Tag: Refugees
Flee from Liberia and now a Royal decoration: ‘I see refugees as expats’
The actor fled his native Liberia in 1991. “The impact of war on a human life is something you wouldn’t wish on anyone,” says Richards. In the Netherlands he studied…
Royal award for Utrecht actor Bright Richards: ‘I feel supported’
The actor fled his native Liberia in 1991. “The impact of war on a human life is something you wouldn’t wish on anyone,” says Richards. In the Netherlands he studied…
“There was war everywhere”, the moving testimony of Rehema, a refugee in Nakivale in Uganda
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the east of the country has been plagued by armed conflicts for almost thirty years. In recent years in particular the province of…
France: a Palestinian family from Gaza threatened with expulsion
While the war rages in the Gaza Strip, the future of a Gazan family, settled since 2018 near Rennes, in the west of France, is hanging over the French administration.…
a little girl dies in the sinking of a boat trying to cross the Channel
A seven-year-old girl drowned on Sunday morning in Watten, in the north of France, after a boat carrying migrants sank in the Aa canal which flows into the North Sea,…
House of Representatives wants to ban migrant workers from Jaarbeurs: ‘Free shelter is advertised’
Asylum Minister Van der Burg has also responded to the issue. He emphasizes that the Jaarbeurs is temporarily closed, but that does not mean that Ukrainians who come to the…
Overcrowded Jaarbeurs leads to the question: what do we want with Ukrainian refugees?
But that happens far too little. The shelter fills up and no longer empties. Donker says he has asked the ministry to look at “the next phase”. “How long are…
Too little care, long lines, no privacy: Jaarbeurs shelter for Ukrainians closed for the time being
According to the Utrecht Safety Region (VRU), an untenable situation has arisen. “It is with pain in our hearts that we have to temporarily close the gates of our Ukraine…
Faced with fear of an Israeli assault, refugees leave Rafah
The Israeli authorities and Palestinian Hamas continue their negotiations with a view to a truce in Gaza. After Paris, discussions resumed in Qatar this Sunday. But in the meantime, the…
Anna fled Ukraine two years ago: ‘I never expected it to take so long’
Utrecht – Today marks two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. New refugee Ukrainians still register every day at the Utrecht emergency shelter in the Jaarbeurs. Anna Zinchenko was also introduced…