As January unfolded Covid cases were climbing off the charts, and we were running out of oxygen, equipment and resources, writes Ameera Sheikh Nearly a year on, I can still see the face of the 16-year-old girl who approached me in A&E at 6.30am last April. Her cheeks streaked with tears, she asked for directions to … Read more
Pregnant Afghan woman who set herself on fire in Lesbos refugee camp is charged with arson The 26-year-old suffered burns to her hands, feet and head after fire on Sunday Mother-of-three provided testimony to a prosecutor from her bed in hospital She was told she couldn’t go Germany due to being in late stage of … Read more
A Sudanese refugee stabbed an immigration officer to death in southern France after learning his asylum request had been rejected. Cyril Pierreval, a 46-year-old father of one, was killed on Friday by a 38-year-old Sudanese knifeman who faced deportation. The migrant attacked the head of the refugee welcome centre in the city of Pau around 11am, … Read more
Palestinian refugee who went on hunger strike in bizarre row with Home Office over his age now wants Supreme Court judges to rule he’s 26 and not 31 as officials claim The Palestinian refugee wants the Supreme Court justices to consider his case He claims he is 26 but immigration officials suggest his age is … Read more
A Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis with his family from Austria during World War II has bequeathed an undisclosed fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years. Eric Schwam, who arrived in Chambon-sur-Lignon with his parents and maternal grandmother in February 1943, is believed to have left around two … Read more
Afghan military translator who is trapped with his sick wife in a ‘hellhole’ Greek refugee camp has been told they CAN come to the UK Former British military interpreter trapped on Greek island is coming to UK Nesar, who worked on front lines in Helmand, said news was ‘dream come true’ He and his wife … Read more
A refugee who fled the war-torn Middle East after her relatives were killed says life in Hull is ‘the same’ as Iraq. Intesar Hassan, 55, was sent to East Yorkshire with her children by the UN in 2012 as she fled war in Iraq and Syria. Since arriving in the city, the mother says she … Read more
The former England and Leicester ace, 59, donated £200 to the student’s crowdfunding page after the Zimbabwean student appealed for funds to allow him to continue studying at Liverpool Hope University BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has donated £200 to help a refugee who’s on the brink of dropping out of university after … Read more
Offspring’s Kat Stewart, The Project’s Susie Youssef and Crazy Rich Asians star Remy Hii join forces to free a gay refugee being detained in Australia By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:14 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 02:15 GMT, 12 November 2020 Some of Australia’s most well-known celebrities have joined forces to … Read more
BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has already bid farewell to a refugee he housed in his Surrey mansion, proudly showing a thank-you note from the man The former England and Leicester ace, 59, had announced he was taking in a migrant after he was criticised for virtue signalling when he had publicised their … Read more