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Refugee Week 2023

Refugee Week 2023: Editor's Letter

To celebrate Refugee Week 2023, we've collated a series of pieces from the archives that explore themes of compassion, resilience and resistance.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

The fight against the refugee ban will be won in the streets

Thousands gathered outside Parliament this week to protest the Tories' new Illegal Migration Bill, which is being met with widespread backlash from human rights organisations to football pundits.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

Inside the winning fight to stop the Rwanda deportation flights

A campaign led by ex-torture survivors and refugee organisations has left the Tories with no planes left to carry out their callous scheme. Writer Diyora Shadijanova reports on how they won.

  • Activism
  • Diyora Shadijanova

The off-grid farm sheltering displaced people

Just outside of Athens, a group of people have built a community that serves as an alternative to the indignity of refugee camps. Led by the enigmatic Kastro, this experiment in self-sufficient living has created a space in which everyone has an equal stake.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

The clifftop activists looking out for migrants

A new bill currently seeks to further criminalise asylum seekers. It’s made the work of a group of volunteers monitoring small boat crossings in the English Channel all the more vital.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

‘Flee’ is more than just a refugee story

Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen discusses his new almost entirely animated documentary film, which chronicles the remarkable story of a young, gay Afghan survivor.

  • Film
  • Jack King

Ramla Ali will never stop fighting

Amid the release of her new book, the former refugee turned boxer, model, humanitarian and now author reflects on the turbulent journey that has shaped her remarkable rise.

  • Sports
  • Daisy Schofield

An intimate portrait of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in Berlin

Turkish-born photographer Samet Durgun discusses his collection of portraits of queer refugee and asylum seekers seeking to build a better life for themselves in Germany.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Documenting the European migrant crisis from the inside

Refugees, immigrants, and first-generation citizens are joining forces for a new group show, In Transit, which shares the untold stories from the crisis.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

The Lebanese football team uniting the displaced

‘When I play, I forget everything’ – In Lebanon, a small local football team is healing the rifts of a fractured community, uniting expats, outcasts and refugees from across the Middle East.

  • Outdoors
  • Adib Chowdhury

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