A voice for refugees and asylum seekers, sharing their personal stories and expressing their views on their experiences.

‘We sat in tearful silence, just holding hands across the table’

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez, Unsplash I FIRST met Aisha at an English conversation class at an asylum hotel in Berkshire. A middle-aged woman from Sudan, it was her first time in the drop-in class, organised by a Care4Calais volunteer group. Aisha had been in the hotel for two weeks with her 16-year-old son after…

War leaves no one untouched

Kurdish Iranian refugee and Exodus journalist Souran Soleimani reflects on the war between Iran and Israel Picture: Tasnim News Agency Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license I WAS born in a land where war wasn’t just a word. it was the weather. The sky spoke in sirens, the ground trembled with explosions,…

Understanding migration: Resilience, determination and hope in the face of adversity

By Tamirat Astatkie MIGRATION, a global phenomenon affecting millions of individuals, has become an increasingly complex and compelling issue in recent years. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), approximately 281 million people, which accounts for roughly 3.6 per cent of the world’s population, currently reside outside their country of origin. Many…