Held every year World Refugee Day is on the 20 June, Refugee Week is a festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
When is Refugee Week?
In 2024 Refugee Week takes place between 17 - 23 June, and the theme is Home, from the places we gather to share meals to our collective home, planet earth
To support teaching around Refugee Week, we've curated this collection of classroom resources for primary and secondary schools.
Seeking Refuge - Real life stories of young people fleeing their homelands. collection
Five animated stories giving a unique insight into the lives of young people who have sought refuge in the UK, told by the children themselves.
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah. video
Actor Alexander Vlahos reads extracts from 'Refugee Boy' by Benjamin Zephaniah, explaining why he loves the book so much.
Maryam's New Life and New Friends. audio
From the BBC Scotland series Time for a Story, this fictional audio story follows Maryam and her family as they begin their new lives in Glasgow. Aimed at upper primary pupils.
The forced migration of Indian people from Uganda. video
Radio DJ Rupal Rajani talks to 10-year-old Ayush about how Asian people living in Uganda in the 1970's were forced to leave by the Ugandan President Idi Amin.
Migration. collection
A series of short films in which historian David Olusoga investigates the lives and experiences of migrants to and from Britain throughout history.
Children of the Holocaust. collection
A part animated, part real-life interview series telling the stories of people who witnessed the Holocaust first-hand.
External learning-related websites:
- Oxfam's Stand With Refugees teaching resources can support or link to the Seeking Refuge films.
- Refugee Week - Teaching resources for using with children and young people, including links to films, school speakers and classroom materials.
- Holocaust Memorial Day Trust - Resources focussed around the Holocaust and the impact on people’s lives of more recent genocides, such as in Sudan.
- The Walk - An education and activity pack created for young people of all ages, based around the ‘journey’ undertaken by Little Amal, the 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child at the heart of The Walk.