The so-called Calais Jungle has now been cleared of refugees – many of whom have nowhere to go I recently received an anonymous letter: “That’s how you repay us for letting your parents in, by campaigning for more refugees to come here?” the writer asked rhetorically, before explaining that Jews know “how to play the […]
My wife Nicola and I had a week or so free from our children for the first time since 1993. Having sat and watched helplessly as people – the seeming flotsam and jetsam of the war in Syria – floated in and out of view over the past years, washed up on beaches and rocks […]
Our weekly news update on refugee issues around the world. The past fortnight has seen the dismantlement of around half the ‘Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais. Following a court order last month, prefecture officials began ordering people to leave their shelters, built by camp residents and volunteers, before they were taken apart. Authorities assured NGOs […]
Our weekly news update on refugee issues around the world by Isobel Fraser. Follow Isobel on Twitter @isobelfraser1 A judge has ruled in favour of razing a large section of Calais’ “Jungle” camp, after initially postponing the judgement due to largely divergent estimates of residents living in the section, made by French authorities, and […]
Our weekly news update on refugee issues around the world by Isobel Fraser. Follow Isobel on Twitter @isobelfraser1 The European Union has given Greece one month to improve living conditions and adequately staff reception centres, in the hope refugees may be returned to the country under the EU’s Dublin system. The EU’s Dublin Regulation allows […]
Our weekly news update on refugee issues around the world by Isobel Fraser. Follow Isobel on Twitter @isobelfraser1 An independent report has found advice issued by the Home Office, identifying Eritrea as a safe country of return for asylum seekers, to have been based upon misleading and biased information. The report criticised the Home […]
Our weekly news update on refugee issues around the world by Isobel Fraser. Aid agencies have reported that thousands of refugees are stranded in insanitary conditions in a remote region along the Jordanian- Syrian border. The vast majority of the refugees are reported to be women and children in need of increased water, food and […]
This post was written by Achileas Kouremenos for Doctors of the World and was featured on their website. Doctors of the World are working with refugees across Europe and the Middle East. Find out more about their work with refugees here. This summer tens of thousands of mostly young men and women, many of them carrying […]