Politicians across the globe are struggling to comprehend and reckon with the scale of the challenges that this crisis presents and the responses differ substantially from border to border.

While Canada’s Justin Trudeau and Germany’s Angela Merkel embraced the battered and beleaguered of Syria, America’s Donald Trump and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán plan to put up walls and barriers to get them out and to keep them away.

Yet it is not just the world or government leaders that have a role to play in responding to the refugee crisis. Individuals, businesses and organisations have been called on to show practical and strong leadership on this matter.

DCU has become Ireland’s first designated ‘University of Sanctuary’ – something that everybody in the DCU family can be proud of, whether you are staff, student or alumni.

However, what exactly does this mean and why has DCU been chosen by the UK-based City of Sanctuary organisation to be awarded such recognition and distinction?

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