by Amber Bauer | Mar 24, 2022 | From the Ground
Amber, Mark, Angus, Ana & San – forRefugees, Herts for Refugees and Refugee Info Bus in the rare Calais sunshine The Calais warehouse was buzzing with volunteers and vans when we arrived to this now familiar hub. I was last here in November but the...
by Amber Bauer | Mar 15, 2022 | From the Ground
And just like that two extraordinary weeks in the Balkan Route have passed. We’ve covered 1300kms across 5 locations in 2 countries in a region that saw 60,000 refugees transit through last year. The biggest lesson we’ve learned is how devastatingly forgotten the...
by Amber Bauer | Mar 14, 2022 | From the Ground
Volunteering with our local partners is such an important part of who we are at forRefugees. For example, when we visited Collective Aid’s ‘The Wash Centre’ in Belgrade, a bit tired on Friday afternoon, I saw a snapshot that my brain instantly judged –...
by Amber Bauer | Mar 13, 2022 | News
I learned so much from reading this book. Young Gulwali’s journey from rural Afghanistan, through Iran and Turkey (and back again), and on through Europe… Athens, Patras, Italy, Ventimiglia, Paris, Calais… To eventually arrive in the UK, still aged only...
by Amber Bauer | Mar 12, 2022 | From the Ground
Yesterday we left Subotica for Belgrade. The images of the young men and boys we met there still fresh in my mind… Their life in this moment no more than a shadow on the railway tracks of a strange land. Meanwhile, my social media is full of outpourings of inspiring...
