Institute for Societal Resilience
On the 14th of February we held a Refugee Academy event centred on the screening of “Love in Precedure”, a documentary film created by. “Love in Procedure” was an insightful exploration of the complexities of the asylum process from different … Continue reading
‘Thinking with’ and ‘Thinking thick’: Connectedness as a Starting Point in the Quest of Alternative Perspectives on the Dutch Asylum Reception For several years the Dutch asylum reception has been in crisis. The Dutch government appears to be insensitive to … Continue reading
“A wave of solidarity,” was how the great rise of new initiatives that emerged since 2015 in the Netherlands and in many other European countries around the reception and inclusion of refugees in society was described. While media reports were … Continue reading
On March 10, 2022, the City of Amsterdam and the five Amsterdam universities and colleges signed a covenant on the access of young undocumented migrants to higher education. What problem should this covenant solve and how will it do so? … Continue reading
Young people without a residence permit who are rooted in the Netherlands and have a Dutch high school diploma can recently study at the VU for the normal tuition of two thousand euros. Ten thousand euros tuition per year. That … Continue reading
Seminar: “Inclusive policies from the experience of young refugees: experiences, impact and challenges” For whom: Policy makers, youth workers, young people, other interested parties Where: BOOST Amsterdam (Danie Theronstraat 2, 1091 XX Amsterdam) When: Thursday, October 6, 2022, 14:00 – … Continue reading
Undocumented youth are allowed to attend education in the Netherlands until they are eighteen years old. Those who apply for further study after that are not given a chance. Amsterdam has now laid down in the covenant ‘Access to higher … Continue reading
Companies in various sectors are eager for talent because of the tight labour market, but meanwhile, many young people are completely sidelined because they do not have the right papers. Several thousand undocumented workers are therefore denied access to higher … Continue reading
On the day many school students hear whether they have passed, Dutch “dreamers” call attention to their situation. After their schooling, it is almost impossible for undocumented youth to get a job. For KRO-NCRV radio program Spraakmakers, Tara Fiorito and … Continue reading
What is the value of civic initiatives for refugees and how do we make that value visible when it often cannot be captured in numbers and directly measurable results? To answer these questions, we delved deeper into the stories within … Continue reading