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Nov 93 min read

Refugee Health

Health and healthcare can look very different for refugees, in comparison to people who are not displaced, and this blog post will...

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Promoting Intercultural Understanding in Digital Learning Environments: Empowering Educators with Strategies

Zainab Mahmood

Sep 84 min read

Promoting Intercultural Understanding in Digital Learning Environments: Empowering Educators with Strategies

INTRODUCTION In a digitalized and interconnected global learning setting, the promotion of diversity, inclusivity, and effective...

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Krysia Wharton

Jul 23 min read

The Election, Refugees & Asylum Seekers

On Friday 7th June, leading figures from seven of the main UK political parties debated a variety of issues on live TV that people should...

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Krysia Wharton

May 43 min read

The History of Refugees

This blog post provides a very brief summary of the history of refugees between the early 20th Century and the modern day (a previous...

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Krysia Wharton

Mar 22 min read

Refugee Women

Although any person of any gender can be a refugee, this already awful experience can be made even worse simply by being a woman. This...

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Navigating Multilingualism: Migrant Students' Linguistic and Cultural Identities in the Classroom

Zainab Mahmood

Jan 33 min read

Navigating Multilingualism: Migrant Students' Linguistic and Cultural Identities in the Classroom

Even though migration has been a longstanding historical phenomenon, recent years have witnessed an unparalleled surge in refugees,...

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Krysia Wharton

Nov 4, 20232 min read

The 1951 Refugee Convention

We have mentioned on a few occasions recently that the 1951 Refugee Convention is often referred to as ‘the cornerstone of refugee...

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Krysia Wharton

Sep 16, 20233 min read

The History of Refugees

This blog post provides a very brief summary of the history of refugees between ancient times and the early 20th Century. It includes...

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Krysia Wharton

Aug 5, 20233 min read

LGBTQI Asylum Seekers and Refugees

On 14th June, we posted about Micro Rainbow, an organisation that helps lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI)...

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Krysia Wharton

Jun 23, 20232 min read

The 75th Anniversary of Windrush

Yesterday marked 75 years since the Empire Windrush ship arrived in Essex. This is one of the earliest and largest examples of people...

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Krysia Wharton

Apr 25, 20233 min read

What do religions teach about refugees?

With 84% of the world’s population identifying as religious (Hackett & McClendon), the teachings of religious texts should naturally have...

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'My journey started on a boat': Ke Huy Quan at The Oscars

RefuNet

Mar 17, 20233 min read

'My journey started on a boat': Ke Huy Quan at The Oscars

Ke Huy Quan's Speech at the Oscars 2023 At the 95th Academy Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles this week, Everything Everywhere All at Once...

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Krysia Wharton

Dec 14, 20223 min read

Refugees from a Holiday Destination?

The Kurds are an ethnic group of people originally from a West Asian territory called Kurdistan which is made up of parts of Turkey,...

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The People Behind the Numbers: Challenging the Home Secretary's Language.

marybcarley

Nov 3, 20222 min read

The People Behind the Numbers: Challenging the Home Secretary's Language.

On Monday, Suella Braverman claimed that people are “pretending [the people who arrive in the UK in small boats] are all refugees in...

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Who is Giorgia Meloni? Italy’s New Far-Right PM and her Stance on Migration.

RefuNet

Oct 21, 20222 min read

Who is Giorgia Meloni? Italy’s New Far-Right PM and her Stance on Migration.

Giorgia Meloni is the figurehead of a newly elected extreme right-wing government that is vowing to crack down on many forms of...

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What is our new Prime Minister’s stance on refugees?

Krysia Wharton

Sep 19, 20223 min read

What is our new Prime Minister’s stance on refugees?

On 6th September, Liz Truss became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This means she is in charge of the policy and decisions of the...

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Understanding Trauma as Experienced by Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Krysia Wharton

Jul 22, 20223 min read

Understanding Trauma as Experienced by Refugees and Asylum Seekers

‘Trauma refers to the way that some distressing events are so extreme or intense that they overwhelm a person’s ability to cope,...

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Will the new refugee act spark any changes in Kenya?

Sorcha

Jun 28, 20224 min read

Will the new refugee act spark any changes in Kenya?

Kenya hosts the second largest population of refugees in Africa, with most refugees fleeing from neighbouring countries Somalia and South...

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The ‘Consistently Positive Fiscal Contributions’ of Immigrants to the UK

Krysia Wharton

May 15, 20222 min read

The ‘Consistently Positive Fiscal Contributions’ of Immigrants to the UK

At RefuNet, we love sharing ‘myth busters’ with our social media followers in order to disprove common misconceptions surrounding...

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RefuNet

Apr 20, 20222 min read

The Proliferation of Human Misery – RefuNet is against the Rwanda Deal

By now you may have already heard about the UK’s plans to offshore refugees and asylum seekers through an outsourcing arrangement that...

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