Dr Alexander Betts talks about rethinking popular assumptions on refugees

Alexander Betts has recently been commenting extensively in the media on a report that he has co-authored entitled Refugee Economies: Rethinking Popular Assumptions, which was published on World Refugee Day (20 June).

In a blog for The Guardian (20 June) Alexander said that existing approaches to refugee assistance simply arent working. He writes: Thats the topline from our report Current approaches often fail to recognise that refugees have skills, talents and aspirations. You can read the article here: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jun/20/refugee-myths-uganda-economy-research

Other media appearances include:

TV: Business Edition with Tanya Beckett, BBC World News - 20/06/2014, 9pm

Radio: Focus on Africa, BBC World Service - 20/06/2014, 6.30pm - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3csw26w

Radio: Voice of America - 20/06/2014, 2.04pm - http://www.voanews.com/content/refugees-economy-20jun14/1941347.html

Radio: Power 98/7 (South Africa) - 20/06/2014, 9.30am - https://soundcloud.com/refugeestudiescentre/refugee-economies-interview

Radio: Newsdrive, BBC Radio Scotland - 20/06/2014, 5.37pm - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046yvfy (Around 0:37 on the clock)

Radio: Kat Orman, BBC Radio Oxford - 20/06/2014, 3pm - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p020k0r4 (Around 2:05 on the clock)

The full report is available to read here (4.2MB): http://bit.ly/1jAYQCd