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Brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Concerning Bill C-84

open access: yesRefuge, 1987
Brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs concerning Bill C-84.
. The Inter-Church Committee for Refugees
doaj   +1 more source

Syrian refugees in Palestinian refugee camps and informal settlements in Beirut, Lebanon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Informal spaces often develop on the periphery of cities as a result of the arrival of rural migrants, national and international workers, refugees and others. In Lebanon during the 1950s, Palestinian refugees arrived and settledin tent camps, which were
Chamma, Nasr, Zaiter, Hassan
core  

Does school matter for children's cognitive and non‐cognitive learning? Findings from a natural experiment in Pakistan and India

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper reports on the findings of a natural experiment based on a sample of 1123 children aged 4–8 from the provinces of Punjab in Pakistan, and Gujarat in India. It looks at the impact of attendance (or not) in early schooling on the cognitive and social–emotional development of young children.
Nadia Siddiqui   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic networks can foster the economic integration of refugees

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Significance The integration of refugees into the host economy has become a major policy challenge for refugee-receiving countries in recent years. One prominent concern among policymakers is that refugee settlement in locations with high concentrations ...
L. Martén   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The refugee's tale [PDF]

open access: yesQJM, 2003
Valentina and Aferdita are both refugees from the former Yugoslavia who see me at the surgery. Their stories, on the face of it at least, are very different. (I have changed names and some other details here to preserve their anonymity.) Valentina is of Serbian Christian origin and comes from Sarajevo.
openaire   +3 more sources

From silence to academic engagement: How refugee children with disabilities access learning through inclusive ‘artful’ schools in Canada

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Many newcomer children spend a ‘silent year’ in elementary school classrooms while they adjust to a new culture and language. This often delays inclusion in learning and forming friendships with peers. For refugee children with disabilities (RCDs) this phase may last for 3 years or more, impacting their mental health and sense of belonging ...
Susan Barber
wiley   +1 more source

The Reality of the Refugee Crisis in Italy: A Look into the Lives of Illegitimate Refugees and the Unofficial Organizations That Support Them [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The words written on the United States of America’s famous Statue of Liberty, written by poet Emma Lazarus over a century ago: Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore ...
McQuirk, Cole
core   +2 more sources

Crafting agency in a host community: Accessing and participating in the English higher education sector by Ukrainian refugees

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Following Russia's launch of a full‐scale war against Ukraine in 2022, scholarship has not yet addressed how Ukrainian refugees in England have been navigating the challenges of developing their agency in pursuing opportunities to participate in the higher education (HE) sector.
Iryna Kushnir, Ellis Richards
wiley   +1 more source

How Do Institutional Pressures Reshape the Association Between Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Firm Value in Emerging Economies? The Moderating Role of the Audit Committee Function

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the influence of normative (e.g., voluntary sustainability reporting guidelines) and coercive (e.g., mandatory corporate governance [CG] requirements) pressures on the relationship between corporate sustainability disclosure (CSD) and financial performance (FP), focusing on the moderating role of audit committee ...
Mohannad Issa Elmanaseer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

No. 78: Comparing Refugees and South Africans in the Urban Informal Sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This report compares the business operations of over 2,000 South Africans and refugees in the urban informal economy and systematically dispels some of the myths that have grown up around their activities.
Crush, Jonathan   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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