Podcasts about refugee integration

L'Agenzia ONU per i Rifugiati (UNHCR) ha conferito a Sodexo Italia, per la quarta volta, il premio "Welcome - Working for Refugee Integration" per l'impegno a favore dell'integrazione lavorativa dei rifugiati e richiedenti asilo.  L'azienda, leader nei servizi che migliorano la qualità della vita, che offre soluzioni di ristorazione, Facility Management e cura e trasformazione degli spazi, ha ottenuto il riconoscimento oltre che per le numerose storie di successo negli anni, la stabilità e la durata delle collaborazioni, il benessere sul luogo di lavoro, anche per l'inserimento lavorativo nel 2023 di rifugiati di età compresa tra i 26 e i 40 anni provenienti da Nigeria, Ucraina ed Ecuador. Il logo We Welcome è stato conferito per le attività svolte nell'anno 2022/2023 a Sodexo Italia come riconoscimento del rilevante impegno dimostrato nella promozione di interventi specifici per l'inserimento lavorativo dei rifugiati. 

Episode 196 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download the episode directly here.This week, Craig talks to Prof Alison Phipps, Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow and UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, about the devastation of Gaza, the recent ruling by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide as a result of Israel's actions and on the defunding of UNRWA by many states in the immediate aftermath of that ruling.If, after listening to this podcast, you wish to donate to aid organisations working in Gaza then please consider UNRWA, MSF, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society or another aid organisation of your choosing.Common Weal's work is only possible thanks to our generous supporters who regularly donate an average of £10 per month. If you would like to help us build our vision of an All of Us First Scotland, you can do so here: https://commonweal.scot/donate/The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at craig@common.scotYou can also find us on iTunes, Spotify, Castbox, Stitcher, Tunein, iHeart Radio and other major podcast aggregators.You can also add the podcast to your RSS feed using this link: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/264906.rssThemeExcerpts from "Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show

Ennesimo riconoscimento per il grande impegno sociale profuso da Otb, la holding della moda e del lusso internazionale con quartier generale a Breganze fondata da Renzo Rosso nel 2002, che nei giorni scorsi ha ricevuto il premio 'Welcome. Working for Refugee Integration' da parte dell'Alto Commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i rifugiati: a Otb Foundation, organizzazione non profit del gruppo, è stato invece conferito il riconoscimento 'We Welcome'. Il primo riconoscimento è destinato alle aziende che hanno assunto richiedenti asilo e beneficiari di protezione internazionale o ne hanno favorito l'inserimento lavorativo attraverso programmi di tirocinio e di formazione, mentre il secondo è rivolto esclusivamente le realtà a vario titolo impegnate nel mercato del lavoro che abbiano favorito la presentazione di almeno una domanda per il logo Welcome. Working for refugee integration da parte di un'azienda selezionata a ricevere il premio nella presente edizione: l'eleggibilità per il premio We Welcome presuppone infatti l'effettiva assegnazione del premio Welcome all'azienda segnalata.

Louise Redmond of Mountain Mentors talks to Deb Smith about some of the challenges faced by refugees when they arrive in Australia and how refugee advocates provide practical support to refugees...with some commentary on the inadequacy of ALP refugee policies. If you'd like to contribute to or take part in the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), contact Louise via mountainmentors1@gmail.com. Email our local MP Susan Templeman to advocate for better treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. The songs referred to in this episode are: Be Brave by Little Foot Refugee by Eric Bogle and Refugee by Skip Marley If you'd like to add to the discussion, you can ⁠leave an audio comment about our show⁠, which may be added to one of our podcasts. This episode was first broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM 14th April 2023 and published as a podcast on 17th April 2023.. ⁠Apply to be a guest on our show⁠.  Join a union - 1300 486 466 or ⁠join online⁠.  Join ⁠BMUC⁠. ⁠Rights, Rorts and Rants⁠ is broadcast from 4pm to 6pm on 89.1FM or can be live streamed from ⁠rbm.org.au⁠. Blue Mountains Unions & Community pays its respect to, and acknowledges, the Darug and Gundungurra First Peoples of the Blue Mountains area and acknowledges this is Aboriginal Land that was never ceded. Disclaimer: We seek a range of perspectives but that means that views expressed in these podcasts are not necessarily endorsed by the ⁠Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc⁠. Authorised by D Smith, Secretary, Blue Mountains Unions Council/Blue Mountains Unions & Community, 52-52A Great Western Hwy, Mount Victoria, NSW, 2786. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rightsrortsandrants/message

