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UN forum in Paris to spotlight mobile learning for refugees and displaced persons
Education experts and government officials will gather at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 20 to 24 March, to discuss ways of expanding the use of mobile technologies to “reach people where they are” and improve education opportunities for refugees and displaced persons and others in emergency […]
NGOs criticise Turkey-EU deal on refugees
A Turkey-European deal to stop the flow of refugees into Europe has made seeking refuge in the continent "mission impossible" as vulnerable people stuck in camps in Greece suffer serious mental illnesses, according to a number of charities. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Oxfam said on Thursday that the deal exposed refugees to risk […]
Starbucks hasn’t seen ‘substantive impact’ since vowing to hire refugees
Starbucks released a letter from a market research firm that refutes that the coffee giant’s brand perception dropped after the company vowed to hire 10,000 refugees in response to President Trump’s travel ban order. The market research firm, Kantar Millward Brown, has worked with Starbucks since 2013 to commission brand perception insights on behalf of the coffee chain. The […]
Canada Is Expecting Even More Refugees to Come From the U.S
Since President Donald Trump's surprise election, some stateless U.S. migrants are choosing arrest by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police over risking deportation in America. Situations like this will become increasingly common, says Canadian immigration lawyer Richard Kurland in an interview with CBC News Thursday. And thousands will be seeking refugee status, he said. According to NPR, the Mounties can only […]
‘We don’t have a life here’: refugees find scant solace in hardline Hungary
Pias, a young Iraqi refugee who made it to Hungary, was initially keen to show off his English. But after four months in a detention camp, fear and uncertainty had rendered him mute. Despite paying the Hungarian authorities €1,200 (£1,018) to send him to a more open facility, the 19-year-old feared being hauled back into custody […]
Two Malian refugees die in fire at farm workers’ camp in Italy
Two refugees from Mali have died after a fire broke out at a camp for farm workers in the southern Italian region of Puglia, two days after it had been ordered to be cleared. Investigators said they had not ruled out arson as a possible cause of the blaze, which consumed sections of a shantytown known as […]
Refugees to U.S., Michigan: Some facts
Refugees seeking resettlement in the U.S. must get a referral, usually from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or sometimes from a U.S. embassy or a nongovernmental organization in which employees have been trained to handle refugee referrals. In some cases, such as those of people who seek to be reunited with close relatives […]
Welcome Refugees, Churches Say in a Public Challenge to Trump
The fight against President Trump’s executive orders to turn away refugees, deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the Mexican border is about to escalate in many American churches. A broad network of 37 Protestant and Orthodox Christian denominations will announce on Friday a campaign to mobilize its congregants — some 30 million Americans in all […]
Stateless Rohingya Refugees Sucked Into Booming Bangladesh Drug Trade
Rohingya Muslim refugee Ali Hasan is desperately looking for a bride for his 14-year-old son, jailed last year in Bangladesh for carrying the popular drug ya ba. He hopes the girl's family would pay the $620 needed for Mohammed Hasan's bail as dowry. Police arrested Mohammed with 5,000 pills of ya ba, as methamphetamine is […]
Trump Administration Weighs Increased Scrutiny Of Refugees’ Social Media
As President Trump prepares a new executive order on vetting refugees and immigrants, one idea keeps cropping up: checking the social media accounts of those coming to the U.S. In fact, such a program was begun under the Obama administration more than a year ago on a limited basis and is likely to be expanded. […]Donate Now
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It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]
