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Refugee Youth Service are recruiting
Our partners Refugee Youth Service are recruiting. They’re are looking for a new Social Worker and a new Pashto/Dari Cultural Mediator to join their outreach team in northern France. Please see…
The experiences of a Michelin star chef volunteering on Lesvos
Merlin Labron-Johnson is a chef and restauranteur. At only 24, he received a coveted Michelin star. But recently he swapped London for the Greek island of Lesvos, cooking for 900 refugees…
What’s happening in Yemen?
Five million Yemeni children – and 8.4 million Yemenis in total – are facing famine as the country endures what the UN has described as one of the worst humanitarian disasters…
Please help fill our emergency container for Lesvos!
As freezing winter temperatures approach, there is a desperate shortage of supplies for refugees living on the Greek island of Lesvos. Our incredible partner Attika Human Support provides over 6,000 people each…
A Brief Timeline Of The Human Rights Situation In Calais
On the occasion of the two-year milestone since the demolition of the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp, we have co-published a report with Refugee Rights Europe in order to highlight the human…
Job: apply now to be Product Coordinator at Code Your Future
Code Your Future is the UK’s first coding school for refugees and asylum seekers. We are looking for a Product Coordinator to grow the user-base for an exciting new project:…
Lift the Ban: why people seeking asylum should have the right to work
Right now, right here in the UK, people seeking asylum are banned from working and forced to live on just £5.39 a day. We think this is wrong. That’s why…
“I want people from my country to be proud of me” Meet Peyman, the young artist with big dreams
Peyman is 15 years old and from Afghanistan. He’s a resident at Omnes, the pioneering housing and social inclusion project we support in Kilkis, Northern Greece. He’s also an incredible…
Home Office unlawfully detained asylum seekers under Dublin III regulation, rules court
A landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal has found that the British government has unlawfully detained dozens – and potentially hundreds – of asylum seekers under Dublin III regulation.…
Government broke the law by not giving reasons for Dubs children rejections, court finds
The Court of Appeal has ruled today (3 October 2018) that the government acted unlawfully in not giving reasons to children refused entry to Britain under the Dubs Amendment. The…
A Syrian, making Italian pizza, in Greece: the refugees building lives in Europe
Rebuilding a life in a new country, with a new vocation, in a new language can be unimaginably tough. But with a little support, some refugees in Greece are beginning…
Calais volunteer’s conviction for Tweet sets a dangerous precedent
Loan Torondel, a former volunteer with Help Refugees partner organisation L’Auberge des Migrants in Calais, France, has been convicted for defamation after posting a photo of two police officers on…