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Meet Mahmoud, the Syrian refugee creating unique gifts that bring people together.
Mahmoud is from Damascus in Syria. Having fled to Greece, he found himself stuck in Softex refugee camp, on the edge of the country’s second city, Thessaloniki. Based in and…
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Community-run refugee camp on Lesvos faces forced closure
PIKPA refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos represents a new way to support refugees. But it’s now under threat of closure. The PIKPA story is one of ordinary people,…
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Moria: Europe’s shame
Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. Built to house 2,300 people, the camp currently groans at the seams with over 7,200 residents. Many people have now been…
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What’s going on in Italy?
What’s happening in Italy? There are currently 170,000 displaced people living in Italy, and the country’s recent political shift to the right means life is becoming increasingly difficult for those…
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There Is No Refugee Crisis
There is a crisis underway in Calais and Dunkirk. But not the one you may have heard about. The crisis is not caused by the presence of displaced people here.…
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SOS Méditerranée: Saving Lives at Sea
SOS Méditerranée is a European maritime and humanitarian organisation whose staff and volunteers work day and night on their ship, the Aquarius, to rescue those stranded in international waters between Italy…
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Help Refugees join forces with artists to create huge ‘CHOOSE LOVE’ mural to celebrate Refugee Week
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Refugee Week, Iranian refugee and artist Majid Adin, and world-renowned artist Lakwena, have created two huge murals in Hanbury Street, Shoreditch and London’s…
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The Community Sponsorship Scheme: welcoming refugees into British communities
To witness suffering of the scale and magnitude of the current refugee crisis has challenged many citizens, across the world. For some of us, questions stir within: What should I…
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Child refugees should be able to join their families after Brexit – but we need to act now.
In a matter of days, MPs will vote on an Amendment that could keep open a vital family reunion route for refugees, including unaccompanied children, after Britain leaves the EU.…
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Legal aid crisis denying justice to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
Since March this year, criminal barristers have been on strike. They are rejecting state-funded cases, to protest cuts to legal aid that are keeping those most in need from accessing…
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The Timber Project: goodbye to our carpentry heroes
Writing about this crisis, there’s often a tendency towards superlatives. But for some groups responding to it, these are entirely deserved. The Timber Project are one such group. Across Greece,…
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Academics, civil society groups and local government working together for better refugee accommodation and inclusion
Carlotta Fontana Valenti is a recent graduate of UCL’s MSc In Building and Urban Design in Development. Here we repost her blog, ‘Refugee reception and housing practices in Greece’, in…