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Africa1 day agoNo safe place to go for asylum seekers trapped in Libya
We fear that we will be arrested and detained again TRIPOLI, Libya, October 14, 2021 / APO Group / – When Libyan forces swept Tripoli’s Gergaresh neighborhood earlier this month in a security crackdown, 17-year-old Eritrean mechanic Hamza * was caught in the net. Arrested at his home, he was among thousands of migrants and asylum seekers crammed into the Ghot Al Shaal detention center in unsanitary conditions, before managing to escape with others. “There were so many people – thousands of people were there. There was no toilet and food was very scarce. It was terrible. Because of this, people decided to escape, ”he says. The youngster is now part of a large crowd of refugees and asylum seekers gathered outside a community day center run by UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, in the Libyan capital. Some have been directly affected by the recent security crackdown, having lost.
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Africa1 week agoUNHCR calls for end to arrests of asylum seekers in Libya, calls for urgent resumption of humanitarian flights
We continue to call on the authorities to: respect the human rights and dignity of asylum seekers and refugees at all times, end their arrests and release those detained GENEVA, Switzerland, October 8, 2021 / APO Group / – We are increasingly alarmed by the humanitarian situation of asylum seekers and refugees in Libya. Following a large-scale security operation carried out by the Libyan authorities last week, arrests and raids have taken place in many neighborhoods of Tripoli, targeting areas where asylum seekers and migrants live. At least one person was reportedly killed and 15 others were injured. Over 5,000 people have been arrested and held in several detention centers in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. Among these, several had been given priority for evacuation or resettlement flights from Libya. The raids, which also involved the demolition of many unfinished buildings and makeshift homes, sowed panic and fear among asylum seekers.
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Africa2 weeks agoIOM appeals for $ 21.1 million to provide shelter for displaced people in northern Ethiopia
The ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia is affecting the ability of internally displaced people to return to their homes and may result in a situation of protracted displacement ADDIS-ABABA, Ethiopia, October 5, 2021 / APO Group / – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its aid partners appeal for $ 21.1 million to provide new shelters and housing for more than 1.8 million internally displaced people ( IDPs) extremely vulnerable living in camps in communities and villages in Tigray, Somalia and Amhara in Ethiopia. Regions. Since the conflict between Ethiopian government forces and troops in Tigray began in November 2020, more than 233,900 people have been assisted in 53 displacement sites, most of which are schools. Some sleep outside. Resources to operate displacement sites, where IDPs receive basic necessities such as food and emergency health assistance, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), exhaust. Funding is needed to build common quarters.
- Africa2 weeks ago
IOM appeals for $ 21.1 million to provide shelter for displaced people in northern Ethiopia
The ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia is affecting the ability of internally displaced people to return to their homes and may result in a situation of protracted displacement ADDIS-ABABA, Ethiopia, October 5, 2021 / APO Group / – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its aid partners appeal for $ 21.1 million to provide new shelters and housing for more than 1.8 million internally displaced people ( IDPs) extremely vulnerable living in camps in communities and villages in Tigray, Somalia and Amhara in Ethiopia. Regions. Since the conflict between Ethiopian government forces and troops in Tigray began in November 2020, more than 233,900 people have been assisted in 53 displacement sites, most of which are schools. Some sleep outside. Resources to operate displacement sites, where IDPs receive basic necessities such as food and emergency health assistance, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), exhaust. Funding is needed to build common quarters.
- Africa2 weeks ago
ECOWAS organizes country engagement workshop on domestication and implementation of the African Union (AU) Kampala Convention for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons in Africa
The success of such an important step requires a synergy of all stakeholders ABUJA, Nigeria, October 4, 2021 / APO Group / – Faced with the multiple and negative effects of the incessant and lasting conflicts and disasters in the region of West Africa, in particular in the Sahel, and the enormous displacement of populations which results from it, reaching more than 3 million people, the Commission of ECOWAS organizes workshops in member countries States must sensitize and encourage them on the need to learn and implement the Kampala Convention for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons. The Ouagadougou workshop in Burkina Faso was held from September 29 to 30, 2021. This major objective of this conference was to sensitize ECOWAS Member States at a high decision-making level, to the essence of the signing, ratification, ownership and implementation of the Kampala Convention as as a binding legal text.
- Africa3 weeks ago
United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Georgette Gagnon concludes four-day visit to Benghazi to discuss humanitarian and development situation
Working with the Municipality of Benghazi on humanitarian aid and reconstruction and unification of institutions promotes greater stability and prosperity NEW YORK, United States of America, September 24, 2021 / APO Group / – Together with representatives of the Benghazi-based United Nations country team, the Resident Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Georgette Gagnon today concluded a four-day visit to Benghazi. Ms. Gagnon visited health facilities, medical warehouses, the Al-Heleas IDP encampment, the rehabilitated Benghazi Library and AlShabbi Corniche as well as the offices of Tatweer Research and LibAid. Ms. Gagnon thanked the government of national unity and the municipality of Benghazi for their full collaboration during her visit. During her meeting with the Deputy Mayor of Benghazi and municipal officials, Ms. Gagnon discussed the current needs of the municipality and UN efforts to support some 68 humanitarian and inclusive development projects on community stabilization, rehabilitation of.
