Today 24th of February 2023, marks one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began and the Europe Must Act (EMA) team wants to look at the current situation for refugees in Europe and what occurred over the last year. After the Russian attack on Ukraine commenced, forcing people to leave their homes and flee the country to save their lives, governments all over Europe rightfully welcomed refugees from Ukraine with solidarity and support on many levels. Society massively

Sarah El Hadj, a UK Must Act volunteer and refugee support worker, shares vignettes of the hunger and hope felt in countries where resettlement schemes are in place, but the Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement Scheme has been left to the sidelines. Stoic and serene, they sat in lawn chairs on Parliament Square Garden. Handmade placards and Afghan flags surrounded them on the grass, readily placed for onlookers to take notice. “Three Afghan Women on Hunger Strike” was the name of th