Through national and local media, Refugee Week takes a different story about refugees to millions across the UK every year.
Here are some highlights:
REFUGEE WEEK 2019
The HuffPost are showing their support for Refugee Week with an incredible series of blog posts from our Refugee Week Ambassadors. Read the first post here from Maya Ghazal as she shares her incredible story of overcoming discrimination as a refugee to pursue her dream of becoming the first female Syrian pilot […]
Prominent refugees and their contribution to the UK a piece featuring Jillian Edelstein’s portrait series commission in the guardian
REFUGEE WEEK 2018
Is the UK doing enough to support refugees? The Wright Stuff, Channel 5, feat. Refugee Week Ambassador Maya Ghazal
I escaped North Korea twice, BBC World Service, feat. Refugee Week Ambassador Jihyun Park
Refugee Week 2018, This Morning, 20 June 2018
Refugee Stories, CBeebies Radio
Jason Isaacs Urges Critics To Meet And Spend Time With Refugees, LBC
What it’s like to be a refugee in Britain today, Elle
5 refugees reveal what they want you to know about life in the UK, Stylist
Northern theatres put refugee’s work centre stage, Guardian
London is open: where to show your support for Refugee Week, Evening Standard
Refugees Welcome, triple page spread in National Geographic Kids magazine
A warm welcome, double page spread in The Teacher magazine
In Immigration Detention I Couldn’t Contribute To Society – Now I’m Out I Try To Remember Those Still Locked Up, by Refugee Week Ambassador Usman Khalid, Huffington Post
Theatre Is A Powerful Platform For Telling Stories – As A Refugee, I Never Thought I Would Use It To Tell Mine, by Refugee Week Ambassador Baraa Halabieh, Huffington Post
I Fled Violence In Kenya, Beat Cancer And Survived Modern Slavery – But I Refuse To See Myself As A Victim, by Julia Karuiki, Huffington Post
What I’ve Learned From Hosting A Refugee, by Conservative MP for Stourbridge Margot James, Huffington Post
REFUGEE WEEK 2017
Welcome to the UK, National Geographic Kids
Refugee Week 2017: How many refugees are there in the UK and worldwide?, Metro
This florist offers a blooming lovely way to support refugees, Metro
Threads: A refugee’s story in words and pictures – extract, The Guardian
Borderline: the play finding the funny side of the Calais migrant camp, The Guardian
The refugees are like our brothers’: Uganda’s example to the world – in pictures, The Guardian
Summer reading: children’s books, The Times
The best things to do in London this weekend, The Telegraph
I lost everything – then Britain gave me a life’: Refugees who risked it all to flee war-torn homelands tell their stories, Mirror
Young girl smuggled out of war-torn Syria in a suitcase for £45 starts new life in UK, Mirror
A look at the history behind Refugee Week which runs from June 19-25, with stories from UK refugees and volunteers, MSN
Bringing my family out of death is the greatest thing I will ever achieve, Morning Star
REFUGEE WEEK 2016
Warm welcome for Syrian refugees in a country town shows divided Britain can heal, The Mirror
Refugee Week 2016 blog series, Huffington Post
UK must do more for refugees, says former archbishop Rowan Williams, Daily Mail online
Marios Schwab and Studio Moross create cool t-shirts for Refugee Week, i-D Magazine
Five ways to get involved with Refugee Week in London, Timeout online
Refugee Week Special report, ITV News Granada
Feature on the Lampedusa Cross at St Paul’s Cathedral, BBC World Service
