Malala Yousafzai captured the world’s attention after she was shot by the Taliban for her advocacy of gender equality. In her latest book, We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World, Yousafzai writes about being forc…
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Digital tools are vital for refugees hoping to start a new life
When Lily Eftetahi arrived in Greece three years ago as a refugee from Iran, she spoke neither Greek nor English. She had countless questions about how to start a new life as a refugee, but wasn’t sure who to ask for accurate answers.
That chan…
LEGO Foundation gives Sesame Workshop $100 million to help refugee kids
Since 2015, Sesame Workshop and LEGO Foundation have worked together in India, Mexico, and South Africa to give children in need the opportunity to learn through play. Now, for the first time, they’re teaming up to address the specific needs of child…
View More LEGO Foundation gives Sesame Workshop $100 million to help refugee kidsThis refugee camp has an inclusive playground that children with disabilities can enjoy — Genius Moments
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The playground at the Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan is one of the first of its kind inside a refugee camp, giving all kids access to a right to play.
UNICEF hopes the playground becomes a global message for social cohesion. Read more…
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Young Rohingya refugees find hope in friendship
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Tasmin Ara, Mustakima, Nur Akter, and Showkat Atu arrived at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, a year ago.
The girls, all of whom are 10 with the exception of 12-year-old Showkat Atu, have developed a system for surviving Kutupalong: They make friends with every new girl who’s forced to call the world’s largest refugee camp her home.
“It is hard when you first arrive, so we help by sharing food and clothes,” Mustakima recently told Plan International, a child rights and humanitarian organization that provides services in Kutupalong. (Plan Internernational identified the girls, who participate in the nonprofit’s programs, by only their first names.) Read more…
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View More Young Rohingya refugees find hope in friendshipFacebook’s role in anti-refugee attacks outlined in shocking study
Facebook bubbles are dangerous.
Not in an abstract, immeasurable way. They actually make communities more prone to racial violence, claims a disturbing new study from the University of Warwick.
The New York Times reported a lengthy piece …
Study ties Facebook engagement to attacks on refugees
A study of circumstances and demographics attendant on attacks against refugees and immigrants in Germany has shown that Facebook use appears to be deeply linked with the frequency of violent acts. Far from being mere trolling or isolated expressions of controversial political opinions, spikes in anti-refugee posts were predictive of violent crimes against those groups.
View More Study ties Facebook engagement to attacks on refugeesAirlines in Australia face increasing pressure over refugees
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Activists are condemning Australian airlines for profiting off the deportation of refugees and asylum seekers.
First reported by Fairfax, Qantas and Virgin Australia are in the sights of human rights activists for their role in the country’s immigration system, which multiple bodies within the UN have heavily criticised for failing to uphold international human rights standards.
The UN Human Rights Committee has long condemned Australia’s refugee policy, particularly the management of offshore detention centres on Nauru and (now-closed) Manus Island, where assaults, sexual abuse, child abuse, and squalid living conditions were documented. Read more…
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View More Airlines in Australia face increasing pressure over refugees5 books about immigrant and refugee experiences that you’ll want to read with your kids
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Over the past several weeks, we’ve had heartrending conversations about what’s happening to migrant children and their families at the U.S. border.
The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy has separated children from their parents and raised the possibility that the U.S. will indefinitely detain migrants, even those seeking asylum. Explaining these recent developments to children as a parent or caregiver can feel challenging — and emotionally daunting.
Yet such conversations are imperative, says Ladislava Khailova, professor at the Founders Memorial Library at Northern Illinois University. Storytelling helps children become attached to a character’s fate, which can increase their empathy for the experiences and people they read about. Avoiding the subject all together, or dodging tough questions, can contribute to cultural misunderstandings that grow into hostility or even hatred toward immigrant and refugee groups over time. Read more…
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View More 5 books about immigrant and refugee experiences that you’ll want to read with your kidsUniversity tweets no-nonsense message to people complaining about scholarships for refugees
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A UK university has a message for anyone not on board with its plan to award 14 scholarships to refugees living locally — if you don’t like it, tough luck.
The University of Reading tweeted that it had received feedback about its plan to “offer up to 14 scholarships to refugees living in the local area.”
“To these people, we would like to say: Tough. Jog on,” read the tweet.
We’ve had feedback over the last week that some people are unhappy with our plan to offer up to 14 scholarships to refugees living in the local area. To these people, we would like to say: Tough. Jog onhttps://t.co/ioDLPp5crw
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Grace Aheron has never met the four transgender women from Honduras and El Salvador currently detained in a federal immigration facility in New Mexico, but she’s waiting to welcome them into her home.
These women arrived in the United States in April after traveling thousands of miles with a migrant caravan from Central America to seek refuge from discrimination and persecution in their native countries. They made their way toward the U.S. without someone to sponsor them — until Aheron, a 27-year-old activist who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, volunteered to be their host.
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Refugee numbers at a ‘record high’ — here’s how to fix that
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The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released its Global Trends report on the global refugee crisis on Tuesday, concluding that the world’s forcibly displaced population was at a “record high.”
According to the report, a total of 68.5 million people were displaced by the end of 2017, increased by 2.9 million since 2016. During 2017 alone, 16.2 million people fled — which comes out to 44,500 people becoming refugees every day of last year. This is the largest increase of refugees UNHCR has seen in a single year.
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