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Portrait of the CEO of Techfugees Josephine Goube.

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#Techfugees Lisbon launch: "Education for Syrian refugee children is one of the biggest issues the tech community can solve." #WebSummit (at Web Summit 2016)

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Trying to build a product to improve the resettlement of Syrian refugees. In discussion at the Techfugees conference in New York City. Shout out to Ambassador Samantha Power for her inspiring keynote speech!

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#TechFugees in Warsaw

#TechFugees in Warsaw, 6-20th November

The increased influx of refugees into Europe is proving to be a major challenge to the continent’s nations.

Some aspects of this challenge could be solved by Europe’s tech and startup community, helping either the refugees themselves, or the people and organisations who are helping them. Begun in London, #TechFugees is now a pan-European initiative. The model is widely familiar to every geek – a…

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Techies hold day-long 'hackathon' to tackle challenge of refugees

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Techies hold day-long 'hackathon' to tackle challenge of refugees

Those who work in technology tend to think it can solve most problems in the world. The refugee crisis is another scale of problem, though. But the London tech scene is trying its best. Developers and entrepreneurs have held a conference and a 'hackathon': a day-long session to try and create apps that address the refugee crisis.' It's called "Techfugees", and your cynicism could be forgiven.

For me, if we could find a tech solution that could help educate wider society around what a refugee is and what sort of struggles they go through, that would be a huge achievement.

Daria Taylor, who runs a tech start up and is a sponsor of Techfugees

The teams at the hackathon have three challenges. One, build a way for refugees to reunite with friends and family. Two, build a tool for recording crimes and war crimes that are going unreported. Three, build a way for Syrian refugees to have a democratic voice. There are some good ideas. A digital platform for registering refugees across Europe, already in place in four locations in Greece. A service for free visa and migration advice, tailored towards Syrian refugees. An online map of smuggling networks which includes the costs charged by people traffickers, to give refugees contemplating the journey better information. The migration crisis is the biggest movement of people across Europe since the second world war. But unlike other crises, many refugees are digitally active.

The reason this crisis is different to previous ones is that we feel very connected to those people, because we can connect to them, we can speak to them, and if we want to help them, we can help them as well.

Sadaf Ahmed, who runs the Musafair Collective, which provides aid to refugees

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“Our new neighbours are a tremendous resource. Their resilience, street-smarts and ability to network is exactly what is needed to succeed in the new economy”

Refugees On Rails — Refugee Code School In Berlin