Action Matters

Oh what a Refugee Week!

Another Refugee Week has swept by in a whirlwind of colourful banners, head-stretching cinema, action-packed footie games, and global nosh.

Over 18,000 simple acts of welcome have now been completed as part of the Refugee Week campaign, so thanks to you all for joining Refugee Action and our partner charities to celebrate sanctuary and make a big noise in support of refugees.

Courtesy of our Refugee Week poll, even the Daily Mail had to say something nice about refugees that week – a fact that comedian Mark Thomas thought deserved a headline in itself…!

Refugees think Brits are friendly, welcoming and football-obsessed!

Our Ipsos Mori poll for Refugee Week shows that the majority of refugees and asylum seekers feel the average British person welcomes them. Those interviewed about life in Britain also said they are big admirers of the Queen, Princess Diana and David Beckham – and love the X-Factor! Read our press releases and media coverage of the poll in everything from the Guardian to the Express.

Is Casablanca the definitive refugee film?

Missed our event ‘From Casablanca to Calais: exile on celluloid’? Desperately want to hear what acclaimed director Stephen Frears said about the making of Dirty Pretty Things? Keen to know if Samira Ahmed agreed that Casablanca is ‘the’ definitive refugee film? Fret not, discussion highlights are now online. Watch the short video and check out Samira Ahmed and Professor Terence Wright’s blogs to join the debate about the best refugee film of all time.