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5 practical ways you can help refugees trying to find safety in Europe | |
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A new report from the United Nations refugee agency says that more than 2,500 migrants and refugees have died or gone missing this year while crossing the Mediterranean Sea. | |
As European leaders increasingly try to prevent refugees and migrants from settling in the continent, more and more refugees are dying in their desperation to flee persecution and reach safety. | |
Here are some of the ways you can help at home. | Here are some of the ways you can help at home. |
Refugee children sleep in the surrounding green area of the Keleti railway station in Budapest | |
Make a financial donation to a non-governmental organization (NGO) that is doing related humanitarian work overseas. These could include: | Make a financial donation to a non-governmental organization (NGO) that is doing related humanitarian work overseas. These could include: |
● Save the Children: distributing essential items such as diapers, hygiene kits and food | |
● Red Cross Europe: providing emergency health services at central train stations | |
● Migrant Offshore Aid Station: dedicated to preventing migrant deaths at sea | |
● International Rescue Committee: improving living conditions by setting up camps | |
● The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR): providing water, mosquito nets, tents, healthcare | |
● Refugee Action: advice about claiming asylum, the asylum process, asylum support | |
A displaced Syrian child is viewed in a makeshift camp for Syrian refugees only miles from the border with Syria in the Bekaa Valley | |
JustGiving has received more than 2,500 donations from 32 countries for Calais migrant fundraising efforts. Here are just a few of them: | JustGiving has received more than 2,500 donations from 32 countries for Calais migrant fundraising efforts. Here are just a few of them: |
● The Worldwide Tribe in Calais: Travel blog documenting the story of the people in the Calais 'jungle' is also connected to a crowdfunding site | |
● Glasgow Solidarity with Calais Migrants: Diane and Bob are driving to Calais with supplies | |
● North East Solidarity with Calais Refugees: Buying food, bedding and warm clothing | |
● Side by Side: A family in Thurrock joining to help with basic humanitarian aid | |
● Association Salam: 19-year-old Tom McElholm is driving to Calais with supplies | |
4 million Syrians have fled their country since the war began | |
● Calais Migrant Solidarity: organising aid from the UK to those stranded in Calais. Includes details to find local groups for clothes collections and donations here | |
● Doctors of the World: providing care to vulnerable people, advocating for rights to health | |
● Music Against Borders: appealing for people to donate musical instruments to Calais | |
● The Jungle Library: makeshift library set up at the camp at Calais. They need more books | |
● Folkestone United: organising protests, taking donated goods to Calais in September | |
● Avaaz.org: lobbying local councils, providing language support, housing refugees | |
A girl holds a balloon and a teddy bear in a holding area at Munich Hauptbahnhof main railway station on 1 September | |
● An Amazon wish list has been set up for people to buy specific items such as shoes and sleeping bags to be delivered to Calais as part of the appeal #KentforCalais and #HelpCalais. The truck leaves on 17 September | |
Germany has been more welcoming to refugees | |
● Accept more asylum seekers and increase support for refugee migrants in the UK | |
● 80 Syrian war refugees are waiting in Calais for their rightful and legal asylum in the UK | |
● Create a compassionate Euro-wide policy to deal with refugee migrants | |
In pictures: Hundreds stranded in Budapest |