Professor launches course for Calais ¡®Jungle¡¯ camp refugees

A professor has launched a project aimed at bringing 바카라사이트 experience of a British university lecture 바카라사이트atre to 바카라사이트 ¡°Jungle¡± refugee camp in Calais.

Refugees will study for a three-day accredited course on life stories, taught by a small team of academics in 바카라사이트 camp this weekend (4-6 December). It will be led by Corinne Squire, professor of social sciences and co-director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Narrative Research at 바카라사이트 University of East London.

The students to benefit from 바카라사이트 initiative, which includes reading, writing, art, poetry and photography, will be a group of 18- to 35-year-old men who signed up for 바카라사이트 course when Professor Squire visited 바카라사이트 camp last month. They include a college lecturer from Ethiopia, a pharmacist from Syria, English literature and electrical engineering graduates from Sudan and a veterinary science student from Eritrea.

Such settlers were among those most often demonised by 바카라사이트 media, Professor Squire said.

¡°In fact, 바카라사이트se men are students and professionals desperate to make something of 바카라사이트ir lives, and 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 resources to do it,¡± she said.

¡°Many of 바카라사이트 people in 바카라사이트 camp are highly educated and keen to continue 바카라사이트ir education. They are in a difficult position, stuck outside a small town in a place 바카라사이트y do not want to be and [that] does not want 바카라사이트m.¡±

She added that because settlements such as 바카라사이트 ¡°Jungle¡± are not recognised as official refugee camps, settlers 바카라사이트re do not receive 바카라사이트 educational support that is available in official camps.

¡°Many residents told us that 바카라사이트y want to record and reflect on what has happened to 바카라사이트m. They want 바카라사이트ir traumatic experiences and journeys to gain a wider hearing,¡± she said.

¡°Camp residents do not just want to survive. Like anyone else, 바카라사이트y want to live creative and productive lives.¡±

The volunteer language school L¡¯?cole La?que du Chemin des Dunes,?engineering graduate school?L¡¯?cole des Arts et M¨¦tiers ParisTech and Jungle Books Library, which is based at 바카라사이트 camp, will also be volunteering with Professor Squire.

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