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A dozen people have been living for a month in a greenhouse in the middle of agricultural crops in the Japanese town of Wajima, after losing their homes due to the devastating earthquake that has left thousands of displaced people in a very precarious situation with no short-term solution in sight. The refugees, from four […]
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Spain, Greece and Italy urge the EU to finalize the new migration pact “immediately”
Spain, Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Malta demanded this Saturday in Thessaloniki (northern Greece) the “immediate completion” of the negotiations for the new European Pact on Migration and Asylum and they asked the European Comission (EC) stronger measures to reduce irregular migration. “The European Union has to move quickly towards the creation of a strong and […]
Conflict in Sudan will cause at least 145,000 refugees, UNHCR warns
The United Nations Agency for Refugees (Acnur) anticipated today that the current internal conflict in Sudan, which according to the latest UN figures has caused 459 deaths and 4,079 injuries, could cause at least 145,000 refugees in neighboring countries of Chad and South Sudan. In a press conference coordinated from Geneva, the UNHCR representative in […]
Refugee exodus reaches 2.8 million as Russian attacks rock western Ukraine
Hundreds of people fleeing what was until now relative safety in western Ukraine joined thousands crossing into eastern Europe on Monday after Russia attacked a Ukrainian base near the border with member Poland. of NATO. Ukraine said 35 people were killed at the base on Sunday. Moscow said up to 180 have died.”foreign mercenaries” and […]
Bloomberg Editorial: United by Putin, the EU should seize the moment
The 2015 and 2022 refugee crises in Europe have at least one thing in common. Russian President Vladimir Putin played a major role in causing the first—by bombing Syria—and bears sole responsibility for the current crisis, with his unprovoked attack on Ukraine. But beyond that, the two humanitarian calamities are very different. Therein lies an […]
Eastern Europe prepares to face a wave of refugees from Ukraine
The possible invasion of Ukraine by Russia could lead to the flight of up to a million people to countries in the Eastern European Union (EU), a scenario for which these nations have already begun to prepare. The Vice President of the European Commission (EC), Schina’s Margaritishas estimated at between 20,000 and more than a […]
They ask for US $ 304 million to assist 900,000 Venezuelans in Peru
The Response Plan for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela in Peru has asked the international community to raise US $ 304 million to complement the Peruvian government’s assistance to some 900,000 refugees and migrants from that country in 2022. Peru has received 1.29 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants and currently has more than 530,000 refugee […]