After 7 months of beaming music and discussion to you over the internet, it’s time to do it IRL again. We’re taking over Berlin’s OXI Garten on Friday, August 6th, for a day of panel discussions, DJ sets, food and more. 

Over the next 12 months, Refuge Worldwide’s studio and community space in Neukölln, Berlin will host a series of DJ workshops with Resident Advisor.

On Saturday, 31st July, we are heading to London to host a tent for our friends at GALA Festival.

The United Kingdom is set to introduce tougher sentences for “illegal entry” and grant authorities powers to intercept small boats of migrants and asylum-seekers.

Founded by friends living in Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Amman, the online radio station was created in March 2020 to connect people living across the Middle East and North Africa.

On July 19, the Berlin NGO will continue a series of protests called #abschiedefrei directed at the airlines responsible for deporting refugees.

Regular DJs from Pawnshop will share the sounds of Taiwanese nightlife across six hours of programming on Refuge Worldwide. 

Video footage released on Monday shows hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ activists scaling the wall of the Tbilisi Pride office to dismantle and tear up rainbow flags. 

On July 7th, Carhartt WIP will release a reissued version of the 2018 book One Week With 1UP, with all proceeds from sales going to Refuge Worldwide.

A Cambodian judge has sent three young activists to a prison in Phnom Penh for conspiracy and “insulting the king”.

Refuge Worldwide is putting half of the proceeds accrued through our Patreon towards supporting the community station Radio Zaatari.

Black Lives Matter Berlin will be hosting a protest this Friday, July 2 leaving from Pariser Platz/Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) at 15:30.

Refuge Worldwide is excited to announce a special pre-opening event at our community space this Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26.

Mina, a flag-bearer for progressive counter-cultural resistance in Portugal, is expanding into a multidisciplinary space for musical and artistic communion.

Expats in the Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen campaign are calling for immediate action to control housing prices.

America’s billionaires pay little, or sometimes even nothing, in income tax, a new investigation by the outlet ProPublica has revealed.

To mark World Oceans Day 2021, June 8th, we have partnered with Concentric Records to curate a day of broadcasts based on the Ocean Archive of TBA21–Academy.

While training to become a therapist, New York native Kemoy Jemmott realized that she was one of two queer people—and the only Black person—in her graduating class.

Laura BCR—a French DJ and the founder of On Board Music—is releasing her third compilation to support refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

We have seen a thread on social media relating to a post on our news site regarding a fundraiser for Palestinian charities.

The United Nations refugee agency is calling on U.S. president Joe Biden to lift restrictions on asylum-seekers put in place by former president Donald Trump in March 2020.

DJ Nobu, Steve Bicknell, and DJ Rush are among dozens of artists contributing tracks to the compilation 100 Years Of Colombia to be released on June 3. The income from the 99-track album will be donated to charity organizations across Colombia.

The past two weeks have seen surging violence in Israel and Palestine, with a series of events coinciding to spark the worst conflict the region has seen in years.

Protests in Colombia are entering their third straight week following right-wing President Iván Duque’s decision to introduce a regressive financial proposal on April 28.

Ten resident artists from foundation.fm and Refuge Worldwide radio will broadcast across both platforms this Friday. The link-up comes as part of foundation.fm's Friday Takeover series.

The European Union is looking to strengthen the authority of its privately-owned border agency, Frontex, despite accusations of brutal treatment toward migrants.

Christiana Bukalo first understood she was stateless at the age of 18.

On the first Friday of every month since March of 2020, Bandcamp have waived their revenue share to help support artists and labels.

Organizations and nonprofits worldwide are urging people to take action as India struggles to contain a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths.

To mark the May Day demonstrations in Berlin this year, 3’Hi and Refuge Worldwide are hosting a day of DJ sets in support of Kreuzberger Himmel, a Berlin-based restaurant run by refugees that produces high-quality meals for Berlin’s homeless community.

Refuge Worldwide and the Berlin-based production school Open Music Lab (OML) will team up to offer a series of radio production and DJ workshops throughout 2021 and 2022. 

Weather-related events triggered an average of 21.5 million new displacements each year over the past decade, according to a new data visualization from The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). 

Hot Concept have released a six-track various artist EP, ‘Hot Compilation’, with all proceeds being donated to habibi.works.

We have just received the wonderful opportunity to take over a fantastic new space in Neukölln, where we can build a real studio for the community. 

We proudly present a live broadcast in collaboration with female:pressure this International Women’s Day, 8th March.

This week marks the one year anniversary of the Hanau killings.

Open Music Lab have announced a new online beginners‘ course for music production.

Refuge Worldwide are happy to announce we are supporting the Queer Black Therapy Fund, donating a share of the revenue from our Patreon account between the dates of January 1st and June 30th 2021.

Choose Love and the Guardian are reporting that victims of trafficking, modern slavery and torture are facing prison-like conditions in the UK.

Refuge, the Berlin-based fundraising series, have launched a new community radio platform this month: Refuge Worldwide, a home for music, conversation, and a blog. 

In 2020 the opening of a vital space in Berlin, the aequa Community Centre, was devastated by COVID.

Here you can find a list of the non-profit organisations that Refuge Worldwide has supported over the last five years.

Stuttgart based migrant rights association Refugees4Refugees have brought attention to the forced removal of Nigerians by the German government.

Spotify's end of year 'Wrapped' campaign has highlighted a growing discontent amongst many musicians and music fans, aimed at the streaming giant's unfair payment system.

Berlin label Raiders have released 'Astral Booty', the concluding half of their Queens of Club project.

The UK Home Office plans to deport 50 Black Britons on a flight to Jamaica this week.

The Scottish Parliament has voted to pass a motion that will make period products available to anyone who needs them, the first country to introduce such a measure.

Women in Exile have organised two rally on Wednesday 25th November.

A report by the Associated Press has found that dozens of women have alleged violent and sexual abuse while working on Indonesia and Malaysia palm oil plantations.

Refuge regular Nathan Micay has scored the soundtrack for HBO series Industry. The series is getting big reviews across the board and an OST will be released on LuckyMe next month.