Refugee Week 2026
For refugees around the world, courage is often a daily necessity. It is the courage to face unknown journeys, learn new languages, navigate unfamiliar systems, or simply to wake up each morning and step into an uncertain world.
Kindness is Courage
Courage isn’t always loud or bold. It can be found in simple acts of kindness: opening your door to a neighbour, helping someone who is new to your community, or even a giving someone a simple smile and hello.
This Refugee Week, join the campaign to learn how your acts of kindness can go a long way, helping refugees feel welcome and safe in your community.
Refugee Week 2026 marks 75 years since the Refugee Convention — a landmark agreement affirming that those forced to flee deserve protection, dignity, and hope. For 75 years, it has provided the legal foundation that has saved millions of lives.
The word COURAGE comes from the Latin cor, meaning “heart.” Inspired by the lives and experiences of people seeking sanctuary, Refugee Week 2026 invites us to explore the theme of Courage.
At a time when some seek to divide and blame, Refugee Week 2026 calls us to come together and share the courage to welcome, to stand for what we believe in, and to celebrate culture and community - to be joyful, imagine new possibilities, dream, heal, and connect.
Courage is found in simple acts: being a good neighbour, trying new food, reading a book, or watching a film that changes your view of the world. It can be speaking up, asking for help, sharing your story or simply having the courage to be yourself.
Refugee Week is about community, positivity and solidarity. We are proud to support refugees and to counter rising hate with courage and light.
