People Fixing the World - Moving In With Refugees

An innovative housing project in Amsterdam is attempting a new way of integrating refugees into the local population. In prefab flats, refugees from the Syrian war live next door to young people in need of cheap rent. They eat together, learn language together, and develop the networks that researchers say are critical to successful integration.

Presenter: Charlotte Pritchard
Reporter: Jo Mathys

Image: Young people living in the Startblok / Credit: BBC

Published on Saturday, 11th March 2017.

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