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Opportunities for students from conflict-affected areas

The Global Platform for Higher Education in Emergencies is an NGO based in Portugal. It is aimed at offering academic opportunities for students from conflict-affected societies, in forced mobility or at risk. It started its activities in 2013 as the Global Platform for Syrian Students when it launched an emergency scholarship programme for Syrian Students that is operational since then. Over the past years, it has awarded more than 750 annual scholarships and provided support to around 300 students allowing them to complete their BA, MA or PhD degrees. Since 2017 it has enlarged its scholarship programme to other nationalities in the framework of the Rapid Response Mechanism for Higher Education in Emergencies (RRM) that is being set up in order to deliver more, better and faster academic opportunities in crisis situations Against this backdrop, in August 2020 the former Global Platform for Syrian Students became the Global Platform for Higher Education in Emergencies, thus adapting its mission statement and making it match its current work on the ground. The Global Platform is now working in close cooperation with higher education institutions, networks of laboratories and research centres in Portugal to offer academic opportunities to students/researchers and scholars from Ukraine who are fleeing the war and looking for a safe haven and a welcoming environment to go ahead through these very challenging times. While higher education institutions in Portugal are ready to host the first intake of students/researchers/scholars candidates, we are also preparing intakes for the upcoming academic year 2022-2023. Therefore we invite all students/researchers/scholars to fill in the Expression of Interest form (below) and submit it to allow us to get a sense of your profile ad what you are looking for. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Portugal, fully aware that education provides protection, enhances resilience and builds hope for the future. Please find here an Expression of Interest form. For further information, please contact helenabarroco@casadoregalo.pt. Be resilient, keep hope in the future.

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Would you like to get help from other people?

According to UN data, in 2014, 300,000 people crossed the borders irregularly to reach Europe. Of that total, at least 218,000 did so for the Mediterranean route. I’m sure you’ve heard about the Syrian civil war. Since 2011 it has been torturing the people of this country in Western Asia. This country, with such a diverse ethnic and religious variety, is always connected to many other countries and nations around, Greece, Armenia, Turkey, Kurdistan… We find this relation in their cuisine, art, and popular culture for instance. But due to their “recent” war, hundreds of thousands of Syrians are migrating to Europe, looking for refuge from this living hell. But these people, unfortunately, aren’t alone. The promise of a new life, away from war and hunger, and the ability to escape death, are the main reasons that drive people from the less developed or not politically stable countries to leave, trying to reach Europe which according to their fantasies represents opportunity. They have nothing to lose and everything to gain. According to UN data, in 2014, 300,000 people crossed the borders irregularly to reach Europe. Of that total, at least 218,000 did so for the Mediterranean route. “In Libya, all speak of going to Europe,” said Fisaha Talese, a young 30-year-old survivor of the tragedy of Lampedusa in 2013. “We left the village thinking that in Europe they give you money when you need it, 100, 200 euros, without effort. That everyone here is rich. This is a permanent party to enjoy with friends. No African leaves another alone. We help as we can, which is almost never a lot. They spoke of Madrid as the site of the real opportunities, “said Bertin Youmssi, a Cameroonian who crossed the Strait of Gibraltar swimming to reach Spain. The reasons that pushed Youmssi to leave their country are a constant that motivates most of his countrymen. “In Cameroon, there are no medicines,” says Youmssi “If you are bitten by a mosquito you get sick with malaria or typhoid fever, you die. Drugstores and people in the street will sell fake pills. There is also no possibility of studying. Many children have not been and will never go to school. Because public costs are about 100 euros per month, two full salaries in a conventional family. “ While in Syria and Libya people are fleeing the civil war that began in 2011, after the so-called “Arab Spring”, the African people are escaping hunger, drought, and Islamic terrorist militias. Not everything is what the media shows, that’s for sure, deforestation, species getting extinct, the loss of the biodiversity, for instance, we have already lost 70% of the plants diversity, due to the farming of the same type of plants all around the world taking the place of other. Pollution is one of the most obvious problems nowadays, have you ever seen dirty just on the coast of the beach where you usually swim? Do you think dirt in the water can only be solid? I can tell you it is not, close to 60% of dirt is dissolved in the water, so yes, you are getting a bath continuously dirty. Victor Guerrero

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Perfil de um refugiado

“A única coisa que irá acontecer, caso ignoremos esta crise, será mais tragédias, serão mais imagens de crianças mortas nas praias. Está na altura de agir com humanidade e razão e fazer o que está certo.” No Verão de 2015, a Europa presenciou o maior fluxo de refugiados desde a 2.ª Guerra Mundial Isto ocorreu essencialmente devido à guerra civil na Síria, que obrigou cerca de quatro milhões de sírios a saírem do país, numa tentativa de se salvarem e às suas famílias. A ONU e o Programa Alimentar Mundial não estavam preparados para uma crise de refugiados desta escala e, como resultado muitos abrigos ficaram sobrelotados, sem suplementos, submetendo as pessoas ao frio, à fome e ao contágio de doenças. Ao perderem a esperança de que a situação melhorasse rapidamente, vários refugiados decidiram procurar asilo na Europa, colocando uma enorme pressão nos países-fronteira que já se encontravam instáveis social e economicamente. Muitos outros países recusaram-se a abrigar qualquer refugiado, aumentando a pressão e agravando a crise económica nos países-fronteira que acolheram os refugiados. A maneira como a crise foi vista pelo Mundo mudou subitamente após a tragédia de 19 de Abril, na qual pereceram cerca de 900 pessoas, numa tentativa de chegar, por barco, à Europa a partir do Norte de África. Os países europeus reuniram-se, então, para tentar chegarem a um acordo em relação ao acolhimento de refugiados provenientes de zonas de conflito e de guerra. De acordo com a distribuição de refugiados prevista pela União Europeia, a Alemanha, a França e a Espanha serão, então, os que mais refugiados acolherão. No caso de Portugal, prevê-se que receba cerca de 5000 refugiados. A vinda desta quantidade de refugiados tem causado polémica, especialmente nas redes sociais, com o surgimento de grupos de pessoas que se opõem à medida, receando o aumento da criminalidade e o colapso dos sistemas sociais. A verificar os indicadores sociais, dado que a maioria dos refugiados são pessoas com curso superior, é pouco provável que os refugiados contribuam fortemente para o aumento da criminalidade nacional. É mais provável que contribuam para um aumento de competição no mercado de trabalho nacional, o que, de certa forma, poderá levar a uma evolução no sistema económico do país. Estes sentimentos quase xenófobos são perfeitamente naturais em momentos de migrações massivas, mas não se pode assumir que a opinião de certos grupos sociais representa, de facto, a opinião generalizada do país. Num contexto europeu, a E.U., como conjunto de economias abastado, terá por certo capacidade de absorção desta crise de refugiados e Portugal estará simplesmente a contribuir para tal, conforme a sua capacidade. Do ponto de vista humanitário, é necessário compreender que estas pessoas estão a fugir da pressão gerada por certos grupos mais privilegiados nos seus países de origem, tal como aconteceu com milhões de portugueses ao longo de séculos. A única coisa que irá acontecer caso ignoremos esta crise será mais tragédias, serão mais imagens de crianças mortas nas praias. Está na altura de agir com humanidade e razão e fazer o que está certo. Ester Caldeira Estudante da UMa

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