Panos Pictures has teamed up with UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, to produce an exhibition of portraits telling the stories of individuals, organisations and communities across the UK who are welcoming people that have been forced to flee their homes in other countries.

Award-winning photographer Andrew Testa travelled the length and breadth of the country – from the Isle of Bute to Liverpool and Bristol – meeting people who have sought refuge in Britain. The images are particularly poignant in light of negative recent statements by the British government about refugees and asylum seekers.

“Great British Welcome” will be exhibited at More London from 3rd October until 1st November 2023.

Sudanese refugees Wafa Murad and sisters Sumaia Adam and Hanan Adam Mohamed on a hill overlooking the town of Rothesay, Bute, United Kingdom. © Andrew Testa/Panos Pictures

Sudanese refugee Wafa Murad at her home with friends Hanan Adam Mohamed and Sumaia Adam meet with council workers Mardina Murphy and Hannah Greening, Rothesay, Bute, United Kingdom. © Andrew Testa/Panos Pictures