#3000chairs: the empty chairs of Syrian child refugees – in pictures
Illustrators, authors and children have responded to our publication of Nicola Davies’s poem The Day The War Came which drew attention to the 3,000 unaccompanied Syrian children to whom the UK government decided not to give a safe haven. Nicola called on everyone who was outraged at this to paint, draw or sketch an empty chair and share it on Twitter with #3000chairs
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#3000chairs
The reaction on Twitter from children’s illustrators, authors and many others to Nicola Davies’ poem The Day The War Came has been huge. Nicola wrote her poem in response to the UK government rejecting Lord Alf Dubs’ prosposal to provide sanctuary for 3000 lone Syrian children refugees. The #3000chairs for 3000 children protest began with hundreds of original chair pictures posted online. This gallery contains just a few of them. You can join in on Twitter and also in our Guardian Witness project: Join in! Draw, paint or sketch your empty chair – and share it with us hereIllustration: Chris Haughton
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Illustration: Jackie Morris
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Illustration: Birgitta Sif
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Photograph: Alex Millway
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Illustration: Kristyna Litten
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Illustration: Axel Scheffler
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Illustration: SarahMcintyre
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Illustration: Elissa Elwick
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Illustration: Mark Chambers
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Illustration: Tatum Flynn
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Illustration: Sophy Henn
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Illustration: Rob Biddulph
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Illustration: Joel Stewart
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Illustration: Sadie Tierney
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Illustration: Neal Layton
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Illustration: George AKA children's books site member The Vampire's Assistant
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Photograph: Karin Celestine
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Illustration: Lucy Yewman, Guardian children's books site member
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Photograph: Su spence
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Photograph: Harry and Catherine Barr
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Illustration: Yuval Zommer
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Illustration: Emily Sutton
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Illustration: Benji Davies
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Illustration: Alex T Smith
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Illustration: Jim Field
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Illustration: Nikki Dyson
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Illustration: Cathy Fisher
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Illustration: Ros Asquith
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Illustration: Chris Riddell
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Illustration: Marta Altes
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Illustration: Petr Horacek
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Illustration: Debi Gliori
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Illustration: Malorie Blackman
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Illustration: WIlliam Grill
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Share your own chairs #3000chairs on Twitter and also Join in with our Guardian Witness project! Draw, paint or sketch your empty chair – and share it with us here. Thank you to Nicola Davies and Jackie Morris for starting #3000chairs, a beautiful and heartbreaking protest. Latest news is that now Lord Dubs (the Labour peer who came to Britain as part of the government-backed Kindertransport scheme before the war) is trying to get a new version of his bill passed in the House of Lords, so all is not lost.Check out this glorious gallery of some of your chairs shared on Witness
Illustration: Hannah Shaw
