Refugees are a valuable but severely underutilized and undervalued resource in the workforce. The potential that refugee talent has to better any workplace is often dismissed on the grounds of popular misconceptions/fallacies regarding the reality of hiring refugees. This article aims to address common misconceptions about refugee employment that often…

The aim of Na’amal’s mentoring programme is to develop professional skills and build networks for refugees and members of the host community. Last year, Arm, a leading technology provider of semiconductors, based in Cambridge UK, established a pilot volunteering programme with Na’amal. Between July and December, ten mentors from Arm…

As the global economy slowly transitions toward normalcy, the jury is out on the long term impact on the nature of work. While many companies have embraced remote work as common practice and core to their operations, others have begun to call their staff back to the offices. Yet, there…

In December 2017, I published an article on the World Economic Forum titled “How remote work could help refugees”. At that time, remote work was niche, with many companies not believing that it could be possible for their employees, and certainly not for refugees. Then came COVID-19, causing disruption to…