Refugee settlementcategorisationboundingSyrianasylumintegrationThis article explores the experiences of young Syrian refugees in the UK. It looks at how settlement plays out for two 'types' of Syrian refugees, those resettled by the UK Government and those who claim asylum in the UK. Drawing on ...
Amnesty International’s UK Director Kate Allen told Channel 4 News: “We are in an extraordinary crisis at the moment. It’s the biggest refugee crisis for a generation: 4 million Syrians outside of Syria, most of them in the region. And Britain’s response to that is to take 90 peop...
A giant puppet depicting a young Syrian refugee girl 'walked' through Athens, 'seeking her mother and safety' on the latest stage of an 8,000 kilometer journey. 'Little Amal' is a nine-year-old giant puppet that is part of an effort to raise awareness about the pligh...
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Teachers need to understand that Syrian refugee children do not solely pose an academic challenge in a diverse classroom environment and should not solely focus on the acquisition of language skills, but intervention and support programs like PICTES or PIKTES need to foreground much more the ...
“We have strong political leadership around migration issues in Scotland and there is a lot of goodwill from local people towards newcomers. We need to harness both of these if we are to provide the support people seeking refugee protection are entitled to, and ...
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Some of them argue that had there been no revolt and massive demonstrations, whether peaceful or not, there would not have been that much killing, destruction and refugee movements on such an enormous scale. The armed opposition groups were not really invited by ‘the people of Aleppo’ to ...
Syria’s 9m internally displaced people are especially in need of income. Aid services are even less regular inside Syria than in refugee camps in neighbouring countries where organisations can safely access 3m refugees. “These aren’t even really camps. They’re surrounded by war zones, there...