This episode is part of a mini series exploring forced displacement as one of the many legacies of conflict. Alice interviews Prof. Alison Phipps, a Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow and UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Language and the Arts. Alongside her academic work, Alison is Co-Convener of the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network, an Ambassador for the Scottish Refugee Council, and she also chairs the New Scots Core Group for Refugee Integration in partnership with Scottish Government and the Scottish Refugee Council, among other high-profile advocacy and policy-making roles. Alison is in regular demand as a speaker and commentator, especially on refugee issues; and in 2012, she was awarded an OBE for Services to Education and Intercultural and Interreligious Studies. In the podcast, we talk about contemporary discourses of migration, in particular the dehumanising tropes that are used to generate fear and a sense of threat ('swarms', 'invasion', 'floods', etc). Alison reflects on the importance of decolonising the language we use to talk about refugees and asylum seekers, and she helps us see the immense value of going to other languages to explore how they visualise and articulate migration and mobility. Words are world-building; but the complexity of meaning that we find when we compare expressions in different languages helps us to nuance our understanding and rethink the attitudes that our own words embody. This in turn can help decontaminate hostile discourses and de-escalate the wars being waged against people whom we are taught (by news headlines and political rhetoric) to feel afraid of. This leads to discussion of the impact that language learning can have on refugee integration. Crucially, Alison advocates for host populations learning refugee languages, and not simply the other way around. She talks particularly about a project (run by colleague Giovanna Fassetta) in which Scottish primary school teachers learn Arabic from trauma-informed colleagues in Gaza, so that they can sympathise and celebrate with refugee children in their classrooms in their own language. We also talk more generally about what host populations can learn from refugee communities about how to handle different kinds of trauma and how to care for trauma-affected people, with refugees leading the way as experts-by-experience in this space. As Alison outlines, a well-thought-through integration strategy generates an environment of mutual learning, rather than imposing an expectation on refugees (who are handling many different challenges all at once) to do all the learning and adaptation themselves. Along the way, we discuss the role that the arts more broadly can play in deepening understanding, reducing fear and defusing hostile rhetoric around forced migration. Alison has a wealth of expertise of working through drama, film and other art forms,  and she reflects on what it takes to amplify indigenous voices and empower people with lived experience of forced migration to take charge of the discourse themselves. We hope you enjoy the episode. To find out more about our wider project on Visualising Forced Migration, please visit our website. If you have any questions or want to contribute to our ongoing discussions, please do get in touch. You can follow us on social media or contact us directly by emailing us at viswar@st-andrews.ac.uk. We look forward to hearing from you! Our theme music was composed by Jonathan Young. The show was mixed by Zofia Guertin.

There are many factors involved in the reception of Ukrainian refugees, and the response from governments and civil society has been, mildly put, remarkable. The role of sports clubs in the reception of refugees is gaining increasing recognition.Research by Tony Mickelsson Blomqvist, a PhD student at the School of Social Sciences at Södertörn University in Sweden, demonstrates the role of these clubs, in Sweden, as an important arenas for integration and improving refugee wellbeing. Read some of their latest work here: https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2022.2155218

Our host, Nicole Cacal, chats with Alex McLeod and Jay Long, Co-Founders of Parlay – a credit-decisioning tool that helps mission-driven lenders rapidly underwrite loan applications from underrepresented borrowers. Alex and Jay are also lead volunteers at ReUP, the Refugee Upskilling Program launched by Globally. Nicole, Alex, and Jay discuss the opportunities and constraints for refugees in the United States, the unique response of the Veteran community in addressing the needs of refugees, and the benefits of creating tech solutions that address issues of financial inclusion for immigrants.This episode is presented by Forbes Ignitewith production by Due South Media©2022 Forbes Ignite

