Hello my name is: The Refugee List
Hello my name is: The Refugee List We sat down with Christoph Jones, the creator of The Refugee List to find out more about what motivated him to start the project and how he feels about
Empathy needs to exist, refugees aren’t a problem to be solved or a phenomenon.
Empathy needs to exist, refugees aren’t a problem to be solved or a phenomenon. You’re only able to truly reflect on the asylum process after you get your status, before that it’s all about action and thinking about what you’re going to
The most important thing to remember is refugees aren’t numbers
The most important thing to remember is refugees aren't numbers In Syria, every man must undergo mandatory military conscription and I reached the age of conscription after the revolution and war started. Normally, military service lasts for 1 and a half years,
It was more realistic for me to imagine myself becoming an astronaut than a refugee
It was more realistic for me to imagine myself becoming an astronaut than a refugee. When the conflict started in 2011, I couldn’t imagine leaving Syria, it was more realistic for me at the time to imagine myself becoming an astronaut than
We need someone to understand what we’re feeling
We need someone to understand what we're feeling The situation in Syria was horrible. The regime has been in power for 30 years and I remember my dad always being afraid because you can’t say anything against the tyranny of the regime. I was
Climate Refugees Can’t Wait Any Longer
Climate Refugees Can’t Wait Any Longer “When countries capable of absorbing environmental refugees are at or beyond their carrying capacity, every individual on the planet becomes a potential environmental refugee with no place to go” (John Cairns Jr.) Natural disasters are becoming more
Our chosen home
Our chosen home By January 1947 things were starting to get bad, there were a lot of killings and people were being pushed out of their homes. When the decision to partition India was made by Cyril Radcliffe, people had begun migrating in large
The Last Train
The Last Train At the end of the street there were Sikhs living in an old shanty-style house. Most of the Muslim families lived in the front end of the street and almost all were in joint family systems so that each dwelling
Longing for home
Longing for home My father was from a typical South Asian Sikh family. He was born in Rawalpindi, which was northern India before partition, and lived with his parents and 11 other