Tag: Refugees
shipwreck survivors ready to go back to sea
In Tunisia, shipwrecks of irregular boats have increased in recent weeks. Twenty-nine migrants died in three different shipwrecks last week, more than 132 have disappeared since the beginning of January…
Pope receives in audience refugees who arrived through humanitarian corridors
Pope Francis on Saturday welcomed thousands of refugees brought to Europe by Christian organizations through humanitarian corridors, acknowledging their wish to “live free from fear and insecurity”. During an audience…
Baarn receives extra minor refugees in barracks
“We see that the need is very high because many refugees and especially young refugees are coming to the Netherlands, due to war and other misery around the world,” says…
Dozens of migrants drowned off Tunisia in new shipwrecks
The Tunisian Coast Guard announced on Sunday March 26 that at least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died of drowning in three different shipwrecks off the coast of Tunisia. It…
Kungsbacka is the only municipality in Halland that does not offer SFI to Ukrainian refugees
The committee for the labor market and high school has said no to the Social Democrats’ proposal that the municipality should apply for EU money via the Swedish ESF Council…
Ukrainian refugees longer welcome in provincial house
“Unfortunately, the war in Ukraine continues. That is why we have offered the city of Utrecht to extend the reception,” says deputy Robert Strijk. The province has been making three…
Project for temporary cohabitation for refugees and home seekers in Houten turns out to be too ambitious
Houten – It seemed like such a good plan: 150 home seekers would temporarily live together with 100 refugees and various social organizations on the Rondeel business park in Houten,…
the European Union sets up a humanitarian air bridge to Goma
A European emergency aid plane – the first of an airlift – landed on Friday March 10 in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A…
The UN appeal for Syrian refugees
Now the UN is appealing to member states to speed up their reception processes and accept those in need. “Many refugees who left their country for Turkey in search of…
in the Kigonzi IDP camp, the population feels abandoned
In Ituri, in eastern DRC, civilians are particularly targeted by militias; the armed forces struggle to protect them. In the territory of Djugu, the community conflict between Hema and Lendu…