They’ve seen it before. The sky darkens with bombs. Families run. Homes vanish. Headlines scream “crisis” – and then the world forgets.

If you are a refugee, watching Gaza burn is not just painful – it is familiar. It reopens wounds. It feels like watching your own past unfold again, on a different screen, in a different country, but with the same silence from the rest of the world. And you ask yourself: How many times must this happen before real efforts are made to stop it?

In Gaza, over a million people have been displaced in weeks. Families now sleep under rubble, without water, electricity, or safety. And yet, many powerful governments won’t even say the word “ceasefire.”

In Sudan, civil war has forced millions from their homes, most walking for days through deserts. In Afghanistan, asylum promises have faded. In Ukraine, refugees were welcomed.

Not all lives are treated equally. That is the painful truth: empathy is political. Humanity is conditional.

These wars expose what many refugees already know: the system meant to protect them is broken. Palestinians are criminalised. Sudanese people are ignored. Afghan families are left in limbo. Borders close, funding dries up, and asylum becomes a battle. The system does not respond with compassion – it responds with politics.

But even in the rubble, there is resistance.

Across the world, people are raising their voices. Protests fill streets. Aid groups mobilise. Refugees support one another through grassroots networks – because they know no one understands this struggle better than those living it. What can you do?
This crisis must not be met with silence. Even individuals can make a difference!

· Share social media content from refugee voices and grassroots organisations – doing this tells the algorithms that this is valuable content that should be pushed out to more people.

· Write to your MP using our template to demand safe, legal routes and a humane system.

Every little action helps bring meaningful change.