Migration
How education can unlock hope for child refugees
When children are displaced, school is one of the first things to go. What can we do to provide refugees with the hope that comes from a good education?
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Industry
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Global Issue
Industry
Economy
System Initiative
Migration
Blockchain
Finland has a novel way of giving refugees money
Blockchain technology is helping immigrants pay bills and lend each other money with a prepaid credit card.
Education and Skills
Education is key to our refugee crisis response. Here's why
Just 23% of refugee adolescents are enrolled in secondary school, compared to 84% globally. And as they get older, the obstacles increase.
Migration
World leaders have failed refugees. Can ordinary citizens teach them a lesson?
Rather than acting as obstacles to the humane responses that many of their populations are showing, governments should support people in their efforts to open their communities to refugees.
Migration
This chart shows the actual vs. percieved number of immigrants
This chart shows the actual and perceived number of immigrants in nine countries.
Migration
A Glimpse into the Future: Migration
How has the debate around migration changed in the last 10 years and how will it continue to develop over the next decade? What are the new technologies impacting immigrants and refugees?
Migration
Voting with their feet? Why young Africans are choosing migration over the ballot box
The most commonly cited reasons for people migrating from Africa to Europe revolve around the search for economic opportunity and jobs. But is poor governance at home the real driving force?
Global
This is the role that the G20 will play in the refugee agenda
The scale of forced migration today has revealed troubling flaws in organizations designed to help and protect.
Migration
Finland is one of the best countries to live, so why are so many smart young people leaving?
Young Finnish professionals are attracted to major European capitals., and are moving away.
Migration
84% of refugees live in developing countries
Millions of refugees settle in the world’s poorest countries, placing a heavy burden on economies struggling to grow and with few extra resources to support the people coming in.
Migration
The number of displaced people in the world just hit a record high
The UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report identifies an ever-growing refugee population, mainly from Syria.
Migration
Migrant or refugee? Why the line is sometimes blurred
Parvati Nair looks at the distinction between migrants and refugees and examines two similar stories, with very different outcomes.
Migration
Why there's only one real solution to the refugee crisis
The only real option for tackling the refugee crisis is to address the causes of people’s displacement, this requires adapting development policies to economic reality.
Migration
How Google searches could help governments map immigration flows
A study found that the search terms used by Middle Easterners en route to Europe were pretty close predictors of their movements.
Cities and Urbanization
Safe havens: why cities are crucial to the global refugee crisis
Where nation states and populists are closing borders and rejecting migrants, cities are open, diverse and cosmopolitan - making them a potential antidote to reactionary nationalism aroun...