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