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An innovative housing project in Amsterdam is attempting a new way of integrating refugees into the local population. In prefab flats, refugees from the Syrian war live next door to young people in need of cheap rent. They eat together, learn language together, and develop the networks that researchers say are critical to successful integration.
Presenter: Charlotte Pritchard
Image: Young people living in the Startblok / Credit: BBC
By BBC World Service4.8
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An innovative housing project in Amsterdam is attempting a new way of integrating refugees into the local population. In prefab flats, refugees from the Syrian war live next door to young people in need of cheap rent. They eat together, learn language together, and develop the networks that researchers say are critical to successful integration.
Presenter: Charlotte Pritchard
Image: Young people living in the Startblok / Credit: BBC

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