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    Focus On: Refugee Health Heroes
    Elana Wong
    • May 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Focus On: Refugee Health Heroes

    Around the world, refugee health workers are stepping up to fight COVID-19 - this cannot go unnoticed.
    51 views0 comments
    COVID 19 and Wellbeing: What It Means For Newcomers
    Elana Wong
    • May 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    COVID 19 and Wellbeing: What It Means For Newcomers

    The nature of displacement often means refugees are forced into a transitory existence. Forced to leave their homes, many embark on perilous
    77 views0 comments
    Neglected Labour Rights: The Vulnerability of Refugees’ Work
    Elana Wong
    • May 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Neglected Labour Rights: The Vulnerability of Refugees’ Work

    Work is a substantial need and indispensable at all levels. But does “everyone” really have access to such an ideal environment?
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    The Representation of Refugees In The Media in 2019 | Panel Discussion At Edinburgh University
    mohalhaifi8
    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Representation of Refugees In The Media in 2019 | Panel Discussion At Edinburgh University

    Panel Discussion Overview | February 2019 COLOURS Of Edinburgh's inaugural Panel Discussion, this year on the Representation of Refugees ...
    158 views0 comments
    The Sahrawi Forgotten Refugees
    Elana Wong
    • Nov 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Sahrawi Forgotten Refugees

    In times of the emergence of many large scale humanitarian emergencies, the situation of the Sahrawi refugees in South West Algeria has b...
    82 views0 comments
    Refugees, ESOL and the importance of language learning
    Elana Wong
    • Jun 15, 2018
    • 4 min

    Refugees, ESOL and the importance of language learning

    by Sarah McCallum English-language teaching for migrants and refugees in the UK falls within two categories: work with adults it is known...
    126 views0 comments
    The Crossing: Refugee Resettlement and When the War Follows
    Elana Wong
    • May 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Crossing: Refugee Resettlement and When the War Follows

    by Noor Hewaidi The Crossing (2015) is a documentary that follows the challenges that a group of Syrian refugees face in leaving behind w...
    59 views0 comments
    Women in the Refugee Crisis
    Elana Wong
    • May 26, 2018
    • 2 min

    Women in the Refugee Crisis

    by Jenny Dunn, ed. Elana Wong Nadia, a Yazidi woman from Iraq, witnessed violent extremist behaviour in her country before fleeing Iraq, ...
    66 views0 comments
    Background: The UNHCR and UNRWA
    Elana Wong
    • May 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    Background: The UNHCR and UNRWA

    by Mathilde Panneau THE UNHCR In the aftermath of the Second World War, millions of Europeans lost their homes and were displaced. To hel...
    16 views0 comments
    Background: The Afghan Refugee Crisis
    Elana Wong
    • May 19, 2018
    • 3 min

    Background: The Afghan Refugee Crisis

    by Elana Wong The Afghan refugee crisis is arguably one of the largest and most infamous protracted situations. Despite the recent bipart...
    49 views0 comments
    Background: The Syrian Refugee Crisis
    Elana Wong
    • May 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    Background: The Syrian Refugee Crisis

    By Yasmin Tuerner Our political climate in 2018 is tense, unstable, and unpredictable. On one side of the spectrum we have Europe: since ...
    45 views0 comments
    Representation Matters: The Importance of Refugee Self-Representation
    Elana Wong
    • May 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Representation Matters: The Importance of Refugee Self-Representation

    by Noor Hewaidi Representation matters. What mainstream society knows about refugees largely comes from representations of refugees on ma...
    43 views1 comment
    The New Normal of Refugee Crises
    Elana Wong
    • May 4, 2018
    • 3 min

    The New Normal of Refugee Crises

    by Elana Wong A protracted refugee crisis or situation (PRS) is defined as ‘one in which 25,000 or more refugees of the same nationality ...
    22 views0 comments
    A Brief History of Refugees in Scotland
    Elana Wong
    • Apr 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    A Brief History of Refugees in Scotland

    by Elana Wong Though the refugee crisis may seem a fairly recent phenomenon, Scotland has a long history of welcoming refugees and asylum...
    207 views0 comments
    The Basics: Refugees in Scotland?
    Elana Wong
    • Apr 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Basics: Refugees in Scotland?

    by Mathilde Panneau ed. Elana Wong Refugees vs Migrants The 1951 UN Convention defines a refugee as: a person who is outside of his or he...
    46 views0 comments
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