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This Very Short Introduction covers a broad range of issues around the causes and impact of the contemporary refugee crisis for both receiving states and societies, for global order, and for refugees and other forced migrants themselves. Gil Loescher discusses the identity of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons and how they differ from other forced migrants. He also investigates the long history of the refugee phenomenon and how refugees became a central concern of the international community during the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition (CYRRC) is a Canadian network of researchers and community partners working together to better understand what helps young refugees settle in Canada. The Refuge is our podcast through which we hope to share what we have learned with a greater number of service providers and the public. We discuss subjects like how refugee youth are settling into schools, the language learning needs of refugee children, how refugee families are integrating in Canada, and what are their economic situations.

Dans les podcasts d’Alpine Mag, on vous raconte les liens qui nous unissent à la montagne, on la décrypte, on la parcourt. Que vous soyez randonneurs, grimpeurs, alpinistes, skieurs, traileurs ou juste doux rêveurs, notre podcast vous emmène dans la montagne d’aujourd’hui et de demain.Cette deuxième saison intitulée Le Refuge, reprend la promesse d'Alpine Mag : Informer. Inspirer. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

A must-read for modern sanghas--Asian American Buddhists in their own words, on their own terms. Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists identify as Asian American, mainstream perceptions about what it means to be Buddhist in America often whitewash and invisibilize the diverse...

Asylum Denied is the gripping story of political refugee David Ngaruri Kenney's harrowing odyssey through the world of immigration processing in the United States. Kenney, while living in his native Kenya, led a boycott to protest his government's treatment of his fellow farmers. He was subsequently arrested and taken into the forest to be executed. This audiobook, told by Kenney and his lawyer Philip G. Schrag from Kenney's own perspective, tells of his near-murder, imprisonment, and torture in Kenya.

Refugees Walls of Memory, is a living platform that consist of podcast, interview series, dialogue forum, and refugees historical archive built to secure refugee memory and amplify refugee voice. It treats testimony not as content but as inheritance. Stories aren’t headlines here; they are kept with dignity, preserved for learning, policy, and posterity. Where others bury trauma, we lay it as a foundation stone. Where reports flatten lives into numbers, we build oral histories with names, faces, and breath. This platform turns a symbolic room into a bridge and refugees museum.

refuges, c'est un projet qui réunit des réfugiés de la mission locale de Lorient autour d'ateliers mêlant pratique du français, apprentissages autour de la voix et de la radio et découverte des médias audios. Ce podcast retrace nos enregistrements.

We live in an age of displacement. Refugee numbers are increasing due to a proliferation of fragile states. And yet, rising populist nationalism has undermined the political willingness of rich countries to accept migrants and asylum seekers. Given these contradictory trends, how can we create sustainable refugee policies that enable displaced people to live in safety and dignity, while operating at scale? The Wealth of Refugees draws upon a decade of original qualitative and quantitative research to offer practical solutions.

Father’s Refuge Podcast is a compassionate space for anyone navigating grief, loss, healing, and personal restoration. Through honest conversations, faith-centered reflection, and real-life stories, the podcast explores themes of grief recovery, emotional healing, forgiveness, redemption, and hope. Host-led discussions and guest interviews offer encouragement and practical wisdom for those processing loss related to family, relationships, identity, or life transitions. Father’s Refuge is a place of refuge for the hurting—welcoming fathers, mothers, individuals, and families seeking ...

Psychology majors Jade King and Kaitlyn Pitt explore questions about domestic violence from a variety of perspectives. They provide an insider look at the experiences of individuals involved in domestic violence as survivors, perpetrators, and helping professionals. Take REFUGE with us against domestic violence. Winner of the 2023 NIU Honors Outstanding Capstone Award in Community Engagement and 1st Place in the Social and Behavioral Science category for CURE 2023!

A new podcast to present the monologues of Syrian refugees gathered by Fadi Skeiker for his play SY-Aspora. This project receives the Creative Research and Innovation Grant at The University of the Arts @uarts https://www.uarts.edu/news/uarts-awards-inaugural-creative-research-innovation-grant

In this intimate and eye-opening book, Diya Abdo—daughter of refugees, U.S. immigrant, English professor, and activist—shares the stories of seven refugees. Coming from around the world, they’re welcomed by Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), an organization Diya founded to leverage existing resources at colleges to provide temporary shelter to refugee families.

In 1996, when Akuch Kuol Anyieth is five, her mother flees to Kakuma with her children, intent on finding safety and freedom for her family, while her husband stays behind in South Sudan to fight in the civil war. The family spends nine years in the camp, eking out an existence amidst famine, disease, unbearable heat and chronic violence. Despite their suffering, Akuch never loses hope or her sense of humour. She’s a bright student who loves learning and does well at the local school.

A gripping portrait of refugees who forged a new life in the Rust Belt, the deep roots they’ve formed in their community, and their role in shaping its culture and prosperity. "This is an American tale that everyone should read. . . . The storytelling is so intimate and the characters feel...

For over a decade, human rights journalist Agus Morales has journeyed to the sites of the world's most brutal conflicts and spoken to the victims of violence and displacement. To Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Central African Republic. To Central America, the Congo, and the refugee camps of Jordan. To the Tibetan Parliament in exile in northern India. We are living in a time of massive global change, when negative images of refugees undermine the truth of their humiliation and suffering.

The Olympic Games is once again bringing sport to global attention as the finest athletes from across the world come together to compete on behalf of their nations. A number of athletes, however, will again compete for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, representing more than a 100 million displaced people worldwide. What are the personal stories of these athletes? What does their participation symbolise for the millions of refugees worldwide? How does it shape our views of refugees? What’s the role of sport in supporting the wellbeing of refugees – especially displaced youth - across the ...

Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned-refugee camp. Eventually, she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement.

Refugee High is a riveting chronicle of the 2017-18 school year at Sullivan High, a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric was at its height in the White House. Even as we follow teachers and administrators grappling with the everyday challenges facing many urban schools, we witness the complicated circumstances and unique education needs of refugee and immigrant children: Alejandro may be deported just days before he is scheduled to graduate; Shahina narrowly escapes an arranged marriage; and Esengo is shot at the beginning of the school year.

Refugee Picnic is a raw, immersive, and deeply personal non-fiction podcast that brings to life the extraordinary journey of Rremida Shkoza. Based on her autobiographical story, this podcast unpacks the harrowing realities of escaping communism, the psychological toll of displacement, and the resilience required to rebuild in an unfamiliar world. Refugee Picnic sheds light on the intersection of mental health, and the immigrant experience, while navigating the complexities of identity as a queer refugee caught between two cultures.

By the end of the Civil War, nearly half a million slaves had taken refuge behind Union lines in what became known as "contraband camps". These were crowded, dangerous places, yet some 12 to 15 percent of the Confederacy's slave population took almost unimaginable risks to reach them, and they became the first places Northerners came to know former slaves en masse.