Refugee rights

Displaced people across the world lack agency. Upinion combines methods to connect with people on the move, enabling it to follow the journey of refugees and migrants and to provide them with a space to share their experiences and recommendations regarding their new environment. Upinion believes in a holistic approach to engagement, bringing together insights from all displacement-affected populations, including the host communities.

The online community and Upinion and its partners have co-created advocacy strategies for enhanced refugee and migrant rights, fought against the forced and premature return of refugees to their home countries before conditions are in place, and strengthened social cohesion in Lebanon, Türkiye, Mauritania, Libya, and Greece.

  • Alarming situation for Afghan refugees in Türkiye

    One year after the Taliban’s violent take-over in Afghanistan, Upinion and its partner 11.11.11, the Belgian umbrella organization of International Solidarity, show in a new report that the situation of Afghan refugees in Türkiye is alarming and requires immediate attention by the international community. References to the findings of the Upinion conversation were made in…

  • Put a halt to forcible returns of Syrian refugees from Türkiye

    Put a halt to forcible returns of Syrian refugees from Türkiye

    Since 2011, the political and economic situation in Türkiye has undergone drastic changes, which has resulted in an increasingly hostile public opinion against refugees. 11.11.11 and Upinion conducted an online conversation with 944 Syrian refugees in Türkiye to gauge their perception on existing pressures and their living conditions in the country.