LATEST NEWS
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Successful Campaigning on Refugee Family Reunion: Get Inspired!
Communities across the country are taking action to show what “family” means to them. From meeting with MPs to holding information stalls at university, it is our collective voice that…
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“Particularly vulnerable” Afghan child challenges Home Office on Dubs
Help Refugees is pleased to hear that ZS – a vulnerable Afghan minor, who previously lived in the Calais “Jungle” – will have his case heard at the High Court…
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Joint statement: NGOs denounce draft French asylum and immigration bill
In view of the adoption of the draft asylum and immigration bill by the French Council of Ministers on 21 February 2018, we, a group of international refugee aid and…
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Camilla Thurlow: “We all have the ability to help others, to touch lives in a positive way.”
I travelled to Thessaloniki in Greece, and later to Calais, to see for myself the ongoing reality people face when caught up in the refugee crisis. I’ve been devastated and…
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‘Emergency’ accommodation centres are failing the most vulnerable in Calais
“I do not want to have men and women on the streets, in the woods. I want emergency accommodations everywhere,” said French President Emmanuel Macron in July 2017. He set…
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Voices from Serbia: “Are you here to open the borders?”
In Serbia alone, there are approximately 4,500 refugees – including many unaccompanied children from countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a crisis that has fallen away from the…
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We are recruiting in Calais: apply now!
Help Refugees is recruiting volunteers to fill eight crucial roles for our operation in Calais. Alongside our partners, Help Refugees runs the biggest aid operation in northern France. These roles…
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Voices from Calais: “The ground that doesn’t want you”
You wake to this cold, hard ground, with footsteps moving along it, to move you along. Slashing your tent, your blankets. You walk to the food distribution, to the clothes…
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“We just need to be safe and free,” says 17-year-old Sammy in Calais
Follow Sammy’s story from being the son of an opposition party member in Ethiopia, being traded between the hands of gangs in Libya, to living in limbo in Calais. Sitting in…
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Long Way But Short Days: A film by Wshear Wali
Wshear Wali – Kurdish photojournalist, filmmaker and co-founder of the Liva Collective – has created a beautiful and evocative film of his journey to the UK. I met Wshear…
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Asylum seekers at risk of abuse and violence in state-provided housing, report finds
Asylum seekers in the UK are being placed in inadequate housing and are at risk of abuse and violence, a new report from Refugee Rights Europe has found. Their survey…
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A harvest supper to fuel The Food Project
During the winter months it’s more important than ever for us to what we can to ensure people can have nutritious meals with fresh vegetables. The Food Project gives…