Language barriers and societal differences certainly make the integration of refugees a challenge for cities, but it is more than possible. Just take a look at Marburg, a German town pioneering a model to connect incoming refugees job that stabilize their lives. Marburg has a job center unlike any other that gives refugees more time to complete internships and notifies them of programs they qualify for in their native languages. The center even has a special program that assesses refugees’ skills to connect them to specialized jobs.
A small town in Germany is showing the rest of the world what helping refugees actually means
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