Through national and local media, Refugee Week changes the narrative on refugees and reaches millions of people across the UK every year.

Here are some highlights:

REFUGEE WEEK 2024

  • ‘We talk about boats … not people’: UK dehumanising refugees, Toby Jones says, The Guardian 
  • Series of events to be held in Bradford to mark Refugee Week, Yahoo News
  • Refugee Week–Teaching Resources, BBC
  • Refugee Week Aims to Bring Communities Together, BBC
  • Award-Winning Writer Highlights Refugees’ Struggle, BBC
  • I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian, Big Issue
  • Third edition of Refugee Week celebrates our collective home, The Times of Malta
  • UK for UNHCR launches pop-up cafe in Edinburgh for Refugee Week, Edinburgh Evening News
  • Falmouth and Penryn Welcome Refugees free musical workshops, The Packet
  • Events across Craven will mark national Refugee Week, Craven Herald & Pioneer
  • Refugee Week 2024 in Sunderland, North East Bylines
  • Nationally touring art installation comes to Bedford to honour asylum seekers, Bedford Today
  • Celebrate ‘Our Home’ this Refugee Week, Kirklees Together
  • Support needed for Refugee Week 2024 in North Devon, North Devon Today
  • Award-winning writer highlights refugees’ struggle, BBC News
  • Get involved and celebrate Cumbria’s Refugee Week, The Cumberland News
  • Refugee Week: welcoming refugees and countering misinformation, Yorkshire Bylines
  • Refugee Week: Films, football matches, cooking sessions and more as Calderdale celebrates kindness to refugees, Halifax Courier
  • Series of events to be held in Bradford to mark Refugee Week, Telegraph & Argus
  • Range of events in Flintshire to mark Refugee Week, The Leader
  • Fashion, food and art mark Refugee Week in Warwickshire, Leamington Observer
  • Southampton’s Refugee Week free cultural events and parade, Souther Daily Echo
  • No Place to Call Home: Confronting the UK’s Hostile Asylum System this Refugee Week, Modern Ghana
  • Sunderland Refugee Week aims to bring communities together, BBC News North East and Cumbria
  • Refugee families create display inspired by home, BBC News Hertfordshire
  • Refugee Week Hong Kong celebrates asylum seekers, raises awareness about their challenges, Post Magazine
  • Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh: ‘Refugees are just you and me in different circumstances’, The Evening Standard
  • Bishop spends night in tent for Refugee Week, BBC News South East
  • How Somerset is getting involved in June 2024’s Refugee Week, Somerset County Gazette
  • Refugee picnic a ‘celebration of diversity’, BBC News Northern Ireland

REFUGEE WEEK 2023

  • Refugee Week 2023, Huck
  • Refugee Week 2023, WePresent
  • Refugee Week: Ben and Jerry’s creates ice cream with refugee entrepreneurs, Evening Standard
  • Refugee week 2023: History, this year’s theme and how London is taking part, Evening Standard
  • Events to celebrate Refugee Week across the Midlands launched, BBC
  • Murugiah brings compassion to life with his Refugee Week 2023 installation, Creative Boom
  • Tuesday’s best photos: Halifax, UK Sand in Your Eye Compassion Artwork, The Guardian
  • Swindon’s Harbour Project unveils Refugee Week mural, BBC
  • £15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds, The Guardian
  • Wolverhampton ‘Walk for Compassion’ this weekend will celebrate Refugee Week, Express and Star
  • Mathilda Della Torre and Ali Ghaderi interview, Sky News
  • Opera North celebrates Refugee Week 2023, Yorkshire Bylines
  • Four artists in The Higgins Bedford’s exhibition ‘We Are Ten’ who sought safety in this country, Art UK
  • Man cycles around London in heart shape for Refugee Week, The Independent
  • Celebrating the refugee community along the east Sussex coast, Hastings Independent

From the archives:

