English activist for refugee rights and humanitarian volunteer. This blog began with the story of my journey from Lesvos to Germany with a refugee family.
If (or rather when), as seems likely, it is confirmed that last Thursday’s airstrike upon al-Kammouneh refugee…
Greek Coast Guard officers escort refugees from a patrol ship after rescuing…
The responses to last week’s terror attacks have exposed more clearly than ever the problematics of some mainstream Western thought patterns. An encouragingly high number of people have, quite rightly, pointed out that it is this same brutal violence from…
One of my primary criticisims of the traditional media’s response to the profound humanitarian crisis taking place under our noses has been its heavy focus on figures rather than faces. One key figure…