‘I feel peaceful here’: how a charity found a welcoming home for a homeless refugee

Sleeping rough in a London park, Robel contacted Refugees at Home and was quickly matched with a host

On a dark December afternoon, Frieda Schicker and Robel, the Eritrean refugee she has been hosting for the past two months, are squabbling about who should be relaxing on the sofa and who should be making cups of tea.

“He thinks I’m too old to make tea, and he doesn’t like being served,” Frieda says as Robel tells her: “I’ll do it. Let me do it.” She insists on boiling the kettle herself, making him sit down and rest after a tiring day studying construction at a local college.

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