By Stanton Geyer and Victoria Jones April 22, 2022 Introduction and Background In December 2021, ELNOR staff traveled to the port city of Calais, France for the first time to meet with NGOs serving refugees and to conduct pilot research on language needs in the area. Through surveying a group of refugee adults there and …
January, 2022 By Victoria Jones, Stanton Geyer, Lina Demis, Nora Lorenz Table of Contents: Abstract. 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Relevance and Aims 1.2 Outline 2.0 Background 3.0 Methods 4.0 Findings 4.1 Language Interests 4.2 School Backgrounds 4.3 WiFi and Technology Access 4.4 Access to NGOs 4.5 Identities 4.6 Female Participants 5.0 Discussion 5.1 Language Interests and …
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By Clara Mecacci This article serves as an introduction to the EU and Turkey deal, briefly explaining its content, aims, and critiques. Additional readings are suggested below to learn more on the subject. Context In 2015, an increasing number of people seeking safety and security tried to reach Europe, with a growing number of recorded …
By Victoria Jones In October 2021, my ELNOR coworker and I traveled to the Greek island of Lesvos, just off the coast of Turkey. We met with students, connected with NGO partners, and continued investigating the educational needs of people inside refugee camps. The island of Lesvos is known around the world as …
Forced migration is an umbrella term that covers various migrants’ conditions. In the academic and policy literature, ‘forced migration’ is used to identify refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people (IDPs) and stateless people (Ben-Yehuda and Goldstein, 2020). Forced migrants are generally defined as those who have left their homes due ‘to events that threatened their …
What is the future role of technology in education in humanitarian contexts? The current panorama of the technology industry is witnessing the rise of newer technological solutions to a growing array of fields. Recently, a flourishing demand for tech has originated in the education space. What role do tech solutions have in the future of …
By Clara Mecacci This article analyzes a pilot study from the winter of 2020-21 that ELNOR cofounders conducted to learn more about refugee camps, accessible technology within camps, and refugee adults’ educational needs. Before launching its first lessons in February 2020, ELNOR recognized that it was essential to have an initial understanding of educational and …