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Africa: UNHCR: Global Forced Displacement Crisis Must be Addressed and Resolved
VOA, 7 October 2019
The U.N. high commissioner for refugees is calling for urgent action to resolve the global forced displacement crisis as increasing numbers of people flee conflict, natural… Read more »
71 Million People Uprooted From Homes in Recent Years - UN Agency
The United Nations high commissioner for refugees is calling for urgent action to resolve the global forced displacement crisis as increasing numbers of people flee conflict, natural disasters and grinding poverty. Filippo Grandi was speaking at the opening of the UNHCR's annual executive committee gathering in Geneva, which runs for a week.
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Africa: Film Star Cate Blanchett Decries 'Heartbreaking' Plight of Stateless People
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 7 October 2019
Film star Cate Blanchett urged the world to end the devastating plight of millions of people with no nationality on Monday, describing statelessness as a "heartbreaking" waste of… Read more »
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Africa: Film Star Cate Blanchett Backs Drive to End Plight of 10 Million Stateless People
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 6 October 2019
Film star Cate Blanchett will back a global campaign on Monday to end the plight of an estimated 10 million people with no nationality amid warnings rising xenophobia is stymieing… Read more »
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Today there are more than 70 million people around the world who have been forced from their homes. As crises get more prolonged, the only home that entire generations know, are ... Read more »
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Victor Ochen, the Founder and Executive Director of the African Youth Initiative Network, tells AllAfrica how his campaign against the recruitment of child soldiers amid the war in ... Read more »
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"Africa is home to over 24 million forcibly displaced persons, representing one-third of the world's total. Forced displacement is not only a tale of human tragedy, it also poses a ... Read more »
