By Felicia Beltran and Jake Threadgould I find myself blurting ‘¡Que suerte!’ at every pause in Khaled’s tale of survival and escape from Syria. To which he replies ‘There is no luck in life. The only luck is that you have a mother.’ Journey Those who have endured unimaginable things …
Read an interview with Georgie Smith and Máiréad McElligott from the Donations Team to learn more about the important role played by this section of Madrid For Refugees. Georgie, from Wales, has been in Madrid since 2014. A passionate volunteer and environmentalist, she works with a number of organisations which …
By Joe Gladow ‘Spain: 18 refugees in six months,’ reported El País in early April. ‘Brussels rebukes Spain for failing to take in refugees,’ read a story seven days later. Such have been the headlines in the Spanish media over the past several months. In one sense, they accurately capture …
By Noah Wanebo Sitting in the Aegean Sea, just six miles from the coast of Turkey, the Greek island of Lesbos has become the epicentre of the current refugee crisis in Europe. Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers have already streamed across the island throughout the past year, making their …
Post by Florence de Vesvrotte, photos by Kelsey Krach, photo captions by Felicia Beltran. Madrid For Refugees’ inaugural Chefugee dinner gathered international guests for a night of authentic Syrian food prepared by refugee chef Khaled Dery. With a background in international development and having recently moved to Madrid from London, one of …
