Refugees and Migration

Aiding Refugees and Migrants to Overcome Poverty

Business Mentorship for LGBTQ Refugees

LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers around the world are fleeing their home countries due to life-threatening persecution and violence. To help LGBTQ refugees integrate into their new communities and prepare for the job market, global businesses collectively committed to provide mentorship opportunities to approximately 1,250 LGBTQ refugees in North America over the next three years.
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Business calls on governments to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate SDG progress for refugees

On 16 September, the Business Refugee Action Network (BRAN) released its Business Takes a Stand for Refugees Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Statement and called on governments to include refugees in the SDGs, support them in the wake of COVID-19 and call out the racism and xenophobia they face. Daphne Jayasinghe reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on refugees’ economic inclusion and the role of business in ensuring refugees are not left behind.
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COVID-19: The role of business-led innovation and advocacy in supporting refugees

COVID-19 has reignited debate on the role of purpose in business. At a recent webinar, the Business Refugee Action Network highlighted how businesses can support refugees at this time of crisis. Discussion focused on the impact on refugee livelihoods, the role of private sector programming, and the urgency of cross-sectoral collaboration. 
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Refugee Food Entrepreneurship: How the Business Community Can Support Sustainable Livelihoods

Food entrepreneurship is a growing area of livelihood creation that has gained traction as countries search for ways to address the refugee crisis. We provide recommendations for how the business community can provide support to refugee food entrepreneurs.
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How Businesses Can Help Achieve the SDGs for Refugees

Following on from Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019, Daphne Jayasinghe of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), reflects on how businesses can best support refugees to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She discusses the role of job creation in driving forward SDG progress for refugees and the value of cross-sectoral collaboration. She also offers an opportunity for businesses to support refugee inclusion in the SDG Agenda ahead of the SDG Summit taking place in September this year.
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How Can We Improve the Response to Forced Displacement? An Opportunity to Partner with Save the Children

At the end of 2018, Save the Children’s Migration and Displacement Initiative (MDI) launched its Predictive Displacement prototype tool. MDI is now developing the second iteration of the tool – a more precise and powerful version – and calls on humanitarian and technological partners for support.
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How Can We Optimise Business Impact to Solve Complex Challenges? 5 Insights from the Ice Academy

Ben & Jerry’s, and The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network have plans to scale-up their Ice Academy programme in 2019. Having learned plenty along the way, how did these partners come together so effectively? Cat Baron, European Social Mission Programme Officer, Ben & Jerry’s and Charlie Fraser, Head of Partnerships and Co-Founder, TERN tell us more.
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Welcome to the Business Fights Poverty Magazine Issue One

The ways in which business can and should be addressing social issues are many and complex. This magazine helps you to navigate the challenges and find out about some of the leading edge thinking and topics across the space.​
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Top Stories of 2018

With the New Year imminent, we thought we’d take a look at the most popular articles of the year. So here, based on the number of unique visits each article received and in reverse order, are the ten most popular stories published in 2018.
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Predicting Displacement: Using Predictive Analytics to Build a Better Future for Displaced Children

What more can be done to tackle the global migration crisis? Save the Children are stepping up using predictive analytics. “With better data on how a displacement will impact children and families over time, aid workers and policymakers can make more informed decisions about whether to focus on short-term humanitarian aid or plan for long-term investments”
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NEW REPORTS: Intrapreneurship, Partnerships, Refugees and Education

Business Fights Poverty has just released a series of reports that mark the culmination of co-creation processes with a range of partners and network members. Topics include Social Intrapreneurship, Transformational Partnerships, Supporting Refugees and Education for Sustainable Development. Download them for free.
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17 Business Models to Build Refugee Resilience

Our new report,“Resilience through Refugee-Inclusive Business”, aims to help mobilise more business to support this commitment. This includes a taxonomy of 17 practical business models and a series of in-depth briefs on what it will take to mobilise more business and scale solutions that help refugees thrive, not just survive.
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Resilience Through Refugee-Inclusive Business

A report on how more business action can strengthen the foundation for partnerships to improve refugees’ wellbeing, education, and economic inclusion so that refugees can thrive, not just survive. Includes deep-dives into digital education, inclusive business and off-grid energy. With Pearson, Business Call To Action, Mercy Corps, Thomson Reuters Foundation, UNHCR and Innovest Advisory.
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What is a Refugee-Inclusive Business?

As part of the Business and Refugees Challenge, we have been exploring some of the barriers to mobilizing more business action to support refugees’ resilience in low to middle income countries. In the process, we have uncovered numerous examples of innovative business ideas, ambitious commitments, and genuine efforts to support the needs of refugees.
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Sweet Dreams Coming True For Syrian Refugees

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Helping Refugees Move From Crisis To Resilience and Self-Reliance

Introducing our new Challenge on Business and Refugees with support from Pearson and in partnership with UNHCR, Mercy Corps, Business Call to Action, Innovest Advisory and Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Challenge aims to strengthen the foundation for effective partnerships to improve refugees’ wellbeing and educational and livelihood opportunities so refugees can thrive, not just survive.
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Mapping Lives with Refugees

How the Poverty Stoplight, a social innovation that activates the potential of people to assess and eliminate poverty in their families and communities through a self-evaluation tech tool, can help provide more stable and conducive environments for refugees.
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Virtual Exchange: Students Collaborate to Tackle Social Enterprise Challenges in the Middle East

The M²GATE Virtual exchange program pairs students from Michigan & the Middle East to take on social enterprise challenges. Together they collaborate to identify a social problem in the region and come up with an entrepreneurial solution.
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5 Ways Local Markets Help Refugees Rebuild Their Lives

In the westernmost corner of Uganda, something interesting is happening. This rural area of Uganda is challenging perceptions of how refugees can contribute to the local economy. West Nile in Uganda is home to hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, and together with their Ugandan host communities, they are beginning to drive growth.
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Supporting Entrepreneurs in the Pursuit of Peace

Bpeace is a nonprofit that matches business experts with entrepreneurs in challenged economies, to help them grow their businesses and generate jobs. In this story Bpeace share some successful examples of connecting experts with growing businesses and how they believe that more jobs means more peace.
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What do we mean by "Refugees and Migration"?

Explore how protecting the rights of refugees and migrants around the world is crucial for humane governance and global human rights observance.

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