News headlines for “Immigration”, page 72
New and Old Afghan Refugees Make the Best of Life in Neighbouring Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Jun 23 (IPS) - “We came here in 1979 after Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan. My children and grandchildren have grown up here and they don’t want to go back to that war-ravaged country. I go there occasionally to mourn the deaths of near and dear ones,” says Muhammad Jabbar, 67, a former resident of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
Urgent Global Call to Save 222 Million Dreams for Children Impacted by Crises
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Jun 22 (IPS) - It is not enough that they were robbed of their childhoods and their shattered young lives defined by bombs, bloodshed and death. Now, crisis-impacted school-aged children are falling off the academic bridge that could lead them out of the carnage.
Lebanon: $3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees
- UN News
The Lebanese Government, the United Nations and partners on Monday announced a $3.2 billion appeal for the country to address ongoing impacts from the war in neighbouring Syria and the current economic crisis.
UN food agency announces further refugee ration cuts, in quest for #ZeroHunger
- UN News
The UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Monday that it will have no choice but to make further food ration cuts soon for refugees.
Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm
- UN News
Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, the UN food relief agency warned on Monday, World Refugee Day.
Guterres visits refugees resettled in NYC, urges world to ‘stand together in solidarity’
- UN News
Ahead of World Refugee Day, marked annually on 20 June, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday visited refugees from Iraq and Afghanistan now living, working and adding to the vibrancy of New York City.
Slave Markets Open 24/7: Refugee Babies, Boys, Girls, Women, Men
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jun 17 (IPS) - In addition to slave selling and buying deals in public squares, as reported time ago in ‘liberated’ Libya, a widespread exploitation of men, women, and children has been carried out for years at refugee camps worldwide.
UN expert urges UK to halt transfer of asylum seekers to Rwanda
- UN News
A UN human rights expert on Friday urged the United Kingdom to halt its controversial policy of transferring some asylum seekers to Rwanda and expressed serious concern that the two country’s asylum partnership arrangement violates international law, and risks causing irreparable harm to those seeking international protection.
A record 37 million children displaced worldwide: UNICEF
- UN News
Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes by the end of last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates – the highest number recorded since the Second World War, the agency said on Friday.
More than 100 million now forcibly displaced: UNHCR report
- UN News
A staggering 100 million people have now been forced to flee their homes globally, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday, highlighting worldwide food insecurity, the climate crisis, war in Ukraine and other emergencies from Africa to Afghanistan as leading causes.
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