More than $US2.2 billion promised for global refugee crisis at UN forum
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Countries and businesses at a major UN forum pledged more than $US2.2 billion towards a global displacement crisis and promised jobs for tens of thousands of refugees in an outcome the United Nations chief said would help “stem the tide of misery”. Thousands of people from aid agencies, businesses and civil society as […]
“You have to fight”: For women refugees, finding work is doubly hard
Geneva, SwitzerlandThomson Reuters Foundation In the 25 years since she was forced to leave her homeland, Congolese refugee Jacqueline Zandamela has built up her own fashion business and raised four children alone after she was widowed in 2001. It has not been easy. Two women visit the second job fair for migrants and refugees in […]
Major companies pledge jobs, education for refugees
Geneva, SwitzerlandThomson Reuters Foundation Major companies including Ikea, Lego and Vodafone pledged to do more to help refugees get access to education and employment on Monday, ahead of a global conference aimed at supporting the millions of people forced from their homelands. Together the companies pledged $US250 million toward education and training in jobs and […]
A BETTER LIFE?: THE HOPES AND HARDSHIPS OF MEXICO IMMIGRATION
OSCAR LOPEZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the struggle facing refugees living in Mexico…