LATEST NEWS
We’re hiring: apply to join Help Refugees as Digital Officer
Digital Officer – Three-month paid position – posted 10th April 2018 Help Refugees is seeking a Digital Officer to join our London team for three months, starting in the second…
UN Experts urge the French government to redress “inhumane” conditions in Northern France
United Nations’ human rights experts have urged the French government to improve the “inhumane” conditions faced by refugees and migrants in Northern France. A recent statement, released by the…
The EU-Turkey Deal: Explained
The EU-Turkey deal, agreed in March 2016, has shaped the European response to the refugee crisis. But what is it, and why does it matter? What is the EU-Turkey…
Bosnia and the new Balkan Route: increased arrivals strain the country’s resources
Over the past few months, the number of refugees and asylum seekers arriving to Bosnia has steadily increased. Border closures – both political and physical – in other Balkan states…
Calais Update: another death at the border, an end to the “winter truce,” and a new asylum system for France
The situation in Northern France remains acute, following the end of the so-called “Winter Truce” and the destruction of people’s possessions and shelters. The community is mourning the loss of…
Why I’m running a marathon to raise funds for Help Refugees
Like any reasonable human, the devastation wrought by the 2015 refugee crisis left me broken-hearted. That we still live in a world in which 65 million people can be displaced…
Refugee Voices: Zeeshan Munir
This blog was written by Zeeshan Munir, a close friend who was forced to flee home in search of a better life. Zeeshan met our partners Dunkirk Women’s Centre whilst…
The Crime of Solidarity: criminalising love
This post was written by Help Refugees long-term volunteer in Calais, Luke Buckler. There’s a worrying shift in European attitudes towards the work of people trying to support refugees.…
Solidarity with the Yarl’s Wood strikers! Saturday 24th March
“Why should the fortune of birth dictate what rights a person should have within our borders?… We must all fight together to stop this spiral into division, intolerance and the…
Refugees in Calais Boycott State Food Distribution
“The government gives us food with one hand, and takes our tents with the other.” These powerful words were issued by a 17 year-old boy from Eritrea, as we stood…
How the war in Syria destroyed my childhood idyll in Eastern Ghouta
This article originally appeared in The Sunday Times. Steve Ali is a Syrian refugee who volunteered with Help Refugees in Calais. Now living in London, he is a writer, silversmith…
A devastating anniversary: Syria enters eighth year of conflict
The relentless suffering of Syrian civilians has reached a devastating anniversary. Today, the conflict – which shows no signs of abating – enters its eighth year. Half a million…
