Author: Amber Vellacott
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‘You have a choice: live or die – you decide that you will live’
“THE militia came to my village at midnight. They all had guns, and I saw them shoot peo- ple. They shoot people for nothing. When I saw that I realised my life was nothing to them, that I was nothing. That’s why we had to leave.” John, the South Sudanese refugee on the left in…
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‘They are now part of our family’
Today another of the young refugees Care4Calais supports will have a warm bed after a few weeks of rough sleeping. Despite speaking good English and doing all the right things, A, a refugee from Sudan couldn’t find a place to rent or work in the short time he had between his grant of refugee status…
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Civic award for ‘outstanding contribution’
CARE4CALAIS has been presented with a prestigious Special Civic Award by Wands-worth Council in recognition of the incredible support its volunteers give to refugees in South-west London. Seema Khan and Carey Sedgwick, of Care4Calais’ South-west London group,accepted the award from Wandsworth Mayor Cllr Juliana Annan at a special ceremony in Wandsworth Town Hall. The judges…
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‘How cycling helped me to overcome isolation’
My name is Yonatan and I am an asylum seeker from Eritrea living in the UK. Life as an asylum seeker has not been easy, and I have faced many challenges since arriving here. One of the biggest obstacles I have encountered is isolation. As an asylum seeker, I am not allowed to work, and…
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‘Seeking asylum is a leap of faith towards a better future’
Things happened unexpectedly. I’m six months pregnant, almost homeless and a victim of domestic abuse. My world is a wound and hopeless. Seeking help is a brave decision that I made with the help of my lawyer. I applied for asylum in April 2021. I was an early bird, excited to attend my initial interview…
Exodus 