REFUGEE WEEK 2022

  • Refugee Week feature including Refugee Week Ambassador Ali Ghaderi, BBC Sunday Morning Live
  • The human beings behind the word ‘migrant’ and the objects that connect them to home, featuring Refugee Week Ambassadors Loujean Alsaman and Abdulrahman Bdiwi, Mirror (online and print)
  • The Rwanda plan is making me question how safe I really am in the UK, by Refugee Week Ambassador Ali Ghaderi, Big Issue
  • I came to the UK as an asylum seeker – now I’m a proud local councillor, by Refugee Week Ambassador Mona Adam, Metro
  • My experience as a Hongkonger shows that anyone can become a refugee, Politics Home
  • ‘It’s eating me up inside’: Mum separated from her daughter by 8,000 miles, by Refugee Week Ambassador Magadaline Moyo, Manchester Evening News
  • We cannot heal when we have no recourse to public funds, by Refugee Week Ambassador Esther, shado
  • The asylum system is becoming even more difficult for the most vulnerable, by Refugee Week Ambassador Kushinga Hare, shado
  • Refugee week 2022: History, theme and events taking place in London, Evening Standard
  • Creating healed worlds through art: In conversation with Persian painter Nima Javan, shado
  • Resisting the Hostile Environment with hip-hop: In conversations with rapper AWATE, shado
  • How the arts is supporting healing in refugees and showcasing their contribution to society, Big Issue
  • Humanising Refugees through books, The Bookseller
  • A Walk with Dima, Slow Ways
  • Celebrating Refugee Week, 3 page feature, National Geographic Kids Magazine (print)
  • Ένα πολιτιστικό φεστιβάλ για μια πιο συμπεριληπτική κοινωνία (Refugee Week Greece, a festival for a more inclusive society), monopoli.gr
  • First Refugee Week festival to take place in Malta this month, Times Malta
  • First Refugee Week in Hong Kong to educate people about asylum seekers through cooking, film, art exhibition, scmp

REFUGEE WEEK 2021

  • ‘No human survives alone’… Misan Harriman’s portraits for Refugee Week in pictures, Guardian
  • My home became a war zone overnight – my family were given 20 hours to flee to the UK, Metro
  • Pride Week: Nigerian man who sought asylum because being gay is a crime, Metro
  • What it feels like to be a photojournalist in a war zone, Metro
  • I’ve lived in the UK for 20 years waiting for the day I can go home, Metro
  • Now is not the time for the home office to turn its back on refugees, Independent
  • ‘All about Refugees’, 3 page feature, National Geographic Kids Magazine (print)
  • I fled machetes at age 12 but Patel’s plans means I couldn’t live in safety here, Mirror

REFUGEE WEEK 2020

  • I Started A Food Bank For Refugees Like Me Going Hungry In This Pandemic, Huffington Post
  • Refugee Week: We celebrate those who have gone above and beyond during the pandemic, The Mirror
  • Seeking Asylum In Britain Finally, Let Me Live As The Gay Man I Am, Huffington Post
  • Refugee Week: Bafta winner Waad Al-Kateab recalls surviving siege in Syria to film confronting documentary For Sama, Metro
  • Football gives young refugees around the world chance to be normal in spite of tragedy, The Mirror
  • As a refugee, I know how we contribute to British society, The Guardian
  • The refugee stand-up night: ‘none of us can believe how successful it is’, The Guardian
  • How refugees are leading the way in helping UK communities through the pandemic, Metro
  • 5 refugees reveal what they want you to know about life in the UK, Stylist

REFUGEE WEEK 2019

  • Maya Ghazal shares her incredible story of overcoming discrimination as a refugee to pursue her dream of becoming the first female Syrian pilot, Huffington Post
  • Actor, writer and activist Syed Haleem Najibi from the Phosphorus Theatre Company writes about why it’s vital refugees share their stories, Huffington Post
  • Jihyun Park on finally experiencing happiness for the first time after surviving famine in North Korea and slavery in China. , Huffington Post
  • Amina Kodogo on her experience of being without the right to work for 3 years as an asylum seeker and why it’s vital this changes, Huffington Post
  • Prominent refugees and their contribution to the UK a piece featuring Jillian Edelstein’s portrait series commission in the guardian, The Guardian
  • Refugee tales and migration: four books that help us understand a crisis, The Guardian
  • Perfect mix: using cooking to link refugees and neighbours, The Guardian
  • Refugee Journalism Project: this is an initiative based at London College of Communication that supports refugee and migrant media professionals to build their careers in the UK, delivered in collaboration with The Guardian Foundation, Refugee Council and University of Derby, The Guardian
  • UK accused of profiteering on Syrians’ child citizenship fees: research shows government could make more than £5m by charging vulnerable children, The Guardian
  • Every week The Big Issue runs their famous Letter To My Younger Self where a famous face looks back on their life and career. For Refugee Week 2019, Hamid, aged 26, has written his own letter, reflecting on his experiences of coming to the UK from Afghanistan, The Big Issue
  • Melissa Hemsley highlights the Refugee Food Festival as a must-see in her Eat, Think, Grow: 10 Fun Food Things to do this Summer, Vogue
  • Featured in 10 things to try for Refugee Week, The Londonist
  • Actor Syed Haleem Najibi from the Phosphorous Theatre Company tells his story in this First Person piece, Metro
  • Eight great ways to get involved with Refugee Week, Time Out
  • A double-page feature on refugees finding a home in the UK, including an interview with 9-year-old Marwa and her father, who are originally from Syria, Nat Geo Kids

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, feat. Refugee Week Ambassador Jihyun Park, BBC World Service
  • 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, National Geographic Kids magazine
  • A warm welcome, double-page spread, 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 a 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