Tag: Refugees
Mali has been facing a massive influx of Burkinabè refugees since December
More than 40,000 Burkinabè have arrived in Mali since last December, others continue to arrive every day by the hundreds according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).…
Despite winter and setbacks, migrants still determined to cross the Channel
Down 30% between 2022 and 2023, Channel crossings by migrants are on the rise again at the start of 2024, despite winter conditions and water at 9°C. This is the…
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…