Austin Davis is a Berlin-based freelance journalist. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/austin-davis/rss en Education Integration Solutions Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:27:36 +0000 Austin Davis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/10/20/berlins-education-experiment-welcome-classes-for-refugee-children https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/10/20/berlins-education-experiment-welcome-classes-for-refugee-children Germany is facing the task of integrating 400,000 school-age refugees. Berlin, with its history of diversity, has ramped up an education program providing special classes to newcomers that is now being replicated elsewhere. Integration Solutions Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:21:19 +0000 Austin Davis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/07/11/learning-from-the-past-refugees-give-museum-tours-in-berlin https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/07/11/learning-from-the-past-refugees-give-museum-tours-in-berlin An initiative to train refugees and migrants from the Arab world to give Arabic-language museum tours in Berlin is facilitating integration between refugees and Germans, reports Al-Fanar Media. Economy Integration Wed, 22 Feb 2017 08:55:25 +0000 Austin Davis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/02/22/refugee-apprentice-germany-offers-skills-training-to-newcomers https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/02/22/refugee-apprentice-germany-offers-skills-training-to-newcomers The German government hopes the influx of migrants will solve the country’s labor shortage. It has created a program to prepare refugees for the country’s apprenticeship system. But getting refugees trained and hired is proving difficult.