Essay: Welcoming the stranger
On Tuesday, World Refugee Day was marked around the globe. BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, accepting refugees professionally and compassionately is part of America’s history…
UN refugee chief calls for return to peacemaking to stem flows
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The world needs to rediscover its ability to bring peace to various trouble spots in order to curb the growing flow of refugees, the head of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. There are 110 million displaced people around the world, up from 103 million last year and half that […]
Four months into war, more Ukrainians decide to flee besieged areas
Pokrovsk, UkraineReuters Four months into the Russian invasion on Ukraine, Lilya, a 22-year-old mother from the eastern city of Bakhmut, decided the time has come to leave the beleaguered region. “It is very difficult. No electricity, no water, no gas, nothing,” Lilya, who would give only her first name, said, sitting on a train at […]
Lifestory: Syrian refugee brings the taste of home to Gaza
As the UN”s World Refugee Day is marked around the globe on 20th June, NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, of Reuters, reports on how Syrian refugee Anas Qaterji has made a life for himself in Gaza…
Pioneering Russian journalist sells Nobel Peace medal for Ukraine
Reuters Russian journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov is auctioning his Nobel medal for Ukrainian refugees, distraught at the eradication of independent media in his country, where he says fewer and fewer people support Moscow’s military campaign. Muratov is the bear-like co-founder and long-time editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper critical of the Kremlin […]
Pope on Myanmar: Houses of worship serve as neutral refuge
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Sunday decried the suffering of refugees in Myanmar and pleaded that houses of worship be respected as neutral places to take shelter. He told the public gathered in St Peter’s Square for his customary Sunday noon remarks that he was joining his voice to that of the Asian nation’s bishops […]
Canada vows to nearly double intake of ‘protected persons’ as refugee family backlog grows
Toronto, CanadaReuters Canada will admit more refugees and their families this year as part of its effort to tackle a global crisis, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino said on Friday. He said Canada will take nearly double the number of protected persons, defined as people who have applied for and been granted refugee […]
Lifestory: From refugee to Olympian – film celebrates South Sudan’s marathon man
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on Guor Maker’s bid for Olympic gold, three decades after he was literally running for his life…
REFUGEES: US-BASED CHURCH WORLD SERVICE HOSTS ‘RATION CHALLENGE’ AROUND GLOBAL DAY
As World Refugee Day is marked across the globe, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on an initiative to raise awareness of the challenges refugees face and funds to support them…
Wars, persecution drive record 68.5 million from their homes – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Wars, persecution and other violence have driven a record 68.5 million people from their homes, more than the population of Britain or France, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday. Here are some facts from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ annual Global Trends study, published on the eve of World […]