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  • How Technology Could Revolutionize Refugee Resettlement

    April 26, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    To help place refugees in cities, a new software program called "Annie" is sifting through large amounts of data and using its algorithm to make suggestions for where refugees are "most likely to be welcomed and find success."While the program is still in its preliminary stages, the idea of using data and an algorithm to help place refugees is gaining stream internationally.

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  • S.F. immigrants seek to expand civic footprint

    April 22, 2019 |

    Bay City News Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Elevating the voices of noncitizen community members takes building trust through outreach and education. After the passage of Proposition N, allowing local non-citizens in San Francisco to participate in school board elections, a number of immigrant advocacy groups have mobilized to educate residents about their right to civic participation. Groups like the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) and the Immigrant Parent Voting Collaborative (IPVC) are working to organize numerous grassroots efforts promoting the civic engagement of non-citizens.

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  • The grassroots groups helping asylum-seekers on the border

    April 22, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    The Kino Border Initiative is a volunteer binational organization that provides food, aid, and shelter for migrants crossing the border between Mexico and Arizona. The rate of asylum-seekers is steadily rising, and this organization makes sure that they have a safe place to live while they wait for their day in court. Every day up to 60 volunteers conduct services that range from preparing meals to translating Indigenous languages.

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  • As ICE Releases Hundreds of Asylum-Seekers at a Time, Phoenix Churches Step in

    April 19, 2019 |

    Bitterroot |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    A series of churches in Phoenix, Arizona are stepping up to help migrant families released by ICE by providing them up with a place to stay temporarily, medical care, donated supplies, and the beginnings of a plan to find a place to stay. So far volunteers have estimated that they have helped over 60,000 migrants with no end in sight.

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  • This Castle in the Desert Provides Respite to Asylum-Seekers

    April 05, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    In Tucson, Arizona, a former Benedictine monastery is providing temporary shelter to asylum seekers. The space was temporarily donated to Casa Alitas, a nonprofit, following a sharp increase in asylum-seeker in the past year. The nonprofit provides the individuals and families staying there with shelter, food, clothing, and any other care they may need while they prepare for the next part of their trip.

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  • If We Were Roma, We Wouldn't Come Back From Britain

    March 25, 2019 |

    Tyzden |

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    Response Location: England, Sheffield

    In stark contrast with their Slovakia homeland, England has opened its arms to Roma immigrants with a set of accommodations aimed at helping them succeed in their new country. Victims of racism in both places, but particularly among Slovaks, the Roma newly arrived in England receive health counseling and educational aid that have inclusion at their core. Britain's school-attendance policies, for example, have increased Roma children's attendance by 30 percentage points, and few are shunted into special schools.

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  • Inside the Crowdfunded Charity Helping Refugees by Topping Up Their Phones

    March 20, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: France, Calais

    For many refugees living in camps and on the move, mobile phones can be a life line to families and the outside world. Phones can help organize political activities, arrange medical supplies, and so much more. But although SIM cards are fairly cheap now, data can be expensive. To address this, a Facebook group called Phone Credit for Refugees and Displaced People, or PC4R, raises funds for refugees to top up their mobile phones to support free and dignified communication.

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  • This Program Is Helping Refugees Break Into the Tech Industry

    March 13, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    In Berlin, the Readiness for Digital Integration School (ReDI) is training refugees in coding skills. The program not only empowers refugee students and helps to fill the many empty information technology positions in the country, but also partners closely with industry leaders to defy persistent stereotypes about refugees that may serve as a barrier in the hiring process.

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  • This city is short of teachers. It's tapping immigrants to help.

    March 12, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    The City of Portland, Maine, has created a new path to teacher certification for immigrants who served as teachers in their home countries. The program aims to help immigrants navigate the country's complicated teacher education system, diversify Portland's public schools, and address a shortage of qualified educators in the city.

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  • A Day at the Fair —  A Syrian's Journey to Employment in Germany

    February 21, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Berlin, Germany, hosts Europe's largest job fair for refugees, connecting refugees looking for jobs with employers trying to fill empty positions. For many, learning English and navigating German bureaucracy are amongst the biggest hurdles in securing steady employment, but job fairs can help.

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