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In the weekly Inside Geneva podcast, experts at the UN refugee agency and the International Organisation for Migration debunk often misunderstood facts around migration and asylum. And warnings of worsening conflict and displacement in the Sahel. Read and listen to these stories and more below.

17.11.2022

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University of Geneva library, parc des Bastions (Credit: Bernard Blanc/ Flickr)

📚In the lecture halls of the University of Geneva, refugees find hope. Since 2016, the Academic Horizon programme has allowed asylum seekers to continue or to begin university studies. Initially offered only at the University of Geneva, the Graduate Institute and HES-SO Geneva have also begun the programme, since 2020. It has also just been awarded the 2022 Innovation Award by the recent Dies Academicus at the university dedicated to knowledge sharing. Daniel Demisse, an Ethiopian refugee student, shares his experience.

Le Temps (paywall) (FR)

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💥UNHCR warns of worsening conflict and displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action.
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