For several years there has been a competition among EU Member States on how to become the least less appealing destination for migrants. A recent study however shows that it is not the countries that attract networks of migration but social networks. The vast majority of migrants are heading for countries where they already have […]
It is the fifth time that Transcultural Campaigning director Melita H. Sunjic conducted a children’s workshop on refugees in collaboration with UNHCR Austria. It was held in the context of Vienna University’s popular summer programme Kinderuni (Children’s University). A total of 44 girls and boys, aged seven and 12, enthusiastically discussed the issue and shared […]
It is often not the trained communicators, but people with a background in law or social work, who must perform the most difficult communication job of all: informing refugees about their options. Refugees might be on the move, traumatised, illiterate or distrustful of institutional information sources. UNHCR has tasked Transcultural Campaigning to develop a practical […]
Earlier this year, Transcultural Campaigning finalised a comprehensive mapping of tools and practices applied for communicating with Communities (CwC) in 10 UNHCR operations (Algeria Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen). This study was conducted for UNHCR in order to explore “the current state and way forward for Communication with Communities and […]
When Azizbek Ashuorov, a young lawyer in Kyrgyzstan learned he would receive the UNHCR Nansen Award, he was overwhelmed and afraid of the media interest that was to be expected and how he would cope with that.
Die Migrationsdebatte in Europa läuft seit Jahren in eine Sackgasse ohne dass das Problem als solches einer Lösung näherkäme. Ein Video erklärt, was falsch läuft und was man tun kann.
How does one efficiently inform asylum seekers who speak different languages, have different levels of literacy and are under incredible stress?
UNHCR has tasked Transcultural Campaigning with developing a Regional Communication Strategy for Central Asia and conduct staff training. From 24 February to 7 March Executive Director Melita Sunjic conducted a fact-finding mission to Dushanbe, Bishkek and Almaty to study the communicating landscape and the rules of political advocacy in the region.
African asylum-seekers want to return, but with some money and skills Vienna, 20.2.2019 – A new study by Transcultural Campaiging about French speaking Sub-Saharan African asylum -seekers in Germany and Austria
What looks like a Babylonian tongue confusion is just Transcultural’s multilingual Cairo team in action. Video testimonials of refugees are being synced into English for the Monaco based film association IEFTA.
