Tag: Refugee
Qualified refugees find new paths to jobs
You come in here. – Yes. Exactly, first day of work. A first version of the film. Together with Nistiman Erdede, who plays the lead role, the two bosses at the agency called Freundliche Grüsse are still fine-tuning…
Read More »How the Jo Cox Studentship will help refugee studies
Receiving the Jo Cox Studentship for me in Refugee-Migration Studies is not just an immense honour at a personal level but also a responsibility with with a lot of history behind it. For me as a person who…
Read More »What This Syrian Refugee Does That Will Make You Smile
I’m a very, very happy child when I was in Syria. Before the war in Syria. 2011, the war started. One day, when I finished school, I was going out with three of my friends, and then suddenly,…
Read More »Canada’s Humanitarian Tradition: Refugee Perspective
You know, I wouldn’t be a chartered accountant or where I am right now without the generosity of Canadians, who opened their minds and their hearts and their pockets and their home to our family. We are hoping…
Read More »Shaima’s Story – A Day in a Life of a Refugee Child | World Vision
Shaima: We were in our village when the missiles and bombs hit. I told my father we should leave and go to Jordan. We had to walk about 72 kilometres. Thousands of children like Shaima, fleeing their homes…
Read More »Joining Refugees On Perilous Boat Crossing | Special Report
Abu Abdullah’s family have slept on this pavement for five days now. They fled bombs and fighting in the Syrian city of Daraa. But like the hundreds of others crowding the Turkish town of Izmir, this is but…
Read More »Syrian refugees in Lebanon desperately needing medical treatment | Unreported World
This episode takes us to the front lines of the Syrian refugee emergency in Lebanon. A country that has received over one and a half million refugees since the war began. This Unreported World film first aired in…
Read More »The Real Refugee Crisis Facing Canada
Like most Canadians, I embrace the welcoming status quo in this country toward immigration and legitimate refugees. Even though my family has been here for five generations, I never forget that this country took us in when we…
Read More »Hong Chau Shares Her Story as a Refugee Coming to America
-We talk a lot about immigrants right now. We talk a lot about refugees. Your parents, your family has this incredible story which is, as you mentioned, you came here, you had a sponsor in this country. It…
Read More »What language to testify at your refugee hearing in Canada? Mother tongue or French/ English?
Today I wanted to talk about refugee claims and what language should applicants use when giving their testimony sometimes I have clients that I represent for refugee claims that are very comfortable in English and they want to…
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