No Stranger Place
© UNHCR/Aubrey Wade
No Stranger Place is a series of stories profiling refugees and their hosts across Europe, developed by photographer Aubrey Wade. In June 2018, coinciding with World Refugee Day, the French chapter will tell the stories of some of the people in France who invited refugees into their homes.
Since the death of three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi in September 2015, thousands of people have come together to bridge cultural divides and language barriers.
Aubrey Wade and writer Nadine Alfa followed visits to Germany, Austria and Sweden with meetings with hosts across the United Kingdom whose generosity is helping to transform lives.
“The most lovely, surprising thing that happened is that we became friends.”
Emily Reynolds, 28, on her experience hosting “sassy” Areej from Sudan
Retired French couple take Sudanese refugee into their home
Afghan swaps hardship of the "Jungle" for suburbs of Paris
Frenchman and Syrian bond over shared interest in cooking
Christian couple provide haven of calm for young Muslim
French couple welcome LGBT activist from Mali
Afghan couple are like second parents to French hosts' toddler
'Lovely, surprising' friendship emerges for Sudanese graduate and hosts
From Manchester B&B to hosting a Syrian
Refugee unites with London host, except over football
WWII refugee's son hosts young Ethiopian in need
Couple spend time making sculpture and reading with Eritrean guest
Jewish family finds Syrian Muslim is the perfect guest
UK family helps Syrian teenager forget horrors of the "Jungle"
Jewish family open their Berlin home to Muslim refugee
Architect helps Syrian trio build new lives in Sweden
Austrian couple make Syrian guest part of the family
German family help Syrian brothers banish homesick blues
Quiet librarian and outspoken Syrian artist form unlikely bond
Afghan mother and child land on their feet in Austria
Berlin couple go from hosts to surrogate parents
Swedish same-sex couple welcome Muslim family