On episode ninety-nine of the Gotta Be Saints Podcast, I spoke with Chantal Skubic about discernment. Biography: Chantal Skubic, a Fulbright Scholar, received her M.A. in Refugee Integration at Dublin City University.  A graduate of Virginia Tech, she received her B.A. in Business Marketing with added coursework in international studies and communication. She also performed undergraduate research in Malawi concerning female entrepreneurs' innovation and successes. Through her service organization she taught ESL courses and tutored refugee students which sparked interest in the field of refugee resettlement. Through her work at a resettlement agency outside of Washington, D.C she has assisted job seekers in obtaining employment, coordinated a youth mentoring program, and collaborated with top corporations on career-building workshops. Our Sponsors: This is a Good Catholic Podcast.  Use code GOTTA for 20% your order.Check out  The Catholic Company for all your Catholic merchandise needs! Use code GOTTA for 20% off your next purchase!If you enjoyed this episode, please give provide a review and make sure to subscribe!

In June 2022, the headlines in the UK were full of news about the Rwanda plan. As an ECHR ruling halted the first deportation flight scheduled to depart from Rwanda, from the Prince of Wales to the Archbishop of Canterbury it was the high-profile opponents of the scheme to offshore the UK's responsibilities to those seeking asylum that caught the attention of the press. But this public outpouring of resistance to bordering did not emerge from nowhere. It sits on years of resistance and protest from the grassroots and within local communities. Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow, and Tawona Sitholé (AKA Ganyamatope), Poet-in-Residence for the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network join Michaela and Ala to go beyond the headlines to look into the roles of local communities in resistance to bordering. Taking local community action in Glasgow as a starting point, they explore everyday acts of resistance, the connections between solidarities movements around the UK, and the political potential of poetry and storytelling. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on the Rebordering Britain and Britons after Brexit website.   In this episode we cover … 1 The Rwanda Deportation Scheme 2 Glasgow and the Kenmure Street Protests 3 Migrant solidarity across the UK   Quote [I]t isn't the stopping of the Rwanda flight that led to the publication of the Bill of Rights … that bill should have been unthinkable. And it has been thinkable because vested interests wish to see the removal of human rights from large swathes of the population, in the interests of vested in offshored capital, and outsourcing as a way of thinking about human beings and human beings not as human beings, but as human capital. — Alison Phipps   Where can you find out more about the topics in today's episode? Our headline ‘Monarchy, celebrity and clergy' was published in The Guardian, 14 June 2022   Alison Phipps is on Twitter at The University of Glasgow. Read her thoughts on the Rwanda Plain in this blogpost “The border is a Colonial Wound: The Rwanda Deal and State Trafficking in People” You can also hear more from her here The Tories' Rwanda plans have failed – what now?   Tawona Sitholé (AKA Ganyamatope) is on Twitter or at Glasgow Refugee, asylum and migrant network. Find more of his work at seeds of thought.   The poems performed in the episode are words and Border crossing in Togo   To learn more about activism in Glasgow we recommend, this article  on ‘The festival of resistance' a year on from Kenmure Street protests, this article on the protests against the Rwanda plans and this blog on the Glasgow girls and Roza Salih's journey to becoming a candidate for the Scottish Parliament election.   Call to action Follow the podcast on all major podcasting platforms or through our RSS Feed. To find out more about Who do we think we are?, including news, events and resources, follow us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

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For this episode, we have Elizabeth Gamarra. She is 24 years old, a TEDx speaker, Fulbrighter at Instituto Empresa (IE) University in Madrid, Pacific Forum Young Leader, and World Rotary Peace Fellow at International Christian University (ICU) is a Japanese Government MEXT PhD Fellow. She has a double Masters in the field of Mental Health (U.S) and Peace and Conflict Studies (Japan) which has permitted her to work as a therapist and mediator with refugee and indigenous communities, drawing on her Spanish and Quechua heritage languages. At age 14, she founded "Generations of Legacies" which is an initiative focused on educational empowerment. After completing her graduate-level studies at the record age of 19, she continued to grow this initiative from abroad. She has worked closely with Amnesty International USA, the Center of Migration and Refugee Integration, the Global Peacebuilding of Japan, Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) the Academic Council of the United Nations Systems Tokyo Office (ACUNS), and currently, interning at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. She is the former recipient of the 2020 TUMI USA National Award, the Martin Luther King Drum Major Award, Young Philanthropy Award, the Mediation Akin Olawore Peace Award, the Diversity and Equity University Award among others. Currently, she sits in the GPAJ Board of Directors, YCAPS Executive Committee, the World Federation Movement Working Group, the Justice Party Board of Directors, and is a Board of Trustees for Pax Natura International. Recently, she has co-founded the “RadioNatura Podcast," a unique multilingual podcast on peace and nature.