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Foreign3 weeks agoUNHCR blasts UK’s planned immigration law
Britain’s proposed law to implement what it calls the biggest overhaul of asylum rules in decades “undermines established international refugee protection rules”, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Thursday. Interior minister Priti Patel — a prominent supporter of Brexit, where “taking back control” of immigration was a key campaign issue — said the current system was “overwhelmed”. Instead, she said the proposed new law would be based “on the genuine need of refuge, not on the ability to pay people smugglers”. But the UNHCR said the bill “would penalise most refugees seeking asylum in the country via damaging and unjustified penalties, creating an asylum model that undermines established international refugee protection rules and practices”. Whether people enter Britain legally or illegally will affect how their asylum claim progresses under the proposals. “If people arrive illegally, they will no longer have the same entitlements as those who arrive legally, and it.
- Africa1 month ago
Human Rights Abuses Intensifying in Eastern DR Congo – UNHCR
UNHCR has received just 51 per cent of the $205 million dollars required in 2021 for their operation in DRC NEW YORK, United States of America, September 11, 2021/APO Group/ — In the two most affected provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, UNHCR and its partners recorded more than 1,200 civilian deaths and 1,100 rapes, constituting a total of 25,000 human rights abuses. Speaking in Geneva, UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov said the violence “continues to cost lives and drive people from their homes”. Host families ‘exhausted’ In total, more than a million Congolese have been internally displaced in the east of the country in 2021, putting “enormous pressure” on those forced to flee and on host families, which have taken in 94 per cent of DRC’s forcibly displaced population. “Host families have shown huge generosity towards their compatriots but are exhausted and in need of support if they are to continue as first responders,” Mr. Cheshirkov said. Those.
- Africa1 month ago
After years of witnessing fights over water, a family’s life is transformed in a refugee camp in Zimbabwe
This same line of water enables us to make our [community] gardens because the water is available now ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, September 8, 2021/APO Group/ — For years, Josephine Mbayo watched as fights broke out in her community over water. “There was only one hand pump for all the sections that everyone queued at to get water from as early as 4am,” says the 48-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who lives in the Tongogara Refugee Camp in a semi-arid part of Zimbabwe. She arrived at the camp in 2012. “People would quarrel and almost physically fight for water at the bush pump,” she added. The improvement in access to water has been a life-changer for residents of the refugee camp, offering new opportunities for both the camp and host communities. Located in the southeast of Harare in a region that receives the least rainfall in the country,.
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General news2 months agoMinister receives draft agreement for repatriation of 322,000 Nigerian Refugees
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has received the draft Tripartite Agreement for the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees in the Republics of Niger and Chad. Farouq’s Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Nneka Anibeze said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The draft was submitted to the minister by the Technical Working Group on the repatriation of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon. The draft after its ratification would kick start preparations for the repatriation of refugees from the Republics of Niger and Chad. Farouq, after receiving the draft noted that a total of 322,000 Nigerian refugees were currently living in neighbouring countries. “Out of the figures, Republic of Niger currently hosts 186,957 refugees; the Republic of Cameroon has 118,409 while 16,634 refugees are in the Republic of Chad. “With a large number of refugees in Niger, Chad and Cameroon, the.
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General news3 months agoWe will protect the rights and obligations of refugees in Nigeria – UNHCR
By Busayo Onijala The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it will do everything possible to protect the rights and obligations of refugees in Nigeria. Mr. John McKissick, UNHCR’s Deputy Representative, made this known in Lagos at a symposium held to commemorate 70 years of the 1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees. The Nigerian News Agency (NAN) reports that the Refugee Convention protects the rights of people who have been forced to flee their country or who cannot return due to various circumstances. The Refugee Convention also requires states parties to protect the rights of people seeking international protection, even if they cross borders irregularly. According to McKissick, a refugee cannot be penalized for entering a country on a regular basis. He said the only obligation a refugee had after entering a country was to contact the government and seek asylum. This, he said, should be done without delay,.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
- Africa4 months ago
Global legal community steps up for refugees amid pandemic, providing 165,000 hours of free legal aid
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were also opportunities. Law firms, legal clinics, community empowerment organizations, and lawyers around the world mobilized in unprecedented ways to ensure access to justice for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced and stateless people. Almost 165,000 hours of free legal aid were provided to forcibly displaced and stateless people over the course of last year, according to a report issued by PILnet, a global public interest law network, in collaboration with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This exceeds the generous pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 by more than 80 legal and community empowerment organizations, law firms, bar associations and corporations. The pledge committed to increase resources for those providing legal assistance and to support efforts to protect and find solutions for forcibly displaced and.
