Currently reading: Give me shelter edited by Tony Bradman

February 23 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #books, #children, #reading, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #refugees, #stories, #UK

I read a wide, Diverse, range of travel-related books including many about life for people new to Britain, either as travellers, expats, immigrants or refugees.

At the moment I am reading a little book, 220 pages, ... "a collection of stories about children from all over the world" who have had to leave their homes, and many their families to remain safe.

The stories are written by refugees and the people who work with them. Some are fact others fiction based on facts.

Most of the stories conjure up harrowing images of mothers giving up their children to people smugglers in the hope their child/ren will have a better life.

Other stories make me smile as on reading I hear a child determined to fit in and survive, in our sometimes hostile country, speaking accented English coloured by a blend of their mother tongue and the region they now live in.

The hope of Tony Bradman, the book's editor, to all who read this book is ...

" help us understand what it means to be an asylum-seeker - to be forced to leave your home and seek the comfort of strangers."

If you are interested in finding out how to help refugees make a home in the UK, visit the Refugee Council website.

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