The Australian government has recently announced that it will partner with CRSA in the design of a new community sponsorship program for refugees known as ‘CRISP' (Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot). The program, due to be launched in the first half of 2022, will support 1,500 refugees over an initial four year period (2022 to 2025). Refugee advocate Saradha Ramanathan explains more about this program. - ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் அகதிகளை குடியமர்த்தும்வகையில், CRISP என அழைக்கப்படும் Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot என்ற செயற்றிட்டமொன்றை, பரீட்சார்த்த அடிப்படையில் நடைமுறைப்படுத்துவதற்கு ஆஸ்திரேலியா இணக்கம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. இது தொடர்பில் அகதிகள் செயற்பாட்டாளர் திருமதி சாரதா ராமநாதனுடன் உரையாடுகிறார் றேனுகா துரைசிங்கம்.

In this collection of bonus episodes, we’re looking at the concept of World Work, which embraces the idea that we are continuously impacting the world, whether we are conscious of it or not. Whilst World Work can involve big acts of altruism and community spirit, it always starts with self. Across the course of these 4 bonus episode, you will be hearing from 4 ‘world workers’ from across the globe, who have all used ORSC tools in very different ways tools to serve their wider communities.   In this episode, Katie Churchman is talking with Wael El Helou. Wael is a Director at “trace and the former Director of CRR Lebanon From managing one corporate transformation to another, Wael has led a multi-disciplinary corporate career that, combined with an eloquent passion to make a difference, has led him to co-found “trace and to dedicate his life to making people and organizations stronger than their challenges.During this podcast, Wael discusses how he used ORSC tools to help open up a dialogue between Lebanon students and Syrian Refugees. Lebanon has the largest per capita population of Syrian refugees in the world. As of 2020, the Lebanese government estimates their country hosts 1.5 million Syrian refugees. 

Finding a job is hard even if you speak the language, know how to write the perfect cover letter, craft just the right CV, and give all the right answers in an interview. Imagine having to learn to do all of that in a completely new country. Where do you even start?Jobs 4 Refugees, helps newcomers with that start. In Germany, those who are seeking safety and stability often look for a job as a means to gain experience in their new home and provide security for themselves and their families.Listen to today's episode to hear Julia, a client of Jobs 4 Refugees, share her experience working with the organization, and attending its workshops. Then Friederike Löwe, Integration Coordinator, tells us about Jobs 4 Refugees' history and how they have addressed the unique challenges of helping newcomers find a job in a new home. We also address how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected refugees' ability to work and find work.Thank you, Friederike and Julia, for coming on the podcast and sharing your experiences.Thanks again to Friederike for interpreting my conversation with Julia.This podcast is made possible by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Social Science Works.Please visit the Jobs 4 Refugees webpage to learn more (English version): https://www.jobs4refugees.org/?lang=en

This week's guest is Dr. Corinna Krume of Mosaique, a cultural center in Lüneberg that creates space for refugees and locals to meet, interact, and create cultural events. The organization hosts yoga, German practice, meet-ups over coffee, and much more. In this episode, you'll hear about what Mosaique does and why it serves as an important model for our society as a whole. We also address the important topic of burnout for volunteers and how to keep up motivation over a long term commitment to helping newcomers adjust. Email with suggestions: feedback@integrationforeveryone.com Follow on Twitter: @ifepodcast

This week you'll hear from Katharina, a volunteer with the Begegnungscafe Babelsberg.We discuss what it's like to be a volunteer in Geramny and Katharina draws on her experience of helping at refugee integration organizations in several German Bundesländer (States of Germany). We hear about the struggles of community integration, some of the successful approaches, and why this organization has been successful in bringing together around 100 locals and refugees each week.Follow Integration for Everyone on Twitter: @ifepodcastCompanion page: https://www.integrationforeveryone.com/cafe

