COVENTRY ASYLUM & REFUGEE ACTION GROUP​

Welcome to the Coventry Asylum and Refugee Action Group (CARAG), a group based in Coventry which aims to help asylum seekers and refugees in the Midlands region of the UK.  The legacy of Coventry as a ‘city of peace and reconciliation’ began after German dropped bombs over the city in 1940. When the Provost of the cathedral urged people not to seek revenge, but to forgive, not only the Germans, but all humanity for the scourge of war. In that same spirit of reconciliation, Coventry became twinned with other ‘martyred’ cities throughout the world, including Hiroshima, Stalingrad, Lidice, Caen and many more.
Thus both Coventry cathedral and the city council have promoted and developed the ‘peace identity’ of the city.