[lg policy] European processing camps - linguistic aspect?

[Lois Feuerle]

Dear Yael,

As the former Coordinator of Interpreting Services for the court system of the State of New York and then for the State of Oregon, I am sure that providing an adequate number of skilled interpreters must be a huge problem, as well as providing good translations of the forms and instructions that are needed to process the entry of the refugees.

Even with lead time and small numbers there were times when this could be a challenge to the courts, especially in the case of certain languages, e.g., in the case of non-Spanish-speaking speakers of the indigenous languages of Mexico and Central America.

I will be interested in following your researches in this topic.

Best regards,

Lois

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On Aug 31, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Yael Peled wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> This is just a quick message to enquire whether anyone might be able to recommend current work on the linguistic aspect of the European refugee processing camps (e.g. Calais, Traiskirchen), or is otherwise aware of current and ongoing research on the topic. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> With all good wishes, and have a happy new academic year,
> 
> 
> Yael
> 
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