Why Our Current Responses for Refugees Aren't Enough
For a sector that prides itself on its ability to respond to emergencies, the humanitarian community has been slow to adapt to the changing picture of global displacement. The numbers of people fleeing...
View ArticleSave the Children opens new drop-in centres for vulnerable refugee children...
(Source: Save the Children United Kingdom) As EU and African leaders meet in Valletta, Malta, to agree a migration action plan, Save the Children warns that tens of thousands of lone children are at...
View ArticleOnward, Christian Soldiers?
When the Islamic State group pushed into northern Iraq in the early summer of 2014, it swept up in its path many of the religious and ethnic minority communities that have for centuries called that...
View ArticleIf no quick end to the war in Syria can be found, at least protect ...
Once more, negotiators are assembling to try to end the Syrian bloodshed. Yet as they gather in Vienna for multilateral talks Saturday, the political obstacles they face are enormous: Who will...
View ArticleEast Africa hunger to worsen as El Nino strikes: UN
Conflicts, floods and failed rains caused by El Nino have sparked a dramatic rise in the number of people going hungry in east Africa, especially in drought-hit Ethiopia, the United Nations said...
View ArticleWounded toll at 25,000 a month in Syria, medicines lacking, cholera feared - WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - About 25,000 people are wounded each month in escalating warfare in Syria and it getting harder to deliver medical supplies for civilians trapped in areas held...
View ArticleEthiopia hit by worst drought in decades
Conflicts, floods and failed rains caused by El Nino have sparked a sharp rise in the number of people going hungry in parts of east Africa, especially in drought-hit Ethiopia where about 8.2 million...
View ArticleCanada Plans To Bring In 500 Syrian Refugees A Day Until Year's End
The Canadian government is forging ahead with its pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year, honoring an audacious campaign promise made by newly-elected Prime Minister Justin...
View ArticleUN Calls For Schools To Be 'Out Of Bounds' In War Zones Amid Rising Attacks
COVENTRY, England, Nov 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Children and schools are increasingly being used as weapons of war in many countries, and more should be done to protect education in war zones,...
View ArticleWith new UN smartphone app, users can help feed Syrian refugee children with...
(Source: UN - United Nations) 12 November 2015 - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a free app that will allow smartphone users worldwide to feed hungry children with a tap on...
View ArticleNew funds to help tackle causes of migration (DfID - UK Department for...
(Source: DfID - UK Department for International Development) The UK is providing a further £200 million in bilateral aid to Africa to tackle the root causes of migration, the Prime Minister announced,...
View ArticleRefugee crisis elicits compassion in people yet indifference from government...
Security, rights and freedoms are under attack. Democratic space is shrinking and millions of people engulfed in conflicts fear for their lives, driving the greatest movement of refugees seeking safe...
View ArticleRefugee crisis: EU urged to focus funds on displaced Syrians in Middle East
Lebanese MP calls on EU – whose leaders debated migration in Malta this week – to reinforce infrastructure of countries struggling to host millions of Syrians...
View ArticleNew app lets you easily donate meals to Syrian refugee children for 50 cents
Making sure a refugee child has access to a full meal is now as easy as tapping your smartphone. ShareTheMeal, a new, free app launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday,...
View ArticleSyrian Refugee Crisis Continues to Capture World’s Attention (University of...
(Source: University of Connecticut) Syrian refugees walk outside their tents at a camp for internally displaced persons in Atmeh, Syria, adjacent to the Turkish border. (iStock Photo) Since war in...
View ArticleNew funds to help tackle causes of migration (British Prime Minister's Office)
(Source: British Prime Minister's Office) The UK is providing a further £200 million in bilateral aid to Africa to tackle the root causes of migration, the Prime Minister announced, as European and...
View ArticleWith new UN smartphone app, users can help feed Syrian refugee children with...
Print 12 November 2015 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a free app that will allow smartphone users worldwide to feed hungry children with a tap on their screens. The...
View ArticleComics from the edge: strips tell stories of Syrians' escape to Europe
Illustrations and animations depict torture and hardship endured by three men forced to flee their homeland - see part one here...
View ArticleAs Liberals decide how to bring 25,000 Syrians to Canada, the choice is also who
OTTAWA -- Somewhere right now, in a refugee camp in Amman or a rental apartment in Beirut or on a street in Istanbul, sits a Syrian hoping to be among the 25,000 people resettled to Canada, possibly by...
View ArticleWFP Launches Free App For Smartphone Users To Help Feed Syrian Refugee...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ShareTheMeal enables smartphone users to feed hungry children with a tap on their phone. ROME - Smartphone users will now be able to help feed Syrian refugee...
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