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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…
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,…
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…
Aslam: the Syrian refugee feeding thousands of people in Greece
To people working in the grassroots refugee response in Greece, Aslam needs no introduction. To those unfamiliar with his work, Aslam has begrudgingly allowed us to share his some of…
Our Impact 2015 – 2017: from a hashtag to a global movement
In the summer of 2015, a group of friends started a campaign on social media. They wanted to make a difference to the situation for refugees in the north of…
The Refugee Crisis
“The refugee crisis” means different things to different people. That’s because there are refugee crises unfolding across the globe, and yet there doesn’t seem to be the political vocabulary to…
870 mile solidarity march in support of refugees & migrants
Our partners L’Auberge des Migrants are marching 870 miles to show their support of refugees and migrants, calling on governments to provide more safe and legal routes for those fleeing…
The Moria 35: Refugees convicted on Greek islands despite ‘overwhelming lack of evidence’
Despite what one legal group has described as an “overwhelming lack of evidence”, the trial of the ‘Moria 35’ ended last week with the conviction of thirty-two people. Since the…
Twin suicide bombing in Kabul kills more than 29 people
“The bomber disguised himself as a journalist and detonated himself among the crowd,” AFP quoted a police spokesman as saying. At least 29 people have been killed by a twin…
How Macron’s new immigration bill affects refugees and asylum seekers
On Monday 23 April, after 60 hours of debate and amendments, France’s National Assembly passed a controversial immigration reform law. The bill, which French President Emmanuel Macron believes will make…
‘I decided to give up my job and dedicate myself to helping 800 Syrian refugees’
This blog was written by Paul Hutchings, co-Founder of our partners Refugee Support. Paul, like thousands of people in the Summer of 2015, saw the image of Alan Kurdi lying lifeless…
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…