9 Best Articles in 2022
MIT Technology Review
In Finland, digital currency is helping refugees start participating in society faster
MIT Technology Review
Summary · 6 min read · From 2017 · For refugees to make successful, lasting transitions in their new nations, they need access to financial systems and the ability to establish strong, traceable identities. Such challenges traditionally have been difficult to overcome. In The MIT Technology Review, associate editor Mike Orcutt outlines how Finland has partnered with start-up Moni to use blockchain technology to address this problem. Readers interested in issues facing the growing refugee population around the world should find this article informative and interesting. · Shared by 86, including jean marc manach, Tauno, Sara Tian, Merkstatt, Jakub Ferenc, Alexander Seifert, Matt, Thomas Power, Stephanie A Kowalski, getAbstract, Jacob Jarnvall, Marius Bleuer
The New York Times
Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests
The New York Times
~11 min read · From 2018 · Towns where people use Facebook more also had more attacks on refugees, building on suspicions that the platform makes users more prone to violence. · Shared by 253, including Damien Van Achter, Esther Schindler, Michael Seemann, Richard Gutjahr, Mark Little, Nick Lüthi, Casey Smith, Bjorn Larsen, Kevin_Indig, Mark Kaigwa, Loubna Rais, Lluís Codina, Christiane Link, Konrad Lischka, grimm, Merkstatt, Thomas Pleil, Frederic Filloux, Azeem Azhar, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦
Vox
The economic case for letting in as many refugees as possible
Vox
5 min read · 2021-08-23 · Save America’s declining cities. Bring in the refugees. · Shared by 121, including Karen K. Ho, Thomas Power, Adam Posen, Anne Helen Petersen, Larry Ferlazzo, Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org
The Guardian
If the west can harbor Ukrainians, it can accept the many climate refugees to come
The Guardian
4 min read · Apr 1st · The Ukraine war has revealed the double-standards of the Global North’s immigration policies. Refugees from Africa, Asia and Latin America deserve the same sympathy · Shared by 85, including Philanthropy News Digest, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️
The New York Times
Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports, Prompting Legal Challenges to Trump’s Immigration Order
The New York Times
9 min read · From 2017 · Lawyers representing two Iraqi refugees detained at Kennedy Airport filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking to have their clients released. · Shared by 65, including Anita Zielina, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Mathew Ingram, Kim Dik, Henning von Vogelsang, Merkstatt, Max Stoiber, Esther Schindler, Diogo Mónica, Tristan Harris, Chung Chen, George M 🇪🇺, Thomas Power
The Atlantic
Among the Refugees in Warsaw
The Atlantic
~16 min read · May 3rd · Poland has taken in millions of Ukrainian refugees since the start of the war, but patience is fraying. And some are more welcome than others. · Shared by 63
Guardian Tech
Chatbot that overturned 160,000 parking fines now helping refugees claim asylum
Guardian Tech
5 min read · From 2017 · ‘Robot lawyer’ DoNotPay is giving free legal aid to refugees seeking asylum in US and Canada, and asylum support in UK · Shared by 61, including Andrea Desiato, Chung Chen, Klaus Eck, Hannes Gassert, Kim Dik, Tristan Harris, Thomas Pleil, Björn Ognibeni, Selim Imoberdorf, Bruno T., Kris Fannin
Outside
These Groups Are Helping Refugees Rediscover Nature
Outside
5 min read · Feb 4th · Organizations around the world are helping refugees feel welcome via wilderness immersions—and with a record number of displaced people, this movement couldn’t come at a better time · Shared by 56
MIT Technology Review
Inside the Jordan refugee camp that runs on blockchain
MIT Technology Review
~11 min read · From 2018 · Syrian refugees could regain legal identities that were lost when they fled their homes. · Shared by 70, including Christopher Allen, René Clausen Nielsen, Bertrand Maltaverne, Charlie Oliver, Merkstatt
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The Associated Press
'Pre-bunking' shows promise in fight against misinformation
The Associated Press
3 min read · Aug 24th · Soon after the Russian invasion, the hoaxes began. Ukrainian refugees were taking jobs, committing crimes and abusing handouts. The misinformation spread rapidly online throughout Eastern Europe,… · Shared by 80, including jean marc manach, Timothy Caulfield
