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News headlines for “Immigration”, page 93
Death toll of Burkina Faso Attack Reaches 160
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Jun 07 (IPS) - On the night of Friday 4th June, a group of unidentified armed men stormed the village of Solhan in the north of Burkina Faso, shooting indiscriminately, looting the market and burning homes. A report by RFI, the French radio station said there could have been as many as 200 attackers by some accounts of survivors.
Africa’s Forgotten Crisis
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 01 (IPS) - World leaders need to act for children and youth struggling to survive and thrive.A few weeks ago, I traveled with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the Modale refugee site in the Nord-Ubangi province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). What we witnessed there was a profound humanitarian crisis that has left 4.7 million children and youth in need of urgent, life-saving, life-changing educational support.
The Killings in Gaza and Two Jewish Philosophers Hope for a Better World
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, May 31 (IPS) - In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich NietzscheI hear about casualties and numbers, but cannot perceive the faces, the human beings behind them. A week ago, eleven days of havoc ended after at least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, had been killed in the Gaza Strip and 12 people, including two children, in Israel. An open, gravely infected wound which continuous to bleed, causing never ending human suffering.
The Issue is Exploitation, not Migration
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, May 27 (IPS) - “There’s no other option but to return,” said Chitrasen in January 2021, when asked if he would migrate back to the city. The previous year’s pandemic-induced lockdown had left migrant workers stranded in cities and stripped of all their savings. An entire year later, as the second wave of COVID-19 engulfs India, many migrant workers find themselves confronted by a similar situation.
Pandemic making life harder for older refugees in Latin America
- UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the already difficult situation of older refugees across Latin America, according to a joint assessment published on Wednesday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the NGO HelpAge International.
India’s Second COVID-19 Wave Shatters Livelihood Hopes of Poor Migrant Labourers
- Inter Press Service
NEW DEHLI, May 25 (IPS) - Last month, in the midst of New Dehli’s coronavirus lockdown, 37- year-old labourer Prakash Kumar wanted to return to his rural home in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. But instead of travelling the usual few hours by bus, Kumar had to journey for three days.
Africa essential for sustainable development, poverty reduction and peace
- UN News
Africa’s rich, diverse cultural and natural heritage, is important for sustainable development, poverty reduction, and “building and maintaining peace”, the UN chief said on Tuesday, marking the international day celebrating the continent.
Q&A: Reflecting on Five Years of Educating Children in the Throes of Crises, Emergencies and Displacement
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) - Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund that brings teaching and learning to children in emergencies and protracted crises, is observing five years of reaching boys and girls in some of the world’s hardest-hit conflict and disaster zones.
First Person: Refugee ‘Russian Woman’ in bid for Eurovision glory
- UN News
Manizha Sangin arrived in Russia as young refugee, when her family fled the violence of the civil war in Tajikistan. Today, she is a high-profile singer, representing Russia in the final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, with the song “Russian Woman”. Ms. Sangin is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), and a domestic abuse activist.
UNHCR chief calls on US to end COVID-19 asylum restrictions at the Mexico border
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has appealed to the Government of the United States to “swiftly lift” the public health-related asylum restrictions that remain in effect at the southern border, and to restore access to asylum for the people “whose lives depend on it”.
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