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Latest Episodes
Travelling with the Honduran Migrant Caravan/ Caravan de Migrantes
Journalist and photographer Sean Hawkey has just returned from one month with the Honduran 'Migrant Caravan'. This is a moving, intimate account of travelling with people who had no choice other than to take huge risks migrating north. With detailed, fir.
Samira Harnish - Nansen 2018 Americas Award - Supporting female refugees to become self-reliant
Samira Harnish founded Women of the World and her work was recognised by the UNHCR when she won the Nansen Award for the Americas this year. She helps displaced women to become self-reliant. They offer an individual customised service for every woman to .
Mohammed Nour: Aleppo to Greece to Switzerland
Mohammed Nour talks movingly to co-founder John about his journey from the tragedy of Aleppo, dealing with smugglers to get into Greece with his family, being stuck in a camp for nearly 2 years until finally getting a chance to realise his dreams in Swit.
Dina Nayeri: Returning to a refugee camp
In this week's special podcast, we follow up with writer Dina Nayeri after her visit to two of the camps where we work. She wrote movingly about her visit in the Guardian. As a child refugee herself, there were many parallels with her childhood experienc.
Joy Stacey - opening up opportunities to higher education
Joy Stacey of Brighton-based Silat Network is setting up a service to offer training and mentoring to students in refugee communities so that they can access universtiy education abroad. There are plenty of scholarships and university places available ..
Rana Toukan - Incubating 12 new businesses at Katsikas
One of our trustees, Rana, talks about the people she is helping us to support with our new Business Fund for refugees at Katsikas camp. The Business Fund is the next step in our model to bring dignity and normality to people stuck in refugee camps. It h.
Crisis in Cameroon: Activist Nkenga raising awareness and building peace
Over the last 2 years in Cameroon, conflict between the Franch speaking government forces and the English speaking separatist movement has led to huge numbers of internally displaced people and refugees fleeing to Nigeria. We talk to activist Nkengafrica.
Melina Macall: Uniting the States of America with Syrian food
On our recent tour to the US we spoke at a United Tastes of America event in Montclair NJ and were inspired by what the two founders - Melina and Kate - have achieved by bringing people together over food. Their motto is something we'd love to see more o.
Refugee Support Europe aged 2: Talk at Montclair, New Jersey
Today is the final date in our US tour speaking to supporters about what is possible when people help people and what the latest situation is facing refugees in Europe right now. This talk is by Paul speaking at the Bnai Keshet Synagogue in Montclair Ne.
Sharon Silvey: from emergency aid to an asylum information service
Sharon started helping refugees on the Balkan route in 2015 with emergency support, but got frustrated with the duplication and the waste. It was clear to her that what refugees really needed was reliable and timely information about their legal rights a.