Refugee lives brought into focus - in pictures

Georges Szirtes was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1948 and came to England as a refugee in 1956. He was brought up in London and studied fine art in London and Leeds. His poems began appearing in national magazines in 1973 and his first book, The Slant Door, was published in 1979, and won the Faber Memorial prize the following year. In 1982 he was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has won various prizes including the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2005. He teaches poetry and literature at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. Here, he is at home in Norfolk in the studio of his wife, the painter Clarissa Upchurch, with a portrait of himself in the foreground Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos

A small suitcase of old photographs which was all Georges Szirtes' family was able to retrieve when they fled Hungary Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos

Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche was born in 1939 in Kham, Eastern Tibet and trained in traditional Tibetan medicine and religion. As a teenager he performed religious ceremonies and treated the sick in various comunities. Following the 1959 takeover of Tibet, he fled to the UK in 1963, where was co-founder of Samye Ling Buddhist Centre in Dumfriesshire, Scotland in 1967. He has also created soup kitchens in cities throughout Europe and a children's home and clinic in Nepal. Here, Tulku stands in front of the main temple of the Samye Ling Buddhist Centre's as it is redeveloped Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos

Self-taught Chilean musician, Carlos Arredondo, came to the UK from Chile in 1974 after the Pinochet coup. He now teaches at Stevenson College in Edinburgh. Carlos writes poetry and is a singer/songwriter and musician, promoting others' work through Fabula, set up for a better understanding of Latin America. Here, he rehearses with his daughter Paloma, in Edinburgh Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos

Hawar Ameen fled Iraq at the age of 10 in 1986 with his parents during the Iran/Iraq war. He spent eight months or so in camps in Iran before arriving in the UK. He now lives in Cardiff and works as a policy co-ordinator for the Welsh Refugee Council. Here, he marches against the government's proposed job cuts in Cardiff, 2011 Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos

Tea Hodzic was born in Sarajevo where she trained in classical guitar and opera. Since arriving in the UK in the 1990s, she has appeared on UK television and radio and she has been selected to sing at the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Here, she takes a tube to the Art Depot in North Finchley to teach music to children Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos

Bosnian Tea Hodzic teaches music to children at the Art Depot in North Finchley, London Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos

Gervelie Mambs, aged 16, came from Congo in 2003 with her father Gervais. The Red Cross helped Gervais when he first arrived in the UK and he became a volunteer, eventually joining the staff in East Anglia as a refugee coordinator. Gervelie, now 16, is a pupil at the Notre Dame High School, Norwich, and regularly gives talks about her experiences in schools and universities. The picture shows Gervelie in the sitting room at home in Norwich, 2011 Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos

Gervelie Mambs with her friends walking between classrooms, 2011 Photograph: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos