THE STARS INVOLVED IN HELPING MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES - NEWS - GOSSIP

Find out which stars are involved in helping migrants and refugees

Susan Sarandon

Actress and activist Susan Sarandon, our director for a day, recently visited the island of Lesbos, one of the first landings of migrants and refugees fleeing, especially from war-torn Syria. "I went to Lesbos to work with migrants", says Susan "I listened to their stories because I hope I can give them a voice. I have met so many wonderful people, people who want the same things we want, to keep our children at home. They have seen everything, war and persecutions, yet they still have great hope, they are just looking for an outstretched hand to help them start over ". In collaboration with The Huffington Post and the production company RYOT, Susan Sarandon will present a series of virtual videos describing the situation of the refugees.

Test: who do you look like? Discover the star in you!

Mandy Patinkin

Also Mandy Patinkin, actor of Homeland, was in Lesbos on behalf of the International Rescue Committee, an NGO that helps refugees who have just fled their countries of origin. "Can we be afraid of people who have suffered so much, and are trying to survive by fleeing a war?" Asks the actor and spokesperson in a video posted on Facebook by the IRC. The actor spent several days with them, and their stories recalled those of his family, of Russian and Polish refugees who fled their country during World War II.

Orlando Bloom

UNICEF ambassador since 2009, Orlando Bloom has visited Macedonia, which passes one of the most dangerous access roads to Europe and where there is a refugee camp. "These children faced enormous dangers, in unfavorable weather conditions and with the few clothes they were wearing. I listened to their stories and I was shocked" says the actor, "Europe must protect and support them", concludes Orlando.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher

On the occasion of Christmas 2015, Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher made a generous donation of $ 1 million to Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee, for two causes that are very close to their hearts. Save the Children has started a campaign of measles vaccinations in northern Syria, to avert the risk of an epidemic, while the IRC (the same as Mandy Patinkin) guarantees access to primary medical care for refugees.

Charlie Winston, M.I.A and Pharrell Williams

The world of music has also mobilized in favor of migrants, and each singer or musician has been involved in different ways. MY. recorded a song and shot a video, Borders, which speaks directly of the problem of migrants, and of the state of abandonment in which international policies leave them. Pharrell Williams dedicated his new song and video, Freedom, to migrants, the people who literally made America as we know it today. Charlie Winston made a militant song and video, Say something, which has also become a hashtag to talk about the problem of migrants also on social networks.

Alex Lutz, Isabelle Adjani, Marc Lavoine and others

60 French artists, including Alex Lutz, Isabelle Adjani, Nicolas Canteloup, Daft Punk, Dany Boon, Guillaume Canet and François Cluzet have signed an appeal called "A help", published on Le Journal du dimanche, in which they express their incomprehension for the "indifference of European countries towards the difficult situation of refugees." Enough dead children on Turkish beaches ", says the" appeal "these children are ours, and the anger should be of all" humanity "." They are victims of barbarism and war, they flee to survive and instead find death on a boat lost in the Mediterranean. Have we not learned anything from our past? "The words of the appeal were then followed by the donations of the signatories to the associations that work every day to help refugees.

Ai Weiwei

The Chinese artist, often imprisoned by his own country for reasons of censorship of free opinion, will dedicate a monument to refugees. He met many people in Lesbos, one of the first landings of refugees fleeing from the East, and there he will set up a studio of "artist where to work." It is a crucial historical moment ", he declared" and I want to create a "work that talks about the great crisis we are experiencing, hoping it will lead to a general awareness".