This is youRegion: Expats tells about their experiences in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine
Majid Pourabdian, a consultant and life Science Informatic at OSTHUS comes from Iran. When moving to Aachen, he had a lot of questions about finding a new flat, visa extension etc. Especially during the covid-pandemic, he had to do everything remotely and that’s why he has been involved with the newcomer service of the youRegion, which helped them a lot with all of his questions. Birgit Veskioja- Vrolijk, also an expat and international psychologist, comes from Estonia and lives now in Maastricht. She emphasized the community building part of the youRegion project: “I had been involved with a Christmas Party organised by youRegion this year, which was very lovely, because you get the opportunity to connect with people from Aachen and Hasselt. I also followed some very useful webinars, where they gave different information to internationals or to those who just came in the area.”
YouRegion definitely made my setting process here much easier.”