Over the past four years, the number of scholarships offered to refugees in the Arab region has increased. But thousands of young people still do not have access to university studies. This has led the Mediterranean Universities Union to embark on a new project focusing on universities in countries neighboring Syria to help them serve a larger number of refugee students in other ways. More...
In a calm, confident voice, Mariam Issa, a young Syrian engineer, explained how a scholarship to study for a master’s degree in civil engineering at the University of Minho had helped her to think and plan for her country’s reconstruction. More...
By Michael Gardner. More than 200 Syrians have received funding support for their studies in Germany via the ‘Leadership for Syria’ programme, which was officially concluded in April. New initiatives to support Syrian students are currently being discussed. More...
Between 19 and 22 April 2018, as part of ‘Together Moving Forward’, we went to Berlin to talk with the initiators of SHAMS, a project led by refugee students aiming to provide information to other refugees and asylum seekers who want to access the Higher Education system in Germany: procedures, documentation and the different opportunities they can apply for. More...
The Federation of the French-speaking students in Belgium (FEF), together with different local students’ unions, is taking part in a campaign to make universities and higher education institutions more friendly for immigrants, promoting open spaces and community building between locals and newcomers. More...
In a report, published today, the Special Representative of the Secretary General on migration and refugees, Tomáš Boček, recognises the efforts made by Bulgaria to cope with the challenges of a high number of arrivals of migrants and refugees, but highlights concerns about difficulties they face in entering into Bulgarian territory, notably at the border with Turkey, and in accessing international protection. More...
Un mois après avoir rendu publics les chiffres, en forte baisse, de la demande d'asile en Europe en 2017 (voir notre article ci-dessous du 21 mars), Eurostat publie ceux de la protection accordée, l'an dernier, aux demandeurs d'asile par les 28 Etats membres de l'Union européenne. Cette publication intervient alors que l'Assemblée nationale achève, dans un climat tendu, d'examiner en première lecture le projet de loi "pour une immigration maîtrisée et un droit d'asile effectif". Plus...
Students at Swiss universities have banded together to find ways for refugees to attend their schools on a trial basis, but earning a diploma may remain out of reach for many who lack specific entry requirements. More...
KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP, Kenya–Refugee students at this sprawling settlement in northwestern Kenya and in the Dadaab refugee complex on the other side of the country have defied the odds to score high grades in Kenya’s national examinations for primary and secondary school students. More...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is embarking on a fourth term in office after a struggle to form a new government that was prolonged in part by fierce debates over her decision more than two years ago to open the nation’s borders to over one million refugees from Syria and other conflict zones. More...
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