How refugee tech talent is filling critical skills gaps through Blue Hope Network

Small boats, build a wall, take back control - eight words that have shaped the narrative around those fleeing war and persecution in the English-speaking world in recent years. What is never addressed is the technical talent among those entering the US or the UK, legally or illegally, who are escaping from war zones and dictatorships - until now.

Blue Hope Network is a community that digital leaders can tap into to support technologists who have been displaced by war, violence or human rights violations.

During 2018 and the worst of the migration crisis in Europe, social impact entrepreneur Leticia Galdón, founder of Blue Hope Network, traveled to Greece, which is home to some of the continent's largest refugee camps, housing those fleeing the civil war that was raging in Syria and persecution in Afghanistan. While talking to those housed in the camps, Galdón discovered a community that was isolated and ...