Three volunteers from City of Sanctuary Sheffield took to the stage at the National Summit for Migrant Justice to describe their lived experience of the asylum system and share what solidarity means for them.   
 
They were among 12 organisers from Yorkshire who travelled to London on Saturday to participate in the national summit by Migrants Organise, which supports the Solidarity Knows No Borders grassroots network, to highlight the challenges migrants face every day when navigating an asylum system that fails to consider their lived experience. The national summit was the culmination of five regional, issue-focused summits including one for Yorkshire in Sheffield.  
 
Speaking with courage and conviction, our volunteers contributed to wide-ranging panel discussions on housing, legal aid, and anti-racism. They also contributed to the music, singing, and dancing that featured during the two-day event.    
 
Here are Sarli’s, from Migrant’s Organise, reflections of the day: 
 
“We spent two fabulous days sharing learning, demonstrating solidarity, making new friends and actioning planning together on how to continue building a power grassroots movement on migrant justice. Achieving changes require strong alliances which SKNB is aiming to achieve.” 
 
For several volunteers, the trip was also the first time they had visited London – contributing to an unforgettable weekend. Among them was Rashid, who said the summit showed him the unstoppable force that emerges when marginalised people come together:  
 
“We don’t want to just talk. We need to do something real, on the ground…We have to mobilise. We don’t have authority, we don’t have power – our voice is our only power.”