742c98e745c7a70ab8ad-rimg-w1200-h800-dc1c2f44-gmir.jpg?v=1763335998 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Political Insights: Refugee protection in turbulent times being held? - **A:** Political Insights: Refugee protection in turbulent times takes place on Tue, 25 Nov, 2025 at 06:15 pm to Tue, 25 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm at University of Greenwich, Queen Anne Building, Room 180, Park Row, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Political Insights: Refugee protection in turbulent times? - **A:** Political Insights: Refugee protection in turbulent times is organized by Institute for Inclusive Communities & Environments. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Political Insights: Refugee protection in turbulent times", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/8df7b04d27f0a342facee0053765019be275560bfe25742c98e745c7a70ab8ad-rimg-w1200-h800-dc1c2f44-gmir.jpg?v=1763335998", "startDate": "2025-11-25", "endDate": "2025-11-25", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/political-insights-refugee-protection-in-turbulent-times/100001967647807560", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "University of Greenwich, Queen Anne Building, Room 180", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Park Row", "postalCode": "SE10 9NW", "addressLocality": "London", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.4830291", "longitude": "-0.003232" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Refugee protection in turbulent times: An international and local perspective with speakers from UNHCR and AFRIL", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-25", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/political-insights-refugee-protection-in-turbulent-times/100001967647807560" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/political-insights-refugee-protection-in-turbulent-times/100001967647807560", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Institute for Inclusive Communities & Environments", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/institute-for-inclusive-communities-and-environments/25619921", "description": "Fostering interdisciplinary research that enriches lives, empowers communities and improves the world." } ] } ] ```