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Africa:
Stakeholders Explore Lasting Solutions to Global Refugee Crisis
New Times, 22 June 2016
Having over 65 million refugees around the world is a failure of world leaders to promote good governance, lack of international solidarity, value for human dignity and the results… Read more »
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Africa:
'Unprecedented' 65 Million People Displaced By War and Persecution in 2015 - UN
UN News, 20 June 2016
The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution last year exceeded 60 million for the first time in the United Nations' history, a tally greater… Read more »
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Africa:
Majority of Vulnerable Refugees Will Not Be Resettled in 2017
IPS, 17 June 2016
Only a small percentage of the world's most vulnerable refugees will be resettled in 2017, according to new figures released by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) this… Read more »
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Africa:
Worsening Refugee Situation in Africa
DW, 20 June 2016
The recent refugee crisis in the Arab world and Europe has taken the spotlight off Sub-Saharan Africa. But a new report by UNHCR reveals that the situation in Africa in 2015 was… Read more »
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Africa:
New Guidelines Aim to Help Migrants Experiencing Crises
IPS, 16 June 2016
When conflicts or natural disasters occur, migrants are often the "the first hurt and last saved", Colin Rajah of the Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) said here Wednesday. Read more »
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Algeria:
Humanitarian Aid to Sahrawi Refugees - Donor Countries to Meet in Geneva in July
Algerie Presse Service, 19 June 2016
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will hold, in July in Geneva, a meeting of the donor countries to support the humanitarian aid to the refugees of Western… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
AAU, UNHCR Sign MOU to Work Together On Refugee Protection
Ethiopian Herald, 17 June 2016
The Addis Ababa University (AAU) and United Nation High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) signed a Memorandum of Understating (MoU) yesterday to boost ties and work together towards… Read more »
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South Africa:
Govt to Foster Unity On Refugee Day
CAJ News, 17 June 2016
THE Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, will on Monday engage with representatives from the refugee community as part of commemorations of World Refugee Day. Read more »
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Niger:
Country's Youth in Crisis - Why Hope Remains
Al Jazeera, 18 June 2016
In mid-June, the bodies of 34 migrants were found in the Niger desert, 20 of them were children. They had been abandoned by smugglers. Read more »