Welcome to Dallgow, a small town on the outskirts of Berlin of about 10,000 people. Here you can find the welcome initiative Willkommen in Dallgow which formed to create a welcome community for refugees when they arrived in Germany and found themselves temporarily placed in refugee accommodations. This week's episode highlights the importance of those first days, weeks, and months for organizing community members for a welcome initiative. This week's guest, Elisabeth, discusses what it takes to ready a community for this kind of commitment. She shares her experience as a communication volunteer organizing volunteers and sharing information with the residents of Dallgow. She also discusses things that are important for enhancing integration in Germany such as cultural events and maintaining strong lines of communication between refugees and the community.Visit Willkommen in Dallgow at their website and Facebook page:Willkommen in Dallgow WebsiteWillkommen in Dallgow Facebook

Kurdish Iranian journalist, poet, filmmaker and writer Behrouz Boochani will be speaking in Dunedin alongside Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts.

Welcome to our very first podcast recorded in front of an audience at a festival! We were delighted to be asked to join the University of Glasgow UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the Solas Festival in beautiful Perthshire.

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin. Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2KrWJcj. What Sweden is doing about the refugee crisis is impressive. This country of about 10 million has received more refugees in recent years than any other rich country. Still, refugees face a difficult time running the bureaucratic immigration policy gantlet and integrating fully. Jean Pierre Candiotti, 33, an immigrant from Peru, leads the Refugees Transition Lab in the UNECSO-protected seaport town of Karlskrona with a population of about 36,000 people. Much of his effort focuses on helping refugees and other immigrants learn to become entrepreneurs. Most of the refugees he helps are from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria and Kuwait. “They come to find their dream life, to find a better life, to find peace,” Candiotti said in an interview we conducted in his office in Karlskrona during my visit. Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2KrWJcj. Click the following link to learn my insider secrets to media publicity for social impact: http://bit.ly/75offmedia.

This is my full conversation with Abdulla Daoud, the Executive Director at The Refugee Centre to try and understand more about the refugee application and integration process, what struggles they face, and how technology is helping solve social issues. Canada accepted more than 60,000 Syrian refugees since 2015 based on the last census. However, the issue of social and economic integration is one that still looms at large. To ensure that The Refugee Centre - Le Centre de Réfugiés, a Canadian non-profit that provides a sustainable integration methodology for refugees and immigrants in Canada by providing them with software classes to attain programming and developing skills that could help them enter the job market, become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, and add to the already growing tech industry.

This is my full conversation with Abdulla Daoud, the Executive Director at The Refugee Centre to try and understand more about the refugee application and integration process, what struggles they face, and how technology is helping solve social issues. Canada accepted more than 60,000 Syrian refugees since 2015 based on the last census. However, the issue of social and economic integration is one that still looms at large. To ensure that The Refugee Centre - Le Centre de Réfugiés, a Canadian non-profit that provides a sustainable integration methodology for refugees and immigrants in Canada by providing them with software classes to attain programming and developing skills that could help them enter the job market, become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, and add to the already growing tech industry.

* Agnieszka Checka is a writer. She has a zine about the experience of moving to Scotland, which is out now and available on Etsy. It’s called ‘One Of The Good Ones’. Her essay ‘When The Curtain Falls’ is going to be featured in the anthology The Bi-ble volume II: New Testimonials, which will be published by Monstrous Regiment in the summer. It’s about growing up queer in Poland.* Alison Phipps is Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, and the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts. She is also co-convenor of GRAMNET, the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network. Her book ‘Decolonising Multilingualism’ will be published by Multilingual Matters in June 2019. If you would like to read more about her ideas on multilingualism before June, a good place to start is here. She also recently released a book of poetry written with Zimbabwean writer Tawona Sitholé, which you can find here. You can follow her on Twitter here.* Eva Hanna is a PhD student who studies multilingualism. She is also the parents of two multilingual children. She also has a couple of excellent blog posts about the value of multilingualism which you can read here and here.* Natalie Findlayson stopped speaking German as a kid, but once she’d left school she ended up studying it at uni, spending some time in Germany and becoming completely fluent. Her parents might have felt at the time like they hadn’t succeeded in raising a bilingual kid but, ultimately, in a roundabout way, they did. She now teaches German and French at the University of Glasgow.* Harry Josephine Giles is a writer and performer from Orkney and based in Edinburgh. Their poetry collections Tonguit (2015) and The Games (2018) were both shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, and Tonguit for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Harry Josephine was the 2009 BBC Scotland slam champion, founded Inky Fingers Spoken Word, and co-directs the performance platform Anatomy. Their participatory theatre has toured widely, including Forest Fringe (UK), NTI (Latvia), CrisisArt (Italy) and Teszt (Romania). Harry Josephine’s performance What We Owe was picked by the Guardian's best-of-the-Fringe 2013 roundup – in the “But Is It Art?” category.* Andrew Macdonell lives in Brussels and tells people how to apply for research funding from the EU.

