On 24 June 2015 at 17:44, Brent Kimberley <Brent.Kimberley@durham.ca> wrote: You said that you were looking for people to hire teleworkers situated in
refugee camps who were bound to their locations.
Not so much bound, but unable to legally work outside the settlement. Some refugee environments have more hospitable hosts than others.
For starters, how does this scheme prevent refoulment? (ie The return of a refugee to their persecutors.)
The "scheme" is primarily a training and Internet-access program designed to equip people to make a living in what is often a hostile environment. One of the options in the most-hostile areas -- when local work simply isn't available -- is telework. At this point I am exploring the most suitable skills for those seeking that path, as well as the companies willing to hire/contract people with such skills. The UNHCR takes refugee security very seriously; in fact it considers itself primarily a protection agency first, a livelihood-finding org third (after education) . And refoulment is high on the list of concerns. Everything I am doing is vetted by the internal protection unit with exactly such issues in mind. The program I am involved with has already implemented a number of security measures (mainly in the realm of privacy protection) along these lines, supervised by people far better versed in the subject than I. Other issues that are addressed include protection against gender-based violence in environments where education (and Internet access) for women can put them (and the education/computer centres) at risk. All this and more is being addressed and guides all that we do. This may not completely address your question, but it's as good as I can get -- I'm not sure I can do anything utterly risk-free, but doing nothing is worse. Cheers, Evan