‘Refugees should be treated with care’: readers say why they donated £1.3m to charity appeal

Two Eritrean women who were previously street homeless at their house provided by the Boaz Trust, a member of the appeal’s charity partners, in Manchester. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

The Guardian and Observer 2023 charity appeal has so far raised more than £1.3m for refugee and asylum seeker charities, with more than 11,500 readers donating. The appeal is supporting three charities: Refugee Councils of Britain, Refugees at Home and the No Accommodation Network (Naccom). Here, with just hours to go before the appeal closessix readers tell us why they were inspired to give.

‘We came as refugees and now have rich connections to the UK’