During this interview we explore the most effective policies to make refugees well integrated, productive and profitable members of society in the most efficient way. The primary focus revolves around current policies within Europe, the best ways to integrate refugees into the workforce and the limits of integration policiesDuring this one-hour interview we are eager to answer these questions together with Leo Lucassen, Professor of Social History and author, and Eva Degler, Migration policy analyst at OECD.What: Refugee Integration Who: Leo Lucassen and Eva DeglerInterviewers: Saumya Joshi and Olaf Vrijmoet.

During this interview we explore the most effective policies to make refugees well integrated, productive and profitable members of society in the most efficient way. The primary focus revolves around current policies within Europe, the best ways to integrate refugees into the workforce and the limits of integration policiesDuring this one-hour interview we are eager to answer these questions together with Leo Lucassen, Professor of Social History and author, and Eva Degler, Migration policy analyst at OECD.What: Refugee Integration Who: Leo Lucassen and Eva DeglerInterviewers: Saumya Joshi and Olaf Vrijmoet.

The U.S. refugee resettlement program is facing an extraordinary set of pressures and challenges. Following the Trump administration’s decision to sharply reduce refugee admissions, the number plunged in fiscal 2018 to an unprecedented low of 22,491 since the program’s formal creation in 1980. This has in turn caused drastic funding cuts for resettlement programs and uncertainty about the future—threatening the network’s sustainability and capacity for larger-scale refugee resettlement in the future. These challenges make this an important time to consider how programs can better serve the full spectrum of refugee integration needs, and how to strengthen partnerships with local governments and nongovernmental actors. Traditionally the refugee resettlement system has concentrated on helping adults find employment quickly, with limited resources focused on children or nonworking family members. However, research and experience point to the benefits of adopting strategies that address the needs of the whole family. Strong and supportive families promote better outcomes for children. Grounded in that knowledge, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) released a study on how a two-generation approach could strengthen refugee integration in the United States. On this webinar, MPI researchers Mark Greenberg, Julia Gelatt, and Jessica Bolter explore promising practices to better serve refugee families, including innovative efforts to secure better jobs for adult refugees over time. In a conversation with Utah's Director of Refugee Services Asha Parekh and Colorado's State Refugee Coordinator Kit Taintor, study authors discuss the potential for implementing and supporting two-generation approaches to refugee integration at a time when the system’s funding and capacity are in peril.   

Getting recently arrived immigrants and refugees into work has long been considered the lynchpin of successful integration, with the legitimacy of migration and asylum systems often linked to positive economic outcomes. Spurred in part by the European migration crisis, significant social innovations and public-sector investments have focused on assessing newcomers’ existing skills, matching them with available jobs, and providing training to those in need. But with labour markets increasingly characterized by technological disruption and the flexible but precarious "gig economy," this model risks being severely upended. This Migration Policy Institute Europe webinar marks the release of two publications produced in the framework of its Integration Futures Working Group. Jobs in 2028: How Will Changing Labor Markets Affect Immigrant Integration in Europe? examines possible scenarios for how social, economic, and technological trends could affect jobs, labor market policy, education and social policies, and migrant integration. The second report, Tech Jobs for Refugees: Assessing the Potential of Coding Schools for Refugee Integration in Germany, explores the potential of coding schools for refugees to help alleviate skills shortages and provide a pathway to work—for more than only a high-skilled minority. Join the experts for a discussion of key questions: How can governments equip newcomers—and indeed citizens—with the skills to thrive in the job markets of the future? How can governments prepare public services and contribution-based benefit schemes for a changing world of work? And for those unable to find work, what are the alternative ways that newcomers can meaningfully and measurably contribute to society?

