Tag Archives: Refugee camps
Australia’s Shame is the UK’s Game – Nauru files
By Alison Phipps for The National I wake up to the news from a tiny island in Micronesia, Nauru. Nauru – coral reef, white-sandy beaches, photographs which make it look like paradise. It is the site of the off-shore detention … Continue reading
Languages, Refugees and Migration: Research Roundtable Event
Monday, 7 December 2015 from 12.00 to 18:30 Seminar room 3 (Gannochy), Wolfson Medical School Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ About this FREE half-day participatory Knowledge Exchange event: Numerous projects across Glasgow (and further afield) are working in Languages … Continue reading
I breathe freedom, don’t cut off my air (part II)
Reflections about (language) learning in Lebanon and in refugee camps By Maria Grazia Imperiale, PhD Research on RM Borders project 21 September 2015 (3) Learning the ‘Arabic language of hospitality’ with the Palestinian refugees of Nahr el Bared صوت الحرية بيبقى … Continue reading
I breathe freedom, don’t cut off my air (part I)
Reflections about (language) learning in Lebanon and in refugee camps By Maria Grazia Imperiale, PhD Research on RM Borders project 17 September 2015 A wrecked minibus is taking me from Beirut to Nahr el Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp in … Continue reading