Since the start of the war in Ukraine, nearly 6 million refugees have crossed the border from Ukraine into neighboring countries.
As the Jewish communities work to support the needs of those in accommodation centers, some Ukrainian refugees are looking to move onwards to host communities in Western Europe.
To help facilitate this movement, and to ensure safe and effective integration into the receiving communities HIAS, B’nai B’rith Europe, and ECJC will organize a 1.5 day seminar on how to welcome and integrate refugees into new communities, from 15-17 June in Brussels.
In order to assist Jewish communities interested in hosting Ukrainian refugees, this seminar will introduce participants integration approaches and methods, including HIAS Europe’s Welcome Circle programme, modeled after HIAS’ experience working with Jewish Family Services and congregations around the US in welcoming refugees.
This training will act as a follow up to the larger Paris training that HIAS Europe in cooperation with the EJC. It will offer a more focused discussion around the applicability of Welcome Circles and other integration approaches in the European context.
Registration is open until Monday 6 June.