The Guardian
How Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugees
The Guardian
~18 min read · Aug 11th · The long read: He has been described as ‘the worst kind of businessman’, but we now know that industrialist Moritz Hochschild also rescued as many as 20,000 Jews from the Nazis · Shared by 72
Financial Times
Beyond Ukraine: refugees relying on the kindness of strangers
Financial Times
~12 min read · Aug 5th · Ukrainians share the heartache of leaving their homeland to start new lives and uncertainty over their next steps · Shared by 70, including Chris Bertram, roula khalaf
AFAR Media
Syrian Refugees Are Transforming an Ancient Turkish City's Food Culture
AFAR Media
Sep 27th · Writer Anya von Bremzen explores the fluid nature of food, identity, and community in Gaziantep, a Turkish city renowned for its cuisine—and reshaped by the Syrian war. · Shared by 41
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The New York Times
‘These People Aren’t Coming From Norway’: Refugees in a Minnesota City Face a Backlash
The New York Times
10 min read · From 2019 · As more Somali refugees arrive in St. Cloud, white anti-immigration activists have pressed an increasingly explicit anti-Muslim agenda. · Shared by 40, including Joe Germuska, Charles Baldwin, Esther Schindler, Bjorn Larsen
WIRED UK
Europe is using smartphone data as a weapon to deport refugees
WIRED UK
~17 min read · From 2018 · European leaders need to bring immigration numbers down, and metadata on smartphones could be just what they need to start sending migrants back · Shared by 60, including Javi Cantón, Thomas Pleil, Marcos, luis antónio santos, Christopher Sikkenga, Bilal Aslam
Literary Hub
The Power and Necessity of Learning from Books That Reflect Our Communities
Literary Hub
6 min read · Apr 7th · In my work as the leader of the Fugees Academy, the school I started for children who are refugees, I’ve noticed that even with the best of intentions, there’s often this gap between wh… · Shared by 138, including Stephanie A Kowalski
refugees-welcome.net
Refugees Welcome | This is the international website of the berlin-based project ‘Flüchtlinge Willkommen’
refugees-welcome.net
8 min read · From 2015 · Are you unhappy with the way refugees are treated in Germany and are interested in helping refugees settle easier? Do you have a free room in your shared flat? Get involved! Sign up and help us share the idea of „Refugees Welcome“. · Shared by 17, including Abir Oreibi, Matthias Sala, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦
powercoders.org
Powercoders - Impacting lives by teaching to code
powercoders.org
2 min read · From 2016 · Powercoders is a coding academy for refugees, The next boot-camp will start on September 25th in Zurich. The 3 months coding academy is followed by a 3 to 6 months internship. The ultimate goal of the… · Shared by 45, including Thomas Power, Bernhard Huessy, Patric Fornasier, Hannes Gassert, Tatjana Nebel, Kaspar Etter, Andreas Bossard, Clemens M. Schuster, Christian Hirsig
Vox
Why it’s more difficult to flee Ukraine if you’re not from Ukraine
Vox
10 min read · Mar 5th · Non-Ukrainian refugees are trapped between racism and Cold War geopolitics. · Shared by 118, including Philanthropy News Digest
The Guardian
How Angela Merkel’s great migrant gamble paid off
The Guardian
~11 min read · From 2020 · Five years ago, as more and more refugees crossed into Europe, Germany’s chancellor proclaimed, ‘We’ll manage this.’ Critics said it was her great mistake – but she has been proved right · Shared by 117, including Guy Kawasaki, Thomas Power, Nils Hitze, Patrick Sanwikarja, Merkstatt, Tom Connor, Michael Seemann, Rutger Bregman, luis antónio santos, Isabel Drost-Fromm
Guardian Cities
'Tourists go home, refugees welcome': why Barcelona chose migrants over visitors
Guardian Cities
9 min read · From 2018 · Increasingly it is tourism, not immigration, that Barcelonans see as a threat to their city’s identity, though numbers of both have skyrocketed in recent years · Shared by 51, including 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , grimm, Dominik Grolimund, Thomas Power, Lukas Stickelberger, Grzegorz Wapiński, David Nagel
Guardian Australia
PM accused of ‘outright lie’ after claiming detainees in Melbourne hotel are not refugees
Guardian Australia
4 min read · Jan 17th · The Park hotel, where Novak Djokovic was also detained, holds 25 refugees and seven asylum seekers · Shared by 33, including Chris Bertram
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