Global Issues
News headlines for “Immigration”, page 72
Transgender Ukrainian Refugees Impacted as War with Russia Continues
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Apr 25 (IPS) - Soon after Russia invaded her country, Anastasiia Yeva Domani found herself forced to abandon the regime of vital medicines she was taking.
Europe Sweeps Away More Refugees, Asylum Seekers - Part II: Hungary, Poland
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Apr 22 (IPS) - Part I of this two-part series focused on the cases of the United Kingdom and Greece. This article will deal with how Hungary has been criminalising organisations that provide humanitarian assistance to migrants, and how Poland 'arbitrarily’ detains thousands of asylum seekers.
Europe Sweeps Away More Refugees, Asylum Seekers - Part I: UK, Greece
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Apr 21 (IPS) - In what looks pretty much like an ‘operation clean sweep’ aiming at getting rid of more and more migrants, refugees and asylum seekers by shipping them far away, the process of ‘externalisation’ of millions of victims of wars, poverty, climate crisis and political persecution, is now growing fast
Migrants and Health Workers Play Complex ‘Game’ on Europe’s Fringes
- Inter Press Service
Bihać, Bosnia, Apr 19 (IPS) - Supported by the European Journalism Centre*Responding to several shouts Viraj emerges from the ruins of his shelter in northwest Bosnia. He is originally from India but is now squatting near Bihać in what remains of a house abandoned since the 1990s Balkans war.
Ukraine: Security Council urged to ‘put aside’ divisions, end ‘senseless war’
- UN News
As five million people have already fled Ukraine and another seven million are displaced internally, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements urged the Security Council on Tuesday to ‘put aside’ its divisions and find a way to end the “horrific and senseless war”, now in its eighth week.
High Cost of Debt is Crippling Developing Nations: How can we Bridge the Finance Divide?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) - As the world is rocked by a confluence of crises, the global economic outlook for 2022 is becoming ever more uncertain and fragile. Prospects for sustainable development for all and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 are bleak, particularly for developing countries.
African-born advocate and refugee, reflects on being a Black woman in the US
- UN News
On the heels of Black History Month in February, Women’s History Month in March and the appointment of the first Black female Justice to the US Supreme Court in April, one African woman has been talking to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, about her childhood experience of fleeing conflict in Liberia to become a leading refugee advocate in her new homeland, the United States.
Ukraine: Escaping Bucha
- UN News
Bucha. Once a quiet dormitory town near Kyiv, it is now synonymous with the mass killing of civilians in the increasingly brutal war in Ukraine. Although Yuliia and her family escaped the bloodshed, and are receiving help form the UN migration agency (IOM), they are struggling to adapt to their new status as they join the ranks of the millions of people displaced from their homes.
War in Ukraine & Rise in Arms Spending Undermine Development Aid to the World's Poor
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) - The unprecedented flow of arms to Ukraine, and the rising miliary spending by European nations to strengthen their defenses, are threatening to undermine development aid to the world’s poorer nations.
Mind the Darién Gap, braving the treacherous pathway to a better life
- UN News
The Darién Gap, a dangerous route that links South and North America, has long been used by migrants trekking north to the United States, in search of a better life, or simply fleeing violence at home. As well as extreme physical challenges, they also risk attacks from smugglers, and other criminal groups.
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