


What is a refugee?
What is a refugee? Last updated July 2019 What is the definition of a “refugee”? A refugee is someone who, due to a well-founded fear of persecution, war or violence, has been forced to flee their home country. The legal definition of the term refugee was...
European Refugee Crisis: The truth
European Refugee Crisis: The truth We often see figures on the far right referring to the “European refugee crisis”, or the “European migrant crisis”, in an attempt to stoke the fires of intolerance for political gain. They point to the influx of over a million...
Why are Iranian people risking their lives to reach the UK?
Why are Iranian people risking their lives to reach the UK? Zena Belhalfaoui, Help Refugees volunteer in Calais. Namdar Baghaei-Yazdi still remembers the warm welcome he received in the UK when he and his family fled the revolution in Iran forty years ago, in...
Why are so many people fleeing Eritrea?
Why are so many people fleeing Eritrea? This article was written by volunteer Laura Heit “I go UK,” he says, “And I have job, I work. And I have house, and bed. Maybe television. But house, and bed. Here, three people in tent for one people. In UK, I have bed.”...