migrants
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8 March Mar 2019 1552 08 March 2019 Geneva becomes the stage for human rights
47 films, 200 debates and conferences, 300 guests, among whom artist Ai Weiwei and actor Forest Whitaker. These are the numbers of FIFDH, the most important event at international level on human rights and cinema, that is taking place from the 8th to the 17th of March. A festival with a strong social impact, that includes educational programmes for students, and involves migrants and detainees
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19 January Jan 2018 1503 19 January 2018 Greece, a coding school for refugees and unemployed
It is called Revive Greece and it’s «the first non-profit initiative focusing on teaching computer programming to the most vulnerable groups in Greece», as the website says. Interview with the managing director of Revive Greece, Theodore Dimakarakos.
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19 December Dec 2017 1311 19 December 2017 Duo for a Job, free training for young migrants
Duo for a Job matches young job seekers with an immigrant background with people over 50 years old who have a professional experience in related fields and who can accompany and support them in their job search.
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25 September Sep 2017 1400 25 September 2017 The ship Aquarius rescues 371 people in a day: here’s how it went
The story of Daniele Biella, journalist of Vita, of the last days on board of the ship Aquarius of the Ngo Sos Méditerranée
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28 August Aug 2017 1706 28 August 2017 Finding Europe at the Libyan border
A reportage from the Seefuchs, a humanitarian vessel operated by the German Ngo Sea-Eye
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22 June Jun 2017 1213 22 June 2017 In somebody else’s shoes through virtual reality
It’s called The Machine to Be Another and it is a machine allowing couples of people, like Europeans and migrants, to experiment the world from the perspective of the other. The aim? To promote empathy between individuals of different social, cultural and ideological backgrounds.
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2 May May 2017 1523 02 May 2017 South Sudan: Intense fighting around Kodok forces up to 25,000 people to flee without humanitarian support
Over the last few days, close to 25,000 people have been displaced by intense fighting between Government and Agwelek opposition forces around the town of Kodok.
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9 March Mar 2017 1623 09 March 2017 This is how Molenbeeck youth learn IT skills
Capital Digital is a project that trains young migrants (15-20 years old) from Brussels’ outskirts in the basics of coding and also gives them pedagogical abilities to transfer these knowledges to children migrants who live in the poorest areas of Bruxelles.
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1 March Mar 2017 1610 01 March 2017 Virtuous Triangle, a model of integration of refugees in Turkey
Virtuous Triangle is a model of integration that creates a triangular ecosystem formed by a Turkish primary school child, a refugee pupil and a university student. The model is based on principles of reciprocity, profitability and mutual understanding.
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24 February Feb 2017 1115 24 February 2017 Solidarity Salt, integrating migrants thanks to salt
Solidarity salt is a new social enterprise empowering women refugees in Greece through selling sea salt, developing at the same time the local economy.