The situation for refugees in Bangkok has always been precarious. Thailand is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention nor its 1967 Protocol which represent the legal basis of all international dialogue regarding refugee protection.…

I've often wondered what I would do if I were a refugee... How would I survive? How would I provide for my family? Would my faith in God grow or shrivel? What would I do with gifts given to me? This month a refugee who received a gift via…

It is often in the arts that we can see, hear and touch something outside our sphere of experience. Genesis 1:27 is clear: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. May…

This documentary published by the BBC in 2016 describes living conditions and the situation that many Pakistani Christians have encountered as they looked for refuge in Thailand after being falsely accused of blasphemy at home. Although it…

My name is Rayan Masih*. I am Pakistani but living in Thailand as a refugee for almost 8 years. We are a family of 3 – myself, my wife and my daughter. In Pakistan, life was good for us as long as we didn’t catch the attention of Islamic…

In his own words, this is the story of *Patience who fled home as a young child, and who is now raising his own family in a refugee camp. I am a Christian. I have been in refugee camp since I was 5 years old. Kakuma refugee camp is my…

Mahdi* lives in Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan and has become a friend as we have exchanged emails over the past year. He is caring for his mother, wife and 2 young children. I asked how the pandemic is affecting life for refugees in…

Alex, a native of Burundi, is currently living in Uganda, a refugee. Here you'll catch a glimpse of a young man articulate and kind hearted, even after the violence he has suffered. World Refugee Day: June 20th A friend of mine asked me…

Among the many emails I received in January 2019, one was from a young father named Mahdi,* a Syrian refugee in Jordan with his wife and their 2 young children. His mother fled with them when they left Syria. I do not know what happened to…

Kitala first contact AGC RSI in November 2017. We have emailed back and forth several times over these past two years. In my efforts to better understand what life is like for refugees, I asked Kitala if he would take some photos and write…

A poem by Pastor Farshid Fathi Born in 1979, Farshid has been working in ministry since 1997. In the years 2001 – 2005, he was instrumental in planting 48 underground house churches in his native Iran. On 25 December 2010, Farshid was…

Sarafeen* first contacted in October 2017. Their family arrived in Bangkok in September 2012, but by the time she contacted us, she was caring for her teenaged children alone. Her husband was in the Immigration Detention Centre ... again.…

I have often wondered what it would be like to be forced from my home - not just my house, but my city ... my province ... my country. To have to leave, not because I want to, but because there is NO. OTHER. OPTION. When it comes times to…

Psychologist Arthur Aron said that four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else. In this video Amnesty International experiments with that idea by pairing up Europeans and refugees who have…

When the unlikeliest of people are helping others it's an opportunity for self-reflection by those who should be the likeliest. Regardless of your politics and prejudice, "none of that matters here on the beach."