After recently confessing I avidly watch Love Island, I’ve had to spend a lot of time explaining why. It does indeed feel like the guiltiest…
Mariam Kemple HardyJuly 30, 2018
By Naveed* I spent most of my life hiding my true self because I knew that I would not be accepted by my family for…
NaveedJuly 19, 2018
A woman in her eighties with severe toothache - the pain so severe, she could not sleep. A young pregnant woman experiencing worrying pains in…
Refugee ActionMarch 22, 2018
Rhi is one of Refugee Action’s fantastic supporters, who is raising funds for us by donating proceeds from the beautiful Christmas cards she’s selling online.…
Refugee ActionDecember 18, 2017
A few weeks ago, I got a call from my local newspaper, the Telegraph & Argus, asking me how I felt about being shortlisted for…
Ayham AlkhatibNovember 28, 2017
Without spoilers, it’s safe to say that last night’s Great British Bake Off finale was a fitting end to a fantastic eighth season. After the…
Mariam Kemple HardyNovember 1, 2017
Refugee Action's chief executive Stephen Hale looks back at an incredible month of putting English lessons for refugees in the spotlight and to the top…
Stephen HaleOctober 31, 2017
“I didn’t know about rights of asylum, or how to ask for asylum. I didn’t know a whole stack of things to do with asylum.”…
Tim HiltonOctober 6, 2017
In July 2017, Refugee Action published its report Slipping through the Cracks that highlighted problems in the asylum support system. These problems include bad decision-making…
Refugee ActionJuly 10, 2017
Refugee Voices
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Ahmad
Sitting in a café in Manchester’s busy district of Rusholme, Ahmad reminisces over the life he once shared with his wife in Syria before the…
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Mahmoud
In Syria, Mahmoud was a successful tradesman, living happily with his wife and four children in a big house in the country’s capital, Damascus. War…