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A Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis with his family from Austria during World War II has bequeathed an undisclosed fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years. Eric Schwam, who arrived in Chambon-sur-Lignon with his parents and maternal grandmother in February 1943, is believed to have left around two … Read more
Afghan military translator who is trapped with his sick wife in a ‘hellhole’ Greek refugee camp has been told they CAN come to the UK Former British military interpreter trapped on Greek island is coming to UK Nesar, who worked on front lines in Helmand, said news was ‘dream come true’ He and his wife … Read more
A Palestinian refugee who spent much of 2020 on hunger strike in a row with the Home Office over his age is ruled to be 31 years old – despite insisting he is 26. The man – who cannot be named for legal reasons – came to the UK in 2007 claiming to be 14. … Read more
A refugee who fled the war-torn Middle East after her relatives were killed says life in Hull is ‘the same’ as Iraq. Intesar Hassan, 55, was sent to East Yorkshire with her children by the UN in 2012 as she fled war in Iraq and Syria. Since arriving in the city, the mother says she … Read more
A refugee who fled the war-torn Middle East after her relatives were killed says life in Hull is ‘the same’ as Iraq. Intesar Hassan, 55, was sent to East Yorkshire with her children by the UN in 2012 as she fled war in Iraq and Syria. Since arriving in the city, the mother says she … Read more
The former England and Leicester ace, 59, donated £200 to the student’s crowdfunding page after the Zimbabwean student appealed for funds to allow him to continue studying at Liverpool Hope University BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has donated £200 to help a refugee who’s on the brink of dropping out of university after … Read more
Offspring’s Kat Stewart, The Project’s Susie Youssef and Crazy Rich Asians star Remy Hii join forces to free a gay refugee being detained in Australia By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:14 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 02:15 GMT, 12 November 2020 Some of Australia’s most well-known celebrities have joined forces to … Read more
BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has already bid farewell to a refugee he housed in his Surrey mansion, but declared ‘I’ll definitely do it again’. The former England and Leicester ace, 59, had announced he was taking in a migrant after he was criticised for virtue signalling when he had publicised their … Read more
TOM STOPPARD: A LIFE by Hermione Lee (Faber £30, 860pp) Transport yourself, in these sad days of silenced theatres, to a full-house Old Vic on the evening of April 11, 1967. It’s the opening night of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, first performed the previous summer at the Edinburgh Fringe where it had terrible reviews … Read more
Greece has accused migrants of deliberately burning their overcrowded camp in Lesbos last week where hundreds were forced to relocate to. Families, children, young men and pregnant women have been left wandering aimlessly since a blaze ripped through the Moria camp on the night of September 8, forcing its 12,000 occupants to sleep rough in … Read more