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Migrant & Refugee Stories: Visual Journeys

August 3, 2021August 4, 2021 Allison C. Larmann 650 Views 0 Comment Coping and thriving, Friends and Networks, The journey

Migrant and refugee journeys don’t begin the moment they leave home. Nor do they end once they arrive in a

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Financial Journeys of Refugees in Jordan: Empirical FINDings I

February 18, 2021November 14, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 742 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Before the journey, Coping and thriving, Destinations, Family, Financial health, Friends and Networks, Gender, Host and transition communities, Humanitarian aid, Identity and documents, Iraq, Jordan, Somalia, sudan, Syria, yemen

By Swati Mehta Dhawan and Hans-Martin Zademach The work in-hand provides a consolidated overview on the empirical findings from the

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Supporting the Financial Health of Refugees: The Finance in Displacement (FIND) Study in Uganda and Mexico

January 4, 2021October 23, 2021 Maria T. Nagel 1144 Views 0 Comment Burundi, Congo, Dangers and trouble, Destinations, El Salvador, Family, Financial health, Forgery, bribery and corruption, Friends and Networks, Gender, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, Language, Livelihoods, Lodging and food, mexico, Money and finance, Rwanda, Saving and Lending, Somalia, South Sudan, Technology, Uganda

By Karen Jacobsen and Kim Wilson One of the biggest challenges facing refugees and migrants is navigating the livelihoods and

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Two Flights

December 23, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 577 Views 0 Comment cote d'ivoire, Dangers and trouble, Family, Friends and Networks, Identity and documents, Livelihoods, Money and finance, Religion, tunisia

A mother from Côte d’Ivoire encounters hardship and exploitation in search of a better life in Tunisia.

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Financial Integration and Friendship

November 30, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 339 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Friends and Networks, Gender, Host and transition communities, Integration, Kenya, Language, Somalia, South Sudan

In this issue of Fresh FINDings we feature research from Kenya, led by Julie Zollmann in collaboration with Cate Wanjala.

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Friendships, Networks and Financial Integration in Displacement

November 16, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 520 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Financial health, Friends and Networks, Integration, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Language, Somalia, South Sudan, sudan, Syria, yemen

Friendships are important for everyone but are crucial for refugees

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Parque La Carolina

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 711 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Colombia, Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, India, Integration, Language, lebanon, Livelihoods, venezuela

A hub for work and play, Parque La Carolina acts as a microcosm of migrant and local dynamics in Quito,

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Innovation (Charlie, Josephina and Juan)

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 582 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Colombia, Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, India, Integration, Language, lebanon, Livelihoods, venezuela

“Ratcheting-up” livelihoods through entrepreneurship and innovation allow migrants to get a foothold in their new home

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Discrimination

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 788 Views 0 Comment Colombia, Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, Integration, Language, Livelihoods

Skin color blurs the line between migrant and local, and exposes underlying assumptions about class, ethnicity, and immigration status

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Jose and Margarita

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 622 Views 0 Comment Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, Integration, Language, Livelihoods, venezuela

Self-help communities grow as Venezuelan migrants find solidarity and solace in friendship

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