--- description: Celebs are offering to match donations title: These Celebrities Are Fed Up with the Refugee Crisis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccdff549b604f47a/6988622dcf40a89f15c3f892/jk-rowling-john-green-olivia-wilde-sam-morton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Celebrities Are Taking a Stand on the Refugee Crisis ## Video: Know Right Now: Migrant Crisis [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Migrant Crisis](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Um65XvJC.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-08-25. Germany and France are calling for a unified EU response to the growing refugee crisis in Europe_ by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 3, 2015 1:59 PM CUT  Cindy Ord—Getty Images; Rob Latour—Invision/AP; Yui Mok—AP; Desiree Navarro—WireImage/Getty Images by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 3, 2015 1:59 PM CUT Celebrities are voicing concerns about the welfare of scores of migrants seeking haven in Europe after fleeing north from North Africa and the Middle East. [J.K. Rowling](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling "undefined") is Tweeting on her own as well as retweeting users calling British Prime Minister David Cameron’s stance on refugees ‘utterly shameful’ and [linked](https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105991 "undefined") to a petition for the United Kingdom to accept more asylum seekers. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/639434012772159488) She also tweeted a cover of British newspaper the _Daily Express,_ featuring a cover line that reads: “Moving Story of a Dog’s 11-year Hunt For a Home.” > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/639128612172599296) John Green promised to match donations to author Patrick Ness’ fundraising page for Save The Children, to help the refugees. > [](https://twitter.com/johngreen/status/639412472760377344) Olivia Wilde, in a dig on Donald Trump, retweeted Sophia Bush, who shed light on Iceland taking in more Syrian refugees. > [](https://twitter.com/oliviawilde/status/638702594249068544) Samantha Morton, who’ll star in the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_, has also been vocal on social media. > [](https://twitter.com/samthesparrow/status/639395833667039232) And [Angelina Jolie](http://www.people.com/article/angelina-jolie-pitt-shiloh-visit-refugees-lebanon-video "undefined"), in her continued humanitarian efforts, visited refugee families earlier this year for World Refugee Day with her daughter Shiloh. ### See Images of the Mediterranean's Migrant Crisis  A ship belonging to Italian authorities approaches one of three migrant rafts some 120 miles off the Italian coast, about 40 miles from Libya, on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  Italian authorities are seen during an operation some 120 miles off the Italian coast that rescued more than 100 migrants coming from Libya on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  A boat of migrants that set off from Libya, as seen from a ship belonging to Italian authorities, during a rescue operation on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  A member of Italy's Guardia di Finanza brings a migrant aboard after they were rescued from an inflatable boat, which originated in Libya and was found some 120 miles off the Italian coast in the Mediterranean, on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  Immigrants from Bangladesh on a ship belonging to Italy's financial police after being rescued some 120 miles off the Italian coast on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  An officer with Italy's financial police speaks to colleagues on a radio from the command cabin during a migrant rescue operation—which also involved the Italian and Irish navies—some 120 miles off the Italian coast on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  Smoke billows from a migrant boat, set ablaze by Italian authorities so other smugglers don't use it, after they rescued more than 100 people some 120 miles off the Italian coast on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  Rescued immigrants are covered with thermal sheets in Lampedusa after being rescued some 120 miles off the Italian coast on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  An African man disembarks a ship belonging to Italy's financial police after being rescued with about 100 other people in an operation some 120 miles off the Italian coast on June 6, 2015. Giulio Piscitelli  An African boy stands covered with a thermal sheet in Lampedusa after being rescued some 120 miles off the Italian coast on June 6, 2015. 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