En Allemagne, l’État apporte un soutien important aux réfugiés. Les personnes dont la demande d’asile est acceptée sont affectées à une ville particulière, acquièrent le droit de résidence temporaire et commencent leur processus d’intégration. En 2015, les nouveaux arrivants étaient…
L’Indonésie autorise les demandeurs d’asile et les réfugiés à vivre sur son territoire jusqu’à ce qu’ils soient réinstallés par le HCR, l’agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, mais elle n’offre aucun recours juridique permettant leur naturalisation et elle leur…
Des organisations communautaires (OC) dirigées par des réfugiés sont apparues dans les pays d’asile pour répondre aux diverses problématiques touchant la population des réfugiés. À Nairobi, les organisations dirigées par des personnes réfugiées lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles, trans*, intersexes et queer…
When people are forced by conflict or other circumstances to leave their homes, they usually also leave behind their means of economic activity and subsistence. In their new location, they may not be able, or permitted, to work to support…
The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees accords refugees the right to work[1] but many host countries are reluctant to allow this right. This reluctance reflects varying concerns about labour market distortion and limited capacity to absorb new…
Our organisation supports refugee families who have recently been resettled in the UK. We help them navigate the welfare system, claim relevant benefits and we also set up a support plan that takes into account their objectives in terms of…
Turkey hosts nearly 3.3 million registered refugees, mostly from Syria. The country has shown exemplary openness, and has made considerable efforts to support Syrians despite the strain on social services. It has facilitated their access to critical public services including…
Since 2015 Denmark has turned the employment of refugees into a national strategy. Through a tripartite agreement with the Confederation of Danish Employers and Local Government Denmark (the union of municipalities) this reconfiguration of thinking about integration has reverberated throughout…
Despite being highly motivated to practise medicine, refugee doctors[1] in the United States (US) and elsewhere often find themselves working in low-skilled jobs while waiting to get into residency programmes.[2] They may face difficulties in communication, providing documentation and verifying…
The Government of Uganda has made self-reliance central to the country’s approach towards hosting refugees. Currently, Uganda hosts more than one million refugees of diverse nationalities, including from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia, South Sudan and Rwanda, who…