In the past 30 years, Australia has settled thousands of African refugees. But many arrived here at a young age and with low educational attainment. That presents challenges in trying to encourage more to participate in higher education. More...
Pistes-Solidaires est coordonnateur, en 2018 et 2019, d’un projet Erasmus+ de mobilité de l’éducation des adultes, IN AND OUT. Plus...
People seeking asylum in Australia face complex and significant barriers accessing higher education. Due to the temporary nature of their visa, their only pathway to university is being granted admission as an international student, which is financially prohibitive. This paper focuses on the lived experience of people seeking asylum with regard to accessing higher education, and identifies six major themes: the importance of accessing studies; the stress of struggling to meet living expenses while studying; mental health issues; support for people with disabilities, health challenges, and family responsibilities; the importance of language support and navigational brokers; and the role of higher education in the settlement of people seeking asylum. More...
For a year spanning 2015–2016, Europe experienced sudden and massive arrivals of migrants and refugees, quickly dubbed a 'crisis' by the media. As of 2019, host countries in Europe are still dealing with the aftermath. But Germany has quickly risen to the fore for its initial welcome and the innovative approaches it has taken to accommodating the arrival of newcomers four years ago. Based on interviews conducted in the summer of 2019 as part of an intensive two-week study tour that explored the integration of refugees into German higher education, this blog post will briefly discuss Germany's approach to integration through higher education and how this has made for a German higher education landscape that is more inclusive of refugees. More...
“Freedom of expression in Azerbaijan continues to be under threat” said Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights, at the end of a four-day visit to Azerbaijan. Recalling the European Court of Human Rights’ judgments stressing a troubling pattern of arbitrary arrest and detention of government critics, civil society activists and human rights defenders through retaliatory prosecutions and misuse of criminal law in defiance of the rule of law, the Commissioner highlighted that “releasing all persons who are in detention because of the views they expressed should remain a priority.” She also reiterated her call to decriminalise defamation. More...
In the framework of its current project, Complementary pathways for adult refugees: the role of VET, skills and qualifications, Cedefop’s idea is to define and test a skills-based matching process to allow refugees to move to other countries where they can find work. The starting point would be labour market needs in the potential destination countries and the refugees’ skills and qualifications. More...The boy’s eyes lit up when he talked about his dream of becoming a doctor.
Seven-year-old “Mohammad” – not his real name – is a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar. I met him at a learning center at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in early July 2019. More...
Across the world, armed conflict, instability, drought and famine are driving more people from their homes for longer periods of time. On average, displacement lasts almost 20 years. This means that displaced children and youth are likely to experience most, if not all, of their education outside their countries of origin. More...
A two-pronged approach incorporating both access to higher education along with support programs would further the meaningful implementation of human rights discourse. More...
Dans le cadre du Refugee food festival, qui fait pour la première fois étape à Rennes jusqu'au 30 juin, des réfugiés ayant une appétence pour la cuisine se retrouvent chefs d'un jour dans des restaurants rennais partenaires.
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Restauration.-Des-refugies-chefs-d-un-jour-dans-des-restaurants-rennais
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