https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Throughout 2020 and 2021, The Local offered free training in solutions-focused journalism on migration for reporters across Europe. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211215/three-questions-to-help-guide-constructive-reporting-on-migration Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:44:33 +0100 three-questions-to-help-guide-constructive-reporting-on-migration Applications are open for a third and final round of our popular Solutions Journalism for Migration Reporters course, run by The Local's journalists and offered free for journalists and students in the EU. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211022/sign-up-now-for-the-locals-free-training-in-constructive-migration-reporting Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:00:59 +0200 sign-up-now-for-the-locals-free-training-in-constructive-migration-reporting A university degree doesn't always guarantee that newly arrived foreigners will easily break into the Swedish job market. But fast-track training programme Korta Vägen hopes to boost their chances. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210119/watch-could-a-training-scheme-help-foreign-graduates-boost-their-swedish-career Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:59:59 +0100 watch-could-a-training-scheme-help-foreign-graduates-boost-their-swedish-career Meet the people behind a school that's hoping to close the talent gap in Germany's tech industry – while helping refugees and migrants kick-start their career in their new country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210119/how-a-tech-school-helps-refugees-break-into-germanys-job-market Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:35:20 +0100 how-a-tech-school-helps-refugees-break-into-germanys-job-market In Sweden, every fourth student in compulsory education has a foreign background, which means that they were either born abroad or born in Sweden with both parents from abroad. However, students from Swedish families and their peers with foreign backgrounds are meeting less and less often in schools, in a result of increased segregation that is posing a challenge for many municipalities. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210118/how-tutor-groups-are-trying-to-bridge-the-inequality-gap-in-swedish-schools Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:02:38 +0100 how-tutor-groups-are-trying-to-bridge-the-inequality-gap-in-swedish-schools Cambridge Convoy Refugee Action Group, otherwise known as CamCRAG, is a small Cambridgeshire-based charity that was established in response to the migrant crisis in 2015. A small number of people, eager to make a difference, started to travel across the English channel to the Calais refugee camp to help out local aid organisations in the area. The mission soon grew to regular convoys, driving volunteers and donations on Fridays down to France, and taking the group back on Sunday evenings. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210113/until-the-convoys-return-cambridgeshire-charity-finds-new-ways-to-help-refugees-in-the-pandemic Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:21:43 +0100 until-the-convoys-return-cambridgeshire-charity-finds-new-ways-to-help-refugees-in-the-pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has forced many universities and students to shift from traditional to online learning methods in order to follow health and safety restrictions. While a blessing for many, for some international students, it appears to be a double-edged sword. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210111/online-education-a-mixed-blessing-for-international-students-in-sweden Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:24:32 +0100 online-education-a-mixed-blessing-for-international-students-in-sweden International students face many challenges during their stay in Sweden, ranging from classes in English to emotional and social setbacks. The key to the Swedish society and labour market is found in the Swedish language, which can become a barrier to students' ability to socialise. But in the town of Växjö in southern Sweden, students have formed a study circle to help each other. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210111/how-a-study-circle-helps-new-students-integrate-in-sweden Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:27:24 +0100 how-a-study-circle-helps-new-students-integrate-in-sweden Eastern European construction workers in Denmark have been plagued by unequal pay and subpar working conditions. Now the frontrunners of the Danish labour movement are trying to make them feel welcome. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210111/how-a-danish-trade-union-is-empowering-migrant-construction-workers-to-demand-equal-rights Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:02:37 +0100 how-a-danish-trade-union-is-empowering-migrant-construction-workers-to-demand-equal-rights Athens-based media organisation Solomon runs a training scheme for migrants and refugees that aims to give them the tools to tell their own stories themselves. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210108/i-can-tell-the-story-of-my-own-life-the-greek-magazine-training-refugees-as-journalists Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:18:50 +0100 i-can-tell-the-story-of-my-own-life-the-greek-magazine-training-refugees-as-journalists Thousands of migrants have moved to Sweden in recent years, but questions have been raised about balancing this with integration in the job market and society. A mentorship scheme with focus on work could be a way to bridge the gap between locals and newly arrived foreigners. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210108/the-mentorship-scheme-helping-foreign-job-seekers-navigate-life-in-stockholm Fri, 08 Jan 2021 07:08:29 +0100 the-mentorship-scheme-helping-foreign-job-seekers-navigate-life-in-stockholm After an unpleasant encounter at a local market in the Czech Republic that was triggered by language barriers, Sarajevo-born Jelena Silajdzik, 66, knew things had to change. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201229/the-czech-lunches-that-connect-families Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:03:27 +0100 the-czech-lunches-that-connect-families Belgium needs IT workers, while disadvantaged migrants need the chance to access skilled jobs. A programme that trains refugees and asylum seekers in web development aims to help. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201224/hack-your-future-belgiums-coding-school-for-refugees Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:17:49 +0100 hack-your-future-belgiums-coding-school-for-refugees Every year LGBT+ people from many regions hope to find a new home and a safe place in Denmark. LGBT Asylum is an organization that works for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Danish asylum system and can be a fundamental piece of this tough process for them. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201222/from-queer-to-queer-how-locals-are-supporting-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-in-denmark Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:04:08 +0100 from-queer-to-queer-how-locals-are-supporting-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-in-denmark Throughout 2020, The Local has offered training on a solutions-focused approach to migration reporting for over 100 journalists. Over the next few weeks we will be publishing some of their articles. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201126/introducing-changing-the-narrative-a-new-series-and-approach-to-migration-reporting Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:36:51 +0100 introducing-changing-the-narrative-a-new-series-and-approach-to-migration-reporting While conditions at refugee camps on the Greek island of Lesvos are dire, it hasn't stopped residents finding ways to live through the constant state of emergency. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201221/in-photos-everyday-resilience-in-a-lesvos-refugee-camp Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:51:05 +0100 in-photos-everyday-resilience-in-a-lesvos-refugee-camp In 2015 the four million people fleeing Syria's civil war grabbed the world's attention. As the UK government pledged to resettle 20,000 of them, local communities were inspired to play their own part. Five years later, community sponsors say a scheme designed to help newcomers integrate has also helped their neighbourhoods thrive. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201217/how-a-community-scheme-is-forging-bonds-between-locals-and-newcomers Thu, 17 Dec 2020 10:29:42 +0100 how-a-community-scheme-is-forging-bonds-between-locals-and-newcomers At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dutch entrepreneurs teamed up with a work-learn programme for refugees to create the Netherlands' first face mask factory. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201211/how-a-refugee-run-factory-is-helping-the-netherlands-meet-its-need-for-face-masks Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:28:16 +0100 how-a-refugee-run-factory-is-helping-the-netherlands-meet-its-need-for-face-masks In Athens, one NGO has focused on adapting its services to suit refugees' needs, offering shelter, Greek and English lessons, food and above all a safe space. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201210/adapting-to-address-changing-refugee-needs-in-athens Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:06:46 +0100 adapting-to-address-changing-refugee-needs-in-athens When Cyprus went into lockdown in spring 2020, many migrants found themselves without easy access to food and other necessities. Here's how one charity quickly restructured its organisation to focus on its members' needs. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201208/how-a-cyprus-charity-realigned-its-services-to-face-the-pandemic Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:59:59 +0100 how-a-cyprus-charity-realigned-its-services-to-face-the-pandemic