U.N. - 19 Giugno 2020 UNHCR Launches an Alert: 1 Out of 97 People Worldwide Are Refugees Almost 80 million people in the world cannot return home: the refugees’ situation has reached the most catastrophic level since the UN has been monitoring the phenomenon, and the Covid-19 pandemic has rendered the emergency even more dramatic.
U.N. - 23 Luglio 2018 As Monsoon Season Comes, Will the U.N. Be On Time for the Rohingya? Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have been fleeing Myanmar (Burma) for Bangladesh because of the nations' military campaign of violence against them. Yet precarious safety is seeming temporary due to potential dangers from the incoming monsoon season.
U.N. - 19 Luglio 2018 Grandi Welcomes Deal to End Latest Migrant Stand-off in Mediterranean Sea UN Refugee Agency warns that a “ship-by-ship” arrangement it's not sustainable.
U.N. - 19 Giugno 2018 Guterres Calls for “Solidarity, Compassion and Action” on World Refugee Day With more than 68 million people worldwide displaced due to conflict or persecution — roughly equivalent to the population of Thailand— the head of the United Nations has called for unity and solidarity as a first step to support them.
Arts - 15 Marzo 2018 Brother Biagio Conte, the Last Angel in the Heart of the Mediterranean At age 26, Brother Biagio Conte left his life and a wealthy entrepreneurial future to devote himself entirely to the poor, the last ones that contemporary society abandoned to their fate. He risked his life several times. He supported thousands of people with incredible stories: people that came from Libya, Tunisia, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Congo, Togo, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Palestine and Iraq.
U.N. - 21 Settembre 2016 Obama at the UN: Global Refugee Crisis ‘Most Urgent Test of our Time’ At the High-Level Leaders’ Summit on Refugees on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, United States President Barack Obama urged leaders to focus their collective attention on helping the world’s 21.3 million refugees (65 million people are displaced globally). For the record: Obama has deported more people from America than any other US president
U.N. - 9 Agosto 2016 United Nations Gears Up for Landmark Refugee Summit As the final draft of a preparatory report is circulated, Karen AbuZayd, Special Adviser on the UN Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, hails it as progress, saying "both refugees and migrants will benefit if all of the things that are in that document are achieved."
U.N. - 30 Luglio 2016 AVSI and the Epidemic of Out-Of-School Syrians in Lebanon La Voce sat down with Rana Najib and Maria Laura Conte from AVSI to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon, where of the 1.1 million refugees, more than half of the 500,000 that are children don't go to school. Ms. Najib tells of her experience as a Syrian and explains her efforts
Onu - 14 Giugno 2016 UNHCR: 1.19 Million in Need of Resettlement in 2017 The UNHCR projects that in 2017 Syrians will account for 40% of resettlement. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, “We are seeing resettlement taken to a new level and that enhanced resettlement can be an effective means of sharing the responsibility for refugee protection”
Onu - 20 Ottobre 2015 Migrations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tells the story of a young refugee: himself During his recent visit to Rome the Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-moon gets personal telling the story of his own experience as a refugee during the Korean conflict and urging Western countries to see the potential in the wave of refugees on the move to escape war, violence and poverty