{"id":21965,"date":"2018-07-30T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=21965"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:14:49","slug":"you-are-welcome","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/news\/you-are-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"You are welcome: a guide for refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p><strong>Edited 04.2026<\/strong>: This project has now ended and website is no longer in operation.<br><br>The smartphone \u2013 one of the most important resources for a refugee. It helps them stay in touch with family back home and it is also a way to stay abreast of current affairs or talk with other refugees. On another note, smartphones provide access to the Internet and, consequently, to information portals of local administrations. The problem for migrants, however, is that many of these official websites are simply unnavigable. The information is hidden behind puzzling menus, written in officialese, or provided in English and French but not in Arabic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This prompted SnT scientist Prof. Dr. Charles Max to develop the smartphone platform youarewelcome.lu for refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youarewelcome.lu presents all information relevant to refugees concisely and in plain language \u2013 including, for example, how to apply for asylum. \u201cWe have collated the essential facts from many official sources and prepared them in a way that everyone can understand,\u201d says Max. For the translations into Arabic and Farsi, he had help from students who are native speakers from Syria and Iran. His team of researchers also recorded spoken versions of the information: illiterate refugees can now have the information read aloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Max consciously decided to develop a web platform rather than an app, which would need continual adaptation to new operating systems. \u201cUsers have confidence in our platform because it always works,\u201d says Max. \u201cWe also make sure the information is constantly up to date.\u201d The project, which goes by the name of \u2018Mobile interaction for refugee integration\u2019 (MIRI), is funded by the Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte of Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":21966,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"news-category":[4],"news-topic":[10],"organisation":[184],"authorship":[67],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>You are welcome: a guide for refugees - SnT news I University of Luxembourg<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Edited 04.2026: This project has now ended and website is no longer in operation.The smartphone \u2013 one of the most important resources for a refugee. 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