Europe Refugee Crisis: urgent action needed for protection of women and girls Women and girls fleeing conflict, violence and insecurity are finding unsafe and substandard living conditions as they arrive in Greece, transit through the Balkans and seek refuge and asylum in Europe. This policy brief outlines four recommendations for governments, donors, and humanitarian actors to implement to improve the safety and protection of women and girls in Europe.

When Nasrin was born, her parents didn't know about her heart condition. As Kurdish-Syrian refugees living in Iraq, parents Maasom and Hiba were unable to get their baby daughter the treatment she needed. Luckily they were able to come to the UK.

President Joe Biden is beginning his term after four years of an administration that wreaked havoc on the lives of refugees, asylum seekers and other marginalised communities, as well as failed to lead on global crises ranging from protracted conflicts to COVID-19 to climate change.

John struggled to adjust to life in the UK and it took him eleven years before he was granted refugee status. Joining the theatre company with Adam was the first time John felt a sense of belonging.

A long-term refugee crisis, with thousands stranded in substandard camps, is unfolding on European soil. As nearly 8,500 men, women and children on Greek islands await possible return to Turkey, around 48,000 remain contained in mainland Greece while they attempt to negotiate an ineffectual asylum system. The EU-Turkey deal has not dampened the desperation of people to reach sanctuary in Europe. Denied safe alternative pathways into Europe, significantly more Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans are risking their lives by travelling via smuggling routes through the Balkans. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Europe at least 880 are believed to have drowned last week attempting to make the treacherous sea crossing from Libya to Italy.