Refugee Week: Call for better digital information resources for refugees
Channel: OUresearch on YouTube
Date: 20/06/2016

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Professor Marie Gillespie, OU Professor of Sociology, has identified a huge gap in the provision of relevant, reliable and timely news and information for refugees that is endangering their lives.

During Refugee Week (20-26 June) the OU appeals to European states to provide better for digital information resources for refugees.

Professor Gillespie is collaborating with Professor Heaven Crawley, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, who highlights the fact that portrayal of refugees in the media is often negative.

Read more about research into perception of refugees at: http://www.open.ac.uk/research/main/news/refugee-week