Reporting on refugee issues around the world, including the political, economic and environmental causes of displacement and the people and ideas addressing forced migration. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/series/when-refugees-lead/rss en Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Thu, 17 May 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Rebecca Buxton https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/05/17/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-wales-refugee-coalition-chair https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/05/17/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-wales-refugee-coalition-chair As part of our series “When Refugees Lead,” we speak with Rocio Cifuentes, chair of the Welsh Refugee Coalition and director of the Ethnic Youth Support Team, whose family fled dictatorship in Chile when she was an infant. Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Wed, 02 May 2018 08:10:00 +0000 Yermi Brenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/05/02/when-refugees-lead-conversation-with-german-politician-omid-nouripour https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/05/02/when-refugees-lead-conversation-with-german-politician-omid-nouripour As part of our series ‘When Refugees Lead,’ we speak with Omid Nouripour, a German politician from the Green Party whose family fled Iran in the 1980s. Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:20:00 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/04/27/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-an-american-immigrant-lawmaker https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/04/27/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-an-american-immigrant-lawmaker As part of our series ‘When Refugees Lead,’ we speak with Kathy Tran, a refugee from Vietnam who became the first Vietnamese-American elected to Virginia’s state legislature last year. Refugee Voices Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Rebecca Buxton https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/04/13/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-the-ceo-of-islamic-relief https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/04/13/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-the-ceo-of-islamic-relief As part of our series “When Refugees Lead,” we talk to Islamic Relief Worldwide CEO Naser Haghamed, who fled Eritrea as a child and now leads one of the world’s largest independent humanitarian organizations. Refugee Voices Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:40:00 +0000 Charlotte Alfred https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/04/06/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-canadas-refugees-minister https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/04/06/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-canadas-refugees-minister We speak with Canada’s minister of refugees and immigration Ahmed Hussen about how his own experience of displacement influenced his career and policy-making for our new series on leadership by refugees.