Refugees
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FREE LEGAL AID FOR REFUGEES INCREASED
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community…
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WINTERIZATION CAMPAIGN FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
Under the theme of #DignityIsPriceless, the campaign is aimed at raising $1.1 million (or over QR 4 million) to implement…
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‘World Becoming Less Accepting of Migrants’
As the European Union introduces a new migration and asylum plan after a blaze at an overcrowded camp in Greece…
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Migrants and refugees facing extraordinary risks during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for people from all walks of life, but an absolute “catastrophe” for the…
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Chinese Refugees Fear Deportation as Thailand Increases Cooperation with China
Chinese dissidents fleeing abroad have long used Thailand as a route for escaping repression at home. In recent years, Thailand’s…
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Migrant camp fire leaves 13,000 without shelter
Fires have destroyed Greece’s largest migrant camp, an overcrowded facility on the island of Lesbos, leaving nearly 13,000 people without…
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Lack of EU unity on asylum keeps refugees at the margins
In 2015, Angela Merkel opened Germany to hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war — sparking heated debate about asylum…
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Security Council support ‘in action’ for Libya, crucial for its future, declares UN mission chief
The top UN official in Libya urged the Security Council on Wednesday to press for an immediate de-escalation of tensions…
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Sahrawi refugees in COVID-19 lockdown hit by livestock epidemic
Taking a break from her daily chores, Mariem Mohamed Boujemaa – a 69-year-old Sahrawi refugee living in Boujdour Camp in…
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UN agencies call for urgent disembarkation of hundreds rescued in the Mediterranean
Hundreds of rescued migrants and refugees currently on board three vessels in the Central Mediterranean, some of whom have been…
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