More must be done to help women and girl refugees and migrants
At a Council of Europe conference today in Athens to focus on challenges faced by women and girl refugees and migrants, Anna Zobnina, Strategy & Policy Coordinator for the European Network of Migrant Women stressed that not enough is being done to care for the specific needs of women and girl migrants. More...
inHERE final conference showcases continuous higher education support for refugees
The final conference of the inHERE project (Higher Education Supporting Refugees in Europe) held on 19 September 2018 in Brussels was not only an opportunity to present the outcomes of the project, but also offered a platform for exchange with other EU co-funded projects on the situation of refugees in higher education and research, as well as with international organisations and different Directorates General of the European Commission. More...
Avec HOPE et Uniformation, engagez-vous pour l'emploi et l'insertion des réfugiés
Dans le cadre du programme Hope (hébergement orientation, parcours vers l’emploi), Uniformation s’engage aux côtés de 36 réfugiés pour leur permettre de bénéficier d’un contrat de professionnalisation d’agent d’entretien du bâtiment de 9 mois. Si votre entreprise est intéressée, les démarches sont à faire dès à présent. Plus...
Magazine in Greece Rejects Labels about Refugees
When more than one million Syrian and other refugees poured into Southern Europe a few years ago, many Greeks rebuffed them, embracing nationalist, anti-immigration politicians or applauding officials who would usher the newcomers on their way to Germany and other countries. More...
A Lebanese Scholar Wants to Improve Refugees’ Lives
Lamis Jomaa, a young Lebanese scholar and professor at the American University of Beirut, hopes her work in assessing the food security of refugees and other vulnerable communities will contribute to solutions that improve lives. More...
Refugee Scientists: The unknown number
Two years have passed since R.M., a Syrian scientist, fled her country with her family. She left by plane, without telling anyone. She had been waiting for her chance—about three years before that, a former apartment of hers had already been destroyed by an air attack. And now, if she were to return, she’d likely be punished with imprisonment. More...
Refugee Education Efforts Not Keeping Up With Need
A new report published by UNHCR, the United Nations’ refugee agency, says that enrollment of refugee children in school in 2017 failed to keep up with the growing worldwide refugee population. A million more children now need to go to school than did a year ago, the report says. More...
Central European U Suspends Programs for Refugees
By Elizabeth Redden. Central European University, in Hungary, has suspended its programs for registered refugee and asylum seekers in response to what it says is new Hungarian legislation on refugees and immigration that took effect Aug. 24. More...
Défi métiers - Les réfugiés s’insèrent plus difficilement que les autres détenteurs d’un titre de séjour
Une étude de la Dares sur la situation des réfugiés sur le marché du travail montre que ces derniers ont un peu plus de difficultés à trouver un emploi que les autres titulaires d’un titre de séjour. Plus...