Aug 01, 2016 Countries, Europe, Human Rights Comments Off on Angela Merkel defends Germany’s refugee policy after attacks
Angela Merkel defends Germany's refugee policy after attacks Angela Merkel has delivered a staunch defence of her open-door policy towards refugees, insisting she feels no guilt over a series of violent attacks in Germany and was right to allow hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees to arrive last summer. “A rejection of the humanitarian […]Jul 22, 2016 Countries, Human Rights, Turkey Comments Off on Shocking video shows Turkish men mocking Syrian boy in a playground and telling him a bomber is about to launch an airstrike right above him
A Syrian boy was left terrified after being warned that a bomber was about to launch an airstrike above him – only to be told afterwards that it was an April Fool's prank. A video shows the little boy sitting in a playground in Istanbul when he is approached by a man who alerts that him there […]Jul 22, 2016 Countries, Human Rights Comments Off on What Syrian refugees want Donald Trump to know
Syrian refugees just arriving in the United States will likely not be watching the Republican or Democratic conventions or the political ups and downs of the campaign. They are too busy learning to speak English and beginning their new life in America. However, many, refugees are well aware of the positions that presidential candidate Donald […]Jul 05, 2016 Articles & Interviews, Europe, Human Rights, İnterviews Comments Off on Dr. Nassim Assefi and the UNHCR
Dr. Nassim Assefi and the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Chief Spokesperson Melissa Fleming discuss the refugee crisis. Ask your questions in the comments! #TEDSummit #WithRefugees Watch Melissa’s TED Talk here: t.ted.com/MNn2zJg : [Translate]Jul 04, 2016 Countries, Human Rights, Reports, Women Comments Off on Ten women die in refugee boat accident off Libyan coast
Ten women have died in a new migrant boat accident off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea, Italian authorities said, as they began the gruesome task of removing hundreds of corpses from another salvaged wreck. The women were found dead in the bottom of a partially submerged dinghy, said Italian coastguard spokesman Captain […]Jul 04, 2016 Countries, Help Refugees, Human Rights Comments Off on “What has been done to them is shameful”
Dr. Nassim Assefi and the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Chief Spokesperson Melissa Fleming discuss the refugee crisis. Ask your questions in the comments! #TEDSummit #WithRefugees Watch Melissa’s TED Talk here: t.ted.com/MNn2zJg [Translate]Jun 28, 2016 Countries, Reports Comments Off on Stranded Syrian refugees’ desert plight worsens as Jordan blocks aid
Mercy Refugees House – Thousands of Syrian refugees stranded on Jordan’s northeastern border with Syria are running out of food after a militant suicide attack prompted the army to shut the area, international relief workers and refugees said on Monday. Jordan, a staunch U.S. ally, declared the area a closed military zone after a suicide bomber, […]Jun 23, 2016 Articles & Interviews, Countries, Financial Reports, Religious Rights Comments Off on Trump wrong that Clinton’s refugee plan would cost more than rebuilding all inner cities
A day after Hillary Clinton gave her list of Donald Trump’s many flaws on the economy, Trump returned the favor. In a speech from New York, he called her a "world-class liar" who has "spent her entire life making money for special interests." Trump delivered a broadside on Clinton’s immigration policies — to him, they […]Jun 17, 2016 Countries, Help Refugees, Refugee instruction, Refugees issues, Rules Comments Off on Pakistan Wants to Send 1.5 Million Refugees Back as U.S. Tensions Rise
More than three decades after fleeing Afghanistan, refugee Noor Said struggles to feed his family of eight on less than the $3 per day he earns weaving fabric in northwest Pakistan. Now he’s got an even bigger worry: Being forced back amid the worst border tensions in years. “I can’t take my small children to a […]Jun 13, 2016 Countries, Europe, Greece Comments Off on Refugees in Greece take first steps towards self-reliance
Masoud proudly lifts his bedding to reveal the construction of his makeshift bed. He has hammered together four wooden pallets and fitted legs underneath. Poorly padded by a yoga mat covered by two woollen blankets, it seems to radiate heat in the airless June afternoon. But the 34-year-old Syrian chef has a solution for the […]Jul 02, 2022
A group of Rohingya women and girls is expected to travel to Argentina within two months to testify against the Myanmar military in a genocide trial being heard by a court in Buenos Aires. The survivors have each given remote testimony of sexual assault to the court. The Argentine court has a history of taking […]