The launch of Red Cross Denmark’s Fast Track programme, which focuses on early refugee employment, offers an opportunity to explore the relationship between local employment of refugees and the sustainability of rural life.

How can we measure integration? Our latest podcast spotlights the interesting approach of the Refugees in Towns (RIT) project, an initiative of the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University. For this podcast, META was joined by Karen Jacobsen, Professor at the Tufts University Fletcher School, director of the Refugees and Forced Migration Program at the Feinstein International Center, and Principal Investigator of Refugees in Towns; as well as Charles Simpson, Program Administrator of Refugees in Towns. To learn more, visit www.refugeesintowns.org.

Erik Khzmalyan and Tobias Brandt discuss Germany's strategy of integrating Syrian refugees. The conversation begins with Merkel's unilateral decision to accept over 1 million refugees in 2015. Mr. Brandt explains how Merkel communicated her decision with the general populace and recognizes the parties that opposed the decision. He then breaks down the integration process and describes the involvement of ordinary Germans in this process. Finally, Mr. Brandt sheds light on the policies implemented to combat radical ideologies that some refugees may harbor and concludes by talking about Germany's shortage of skilled workers and how refugees are integrated into the workforce. Tobias Brandt was born and raised in Germany where he attended the University of Hamburg to receive his BA in Middle Eastern Studies. He wrote his thesis on Al-Qaeda's propaganda strategy and used original Arabic documents for his research. Tobias spent some time in Qasid Arabic Institute in Jordan where he studied Arabic. He served as a volunteer language teacher in Germany helping a group of refugees to learn German. He is currently an MA student at the IWP studying Statecraft and International Relations.

Global Ideas Lab: Refugee Integration (Community Dinner June 2017) by Global Ideas

Ambassador Emerson discusses how German's are dealing with refugee integration in to society by American Ambassadors Live!

One of the main challenges facing refugees trying to integrate in their host country is finding a suitable job. Sweden recognises this issue and is investing in making inclusion in the labour market the driver of refugee integration.

6-12-12 Refugee Law Initiative Ms Robertson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and will discuss some of the barriers to integration due to psychological distress, and the role of psychological treatment in helping to facilitate integration. Dr...

6-12-12 Refugee Law Initiative Ms Robertson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and will discuss some of the barriers to integration due to psychological distress, and the role of psychological treatment in helping to facilitate integration. Dr...

‘Refugee-centered Versus State-centred Approaches to Refugee Integration?’ is the topic for discussion at the Human Rights Consortium, UCL, led by Dr Maja Korac-Sanderson of UEL and chaired by the Director of the Royal Commonwealth Society on Wednesday; More poetry with Ruth Callaghan Presents… on Friday at 1 Buck Street, Camden Town; Claire Tomalin Booker Prize Winner, discusses her new book, on Charles Dickens at the British Library 01937 546 546 . A shirt signed by the Arsenal team is among the items for auction at the Calthorpe Project; Paul Noble’s drawings of Nobson Newtown are the highlight at The Gagosian Gallery in Kings Cross – not to be missed. Recorded by: Vicki Battison Read By: Marita Hutson, Vicki Battison, DJ Rudeboy P Tosh and Martin Lim Edited by: Marian Larragy School of Advanced Studies, UCL :: British Library :: Calthorpe Project :: Ruth Callaghan Presents :: Paul Noble at Gagosian Gallery :: Back to Camden Community Radio :: CCRadio on Twitter :: File Download (4:00 min / 9 MB)

Human Rights Consortium, ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’ seminar series: "Authority and Inclusion: Reconsidering the Meaning of Integration in a Fragmented Age" - Professor Loren B Landau, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Cha...

Human Rights Consortium, ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’ seminar series: "Authority and Inclusion: Reconsidering the Meaning of Integration in a Fragmented Age" - Professor Loren B Landau, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Cha...

Human Rights Consortium, ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’ seminar series: "Authority and Inclusion: Reconsidering the Meaning of Integration in a Fragmented Age" - Professor Loren B Landau, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Cha...

Human Rights Consortium, ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’ seminar series: "Authority and Inclusion: Reconsidering the Meaning of Integration in a Fragmented Age" - Professor Loren B Landau, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Cha...