“Last night while my wife, our baby and I were sleeping we suddenly heard a loud explosion. Our gas burner had exploded. Luckily we woke up in time and we managed to get out of our tent. The volunteers have given us a new tent to live in. Now I’m just moving the...
“Back in Ireland I’m a carpenter. I came here to help building a kitchen. I was supposed to stay for 10 days but has been over a month I’m still here. Right now I’m trying to build a woman and children’s center but the police refuses to let building materials in...
“Don’t you see I have superpowers?” “How?” “Because I’m wearing my Spiderman suit! ‘"What are your superpowers?’” “I can climb on top of buildings, but here I learned how to climb a tree.” (Dunkirk)
“I have a British passport but my wife doesn’t. I used to live in Britain 10 years ago but when the situation in North Iraq calmed down I moved back. When the war broke out I wanted to return to Britain but because I wasn’t able to support my family financially they...
“About a week ago a man came running into the kitchen. He told one of the refugees, who also works as a volunteer that his nephew had a fever and was talking as if he was drunk. Together we went to their tent. When we arrived it was even worse than we expected. He was...
“Instead of applying for jobs after finishing my Master thesis I decided to volunteer. I said to myself, how can I go job hunting while so many people are suffering on my continent. Most refugees here lost family members because of IS. Together with the other...
These two were happily playing in the mud when I passed by. Some volunteers stopped to give them candy and hugs. For a second the camp felt less like a camp and more like a playground. Their childish energy made everyone smile and feel a bit hopeful for a moment. In...
“You know.. We have reporters entering the camp all the time. They come in with their big camera’s, they take a few photo’s ask a few questions and then leave again. No matter how many photo’s they take or how many stories we tell them, nothing changes. We are still...
“My sister has been sick for days. She has a fever. They promised us the doctor will come tomorrow to check up on her. At night we are cold, I think that is why she is not getting better. Daddy says we left Kurdistan because of IS. When we came here we thought we...
“In Iran I was working as a model and I went to an international high school. Because of the rough political situation my brother and I decided to leave. We imagined Europe to be a safe haven. Our final destination is and has always been Britain. We have family there....
“After seeing a photo of that little boy who washed down the shore I said to myself, that’s it. I can no longer sit around and do nothing. I have four children myself and if they were in danger I would like someone to help them out. I started to collect money from...
I have just returned from a trip to Dunkirk where I visited a refugee camp, known as ‘‘The forgotten Jungle’’. Since October 2015 about 3000 refugees including 300 children, mainly Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Iran who have settled into Dunkirk to make the cross over to...