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Refugee reflections: we must never allow the cycle of kindness to be broken
These days, I sometimes feel a deep sense of sorrow and sadness and I cry in my loneliness, so hard that my shoulders are shaking, much like the day when two of my little students, Hiva and Bavān, lost their eyes and legs on the path to the rural school. They had stepped on a… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
