Tag: Refugees
Marseille, city welcoming exiles
Since last weekend, Marseille has been hosting the Mediterranean Meetings, which bring together bishops and young people from around the Mediterranean. Pope Francis, visiting the Marseille city on September 22,…
Syrian refugees are closely following the demonstrations against the regime of Bashar al-Assad
In Syria, an anti-regime demonstration was fired upon with live ammunition. Rallies take place every day in the Druze town of Soueïda in the south of the country, to protest…
Oudewater offers temporary shelter for refugees Ter Apel
When asked why Oudewater chooses to facilitate emergency shelter, the municipality says: “Within the province of Utrecht, the 26 municipalities had previously agreed with each other to take responsibility together.…
“Our daily life was shootings, rape and death”
Fighting is increasing in intensity in Sudan, particularly in the capital, Khartoum, where General Hemetti’s paramilitary forces attacked the headquarters of the regular army on Sunday. The conflict, which is…
Chad: the World Bank announces 340 million to cope with the influx of refugees
In Chad, the World Bank announced new financing worth $340 million to enable the country to cope with the influx of Sudanese refugees and support host communities. This announcement came…
In Nièvre, the village of Luzy opts to welcome refugees and asylum seekers
For five years, dozens of asylum seekers and refugees have been welcomed in Luzy in Nièvre, in central France. These foreigners are directed by State services and do not choose…
nearly 100 refugees begin hunger strike in guarded center
Placed in these centers after having entered the territory illegally, often having crossed the border with Belarus, these refugees are asking for better living conditions where they are detained and…
Lebanon fears a new influx of Syrian refugees fleeing the economic crisis
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib called for financial aid to Syria during a meeting with his counterparts in the Arab League in Cairo. According to him, this is to…
Threatened by the Taliban, these Afghan women who count on the reception of France
This is a symbolic first: France welcomes, this Monday, September 4, a handful of Afghan women threatened by the Taliban and exiled in neighboring Pakistan. They are for the moment…
Welcome 66, the association that teaches migrants to swim
In Perpignan, the Welcome 66 association offers swimming lessons to asylum seekers from the Pyrénées-Orientales to combat their trauma. Since the beginning of the summer and until mid-September, volunteers have…