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When asked how her family story has shaped her, Juno Englander, whose father fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the Second World War, answers without hesitation: "That one must never give up, that one must always see the positive."  Today, Juno’s father’s spirit also inspires his grandson, film and television actor Lucas Englander.  “He just tried as an individual to do his utmost to help people, or make a difference politically

When asked her favourite thing about her mom Chadia Bchir, 15-year-old Nour Alsaleh says without hesitation, it’s her smile. She sees in it the strength it took her mother to leave war-torn Syria to raise her and her brother in safety in the United Kingdom. “Your smile gives me hope,” she tells Chadia. “I think without you, my dad would probably not have taken the step to leave.

Andrii Kokorin and Mariia Borysova are living in the United Kingdom with their family after fleeing the war in Ukraine.