Focus. The role of ICT in refugee empowerment: the Kiron experience in France

Since 2011, due to the “refugee crisis”, the number of displaced people throughout the world has reached its highest in modern history. Upon arrival to a new country, refugees suffer a quasi-automatic socio-economic downgrading: they are unable to access relevant information and job offers to successfully sustain themselves and be integrated in society. Education and training is a means of contributing to access better employment opportunities, cultural and economic integration, but also to prepare future resettlements. At global level, only 1% of refugees have access to higher education, due to the lack of knowledge of the local language, lack of funds, administrative documents and also the lack of capacity in universities.