Tag: refugees

Fleeing surveillance in Iran and Turkey, refugees seek intellectual freedom in Paris

By Kietryn Zychal on March 8, 2019 Iran, Kietryn Zychal, OFPRA, Paris, Pierre Claver, refugees, Turkey

Two stories of refugees from Iran and Turkey who fled their home countries to seek religious and political freedom in France.

Immigration International Relations

Former Afghani Refugee Gives Back to Community

By Beverly Banks on March 7, 2019 refugees

A former refugees shares his story from Afghanistan with high school students in Paris.

Global Health and Migration

Situations Among Refugees in Paris are Drastically Different

By Joey Mendolia and Jini Hernandez on March 22, 2018 Immigration, Paris, refugee crisis, refugees

Many refugees in Paris end up living under bridges and in the streets with only a tarp and tent for housing. However, some find themselves in programs geared towards helping refugees adapt to French culture.

Immigration

From death threats to diplomacy

By Jini Hernandez and Casey Egan on March 16, 2018 refugees

Kabul native Muhammad Tariq Aryobwal has lived outside his war-torn home in Afghanistan for most of his life.Now in France, he is among an influx of tens of thousands of refugees from northern Africa and in recent years the Middle East who have settled in France.

International Relations

Inside a French school that helps millennial refugees

By Oyin Falana on March 15, 2018 refugees

3,800 young refugees have passed through Pierre Claver, a French school helping young refugees who have been arriving in France from Afghanistan, Syria and other trouble countries learn French – and much more.