Refugee groups in Cambridge are urging local residents to respond to Donald Trump’s Muslim ban by taking positive action. The US president has received widespread condemnation from within the US and across the globe for his decision to bar refugees from several Middle Eastern countries. Cambridge Convoy Refugee Action Group […]
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CamCRAG committee member Ed Sexton has been working in Northern France recently to support the refugee groups there. He has sent this blog explaining the current situation following the closure of The Jungle camp in Calais last year. The Calais refugee camp known as ‘The Jungle’ may have gone, but the […]
With temperatures set to plummet in Paris in the coming days and many refugees living on the streets CamCRAG is sending emergency bivvy bags. Refugee workers in Paris say there are fears the people living in tents could suffer hypothemia, and bivvy bags are needed to add an extra layer […]
Fantastic news – thanks to the huge generosity of our supporters we have reached the target of our one year anniversary appeal. You have helped us raise an amazing £10,000 to support refugees in Northern France! The appeal was launched just over two months ago and Cambridge residents have responded […]
Our twelfth convoy is heading out to the Help Refugees warehouse in Calais on December 9th. Since we started we have enabled around 300 people to go to Calais for the weekend, many of those have then gone on to arrange other trips independently. Together we have sorted mountains of […]
CamCRAG extended its reach this winter with several van loads of children’s winter clothes bound for a refugee camp in Lebanon. We formed our first ever children’s donations mini team to facilitate the donations after an urgent call out for children’s winter items for a container to be shipped from Derby to […]
Our group, which was set up last year to raise money and send aid to the Calais refugee camp, has now been awarded charity status. The group was set up as Cambridge Calais Refugee Action Group to send convoys from the city to the Jungle refugee camp. This camp has now […]
Book your place now for a very special film showing in Cambridge on December 13 at 7pm. Vanessa Redgrave will be showing her new film Sea Sorrow which tackles the refugee crisis. She will be taking part in a Q&A with refugee campaigner Lord Alfred Dubs and others. To book […]
There’s a packed schedule of events in Cambridge raising funds for our convoys to France coming up over the next few days – don’t miss out! Check our calendar for all the dates. This Friday (Nov 25) there’s two to choose from. At St Pauls on Hills Road there’s an […]
Whilst the camp in Calais may be gone this does not mean that the refugees have all had a happy ending. There are still many refugees in France who are living in smaller camps or on the streets of Paris and other cities. Whilst things are still unsettled in Calais […]