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What I learned while teaching teenage refugees, and why it matters

I didn’t expect to become a teacher at the age of 15. Yet, there I was, standing in front of a group of Ukrainian refugee students, afraid and stressed – what if I wasn’t good enough? What if they didn’t take me seriously? After all, I was just a teenager myself.

16-year-old Kexin Shi shares her experience of teaching English to Ukrainian teenagers in Poland

Finding joy in spite of war: Inside Warsaw's centre for Ukrainian children

A total of 100,000 refugee children and teens have attended the centre since it opened, Agata Gos, the centre’s director, told Harbingers’ Magazine. However, in July it will be closing its doors

15-year-old Helena Bruździak reports on a centre in Poland helping refugee children adapt to their new lives

Refugees and migrants, part 2: An international perspective

In March, we started a new Human Rights subsection at Harbingers’, called Crisis Zones. In our first article looking at the lives of displaced people around the world, we explained the difference between the terms ‘refugee’, ‘migrant’ and ‘asylum seeker’ as these are often used interchangeably, even though they have different legal meanings

In her second article, 16-year-old Kexin Shi looks at the problems facing migrants and the organisations helping them

Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants: What’s the difference?

The terms ‘refugee’, ‘asylum seeker’ and ‘migrant’ are often used interchangeably to describe displaced people, despite having distinct legal meanings. This article – the first of two on the subject – aims to explain the differences between those terms, which is crucial for discussing migration policies and human rights

16-year-old Kexin Shi breaks down the legal terms related to migration

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