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  • Amal, Berlin! Helps Refugees Find Their Way in Germany

    July 12, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Tens of thousands of readers read Amal, Berlin!, "an Arabic, Farsi and German-language digital newspaper that covers local news in Berlin and Germany.” The newspaper helps refugees navigate their new home in their native language, easing their transition into a new culture and way of life.

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  • How Sweden coped with 35,000 unaccompanied refugee children

    June 29, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Sweden

    Every migrant child applying for asylum in Sweden gets a public lawyer and an assigned guardian. Although a rapid rise in asylum seekers in 2015-16 strained the country’s migration system, Sweden has not resorted to putting children in detention centers and remains a leader by international standards in migrant children’s services.

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  • 'ICE Is Everywhere': Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis

    June 25, 2018 |

    Wired |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Using their research skills to obtain public information, a group of librarians created an interactive map showing the location of ICE offices and juvenile detention facilities. They also created a toolkit to assist digital humanities workers to know how to respond in a crisis.

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  • From Farm to Factory: The Rural-Urban Coalition for Immigrants' Rights

    June 11, 2018 |

    Next City |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    A group of activists in Waukesha, Wisconsin are honoring the role of immigrants in the community by mobilizing 10,000 people from rural and urban areas across the state to march for the "Day without Latinx & Immigrants." The group, called Voces De La Frontera, also uses the collective power immigrant workers have in the dairy state to influence policy and gain protections for migrants. Through inclusion and conversation, Voces now has 1,500 members, nine adult chapters, and 15 youth chapters in schools, all working together to support immigrants in Wisconsin.

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  • Australia's Immigration Solution: Small-Town Living

    May 21, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Pyramid Hill

    A town in rural Australia found an unexpected solution to its seemingly inevitable collapse through population decline: by welcoming immigrants even as Australia's urban centers attempt to restrict immigration. In Pyramid Hill, a pig farmer was the first to prove the potential of the idea when he hired 4 Filipino workers to work with him as he entered retirement; now, the area is seeing population growth, new homes, and other signs of success.

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  • Switzerland's new algorithm could get up to 30% more refugees into work

    May 18, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Switzerland, Bern

    Switzerland will soon be piloting a new algorithm to help refugees find jobs. The algorithm uses "machine learning to match geographic employment outcomes with refugees’ personal characteristics, such as gender, age and nationality." Researchers found that using the algorithm would have helped 41% more refugees to be employed between 2011 and 2016, but "real world" impact is yet to be measured. However, there are concerns about transparency and fairness.

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  • Citizenship for sale: the countries whose biggest export is passports

    April 25, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Saint Kitts and Nevis

    An increasingly popular way to attract foreign direct investment is to let the world’s wealthiest trade cash and property investments for citizenship. The $2 billion-a-year industry allows the ultra-rich to buy passports that permit visa-free travel to nearly the entire world, often with no residency requirements. Highly controversial, the industry is marked by a lack of transparency and concerns about what happens to civic ties when citizenship can be bought and sold.

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  • ‘They are our salvation': the Sicilian town revived by refugees

    March 19, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Italy, Sutera, Sicily

    Immigrants are reviving the local economy in Sutera. Before 2014, the Sicilian town was shrinking fast. All but a few hundred people had moved to look for work in bigger cities. Welcoming asylum seekers from Nigeria, Syria, Sri Lanka and elsewhere has proved to be a popular and effective way to grow commercial opportunities and add new life to the town.

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  • Pushed From the U.S., They Find Hope in Mexico's ‘Silicon Valley'

    March 01, 2018 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    Hola Code Academy, a non-profit based in Mexico City, is building "Mexico's Silicon Valley." Targeting English-speaking students who have recently been deported from the United States, the startup offers free, intensive programming classes and has attracted the attention of recruiters at U.S. software companies with offices in Mexico. "Now, they are getting a second shot at the American dream - in Mexico," WSJ's David Luhnow writes.

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  • Germany: Refugee Integration

    January 23, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

    When Germany opened its doors to refugees, the country invested heavily in integration assistance, including free but compulsory language and civics courses. Though political division has formed in Germany over immigration issues, the focus on integrating refugees recognizes, and furthers, the potential of new arrivals to contribute to society.

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