Coping far from home

Both migrants and host societies have to do their part so that everyone benefits in the end. Instead of allowing the migration debate to shift towards fear and exclusion, we should talk more about how integration can succeed.

Htoo Myat Khin from Myanmar trained as a nurse at Marburg University Hospital and says she found the support provided by the integration programme very helpful.

Faced with one of the world’s largest forced displacement crises in neighbouring Venezuela, Colombia made a bold choice: Since 2021, displaced Venezuelans have been eligible for residence and work permits.

Functioning basic infrastructure is one of the prerequisites for the integration of refugees. In Pakistan, a WWF initiative is helping to supply internally displaced persons (IDP) with drinking water.

The number of people forced to leave their homes has soared. They have to start from scratch in societies that are sometimes completely foreign to them. Whether they succeed depends not only on their own ability to adapt, but also on the host societies.