At the September 2016 high-level Summit for Refugees and Migrants, the UN General Assembly adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, which sets an ambitious agenda around protecting and sharing responsibility for refugees and migrants on a global scale. The international community has been called upon to translate these commitments into practice by […]
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North East Solidarity and Teaching (N.E.S.T) is a volunteer project making a difference in the lives of refugees and asylum seekers, created by students at Newcastle University. The student-led volunteer project empowers the refugee and asylum-seeking community in the North East of England. It provides English language classes, sports, creative arts, and trips to help […]
Emanuel Garavello , Independent Migration Specialist Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent travel restrictions exacerbated an existing gap between the ambitious goal of resettling refugees, and the actual number of safe transfers to third countries. Far before the pandemic forced the world into lockdown, only 4.5 percent of the 1.4 million estimated eligible refugees were […]
‘She arrived in this country with one bag and two children… Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused the worst refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War. More than eight million refugees from Ukraine fled for protection in Europe. As the Ukrainian government is currently not permitting men aged 18-60 to leave the country, […]
Refugees experience complex traumas on their journey. We need more culturally competent mental health professionals trained in trauma-informed care to support them. [vid_tags]
Providing equal access to education for refugees is a challenge across all school levels, and especially in higher education where only 3% of refugees are enrolled. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has set an ambitious target to ensure that 15% of young refugee women and men are enrolled in higher education by 2030. This would […]
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On 24th and 29th March Frome Town Council hosted two meetings exploring how the Frome community can support refugees. This second meeting looked at how we can add value to existing systems already in Frome and use existing experiences to identify and strengthen support systems already in place. [vid_tags]
On 19 January 2021, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in partnership with the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN), hosted the Southern Africa Regional Sessions of the Virtual Conference on the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Session 2: Local Integration of Refugees: […]