Issues Without Borders is a youth organisation that focuses on human rights and encourages and empowers individuals to take action. #IWB4Refugees #HumanRights
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Moria refugee camp close to bursting dw.com/en/lesbos-hellish-con…
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There is nothing more disruptive but explaining to rescued people that a country at peace, a whole continent at peace doesn't want them to even touch the land with their feet." @giorgialinardi spoke at a hearing on criminalization of search and rescue in the European Parliament.
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RefuNet offers free online English lessons for refugees and asylum seekers. Students can be at any level and will be matched to a teacher. The programme is flexible - teachers aim to get to know the student first and tailor lessons to their needs.
Visit refunet.co.uk/
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More than 17,000 #refugees who fled the #Syrianwar have settled in #Britain over the past five years.
Of those, many have had to work hard in overcoming cultural changes as they try to forge a new life for themselves.
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Reader’s donation helps a young #refugee from #Afghanistan to realise her dream and start training to become a #pilot. She has just had her first flying lesson.
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A sea of abandoned tents is a familiar image after a music festival, but @People1nMotion are working closely with Ella Nosworthy, the creative director of @Nozstock,to send them to refugees around the world.
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La Fiscalía respalda al Open Arms frente a Italia y España elmundo.es/internacional/201…
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#Migration is a basic human right. When animals and birds have this freedom of movement, humans build walls and borders restricting their own kind
WCC supports freedom of movement, easing of visa restrictions, equal citizenship rights and ending racism in #immigration
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UNHCR - UNHCR Statement on Voluntary Repatriation to Myanmar unhcr.org/news/press/2019/8/…
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"When girls consume a lot of television, the more they watch, the fewer options they think they have in life." - Actor & Activist, Geena Davis @GDIGM unwomen.org/en/news/stories/…
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Independent @UN experts urge #India to end communications shutdown in #Kashmir.
“The shutdown of the internet & telecommunication networks, without the Government justification, are inconsistent with the fundamental norms of necessity & proportionality."is.gd/Vk2IsE
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If you choose a profession as a humanitarian, you are truly living a life of meaning and purpose.
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⛈️ Extreme weather.
🏝️ Rising sea levels.
🚱Severe drought.
🌊 Floods.
🌩️ Hurricanes.
🔥 Wildfires.
⚠️ Natural disasters.
🌀 Cyclones.
This is the link between climate change and displacement.
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1 million people have now been granted a status under the EU Settlement Scheme #EUCitizens #SettledStatus
Migrant Help provides assistance with applications to vulnerable EU citizens in London, South East, North West and East/West Midlands. Contact us on euss@migranthelpuk.org
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"we believe the forum and its outcomes will not be successful without the meaningful participation and consultation of refugees"
Here is the full GRN statement on the forum on org. arrangements of the GRF
@sanasyr6 #UNHCR #RefugeeForum #nothingaboutuswithoutus
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I’ll never forget this, because it was the moment I saw with my own eyes that the America I love was becoming a nation that steals refugee children from their parents,& caged them.
More kids died after this. To date, no one has been held accountable.
We need to save these kids.
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Co-founder @lauravanwaas asks us to work hard, take in and share with others in equal measure, and seek out at least 1 new topic. #statelessness conference
The World Conference on #Statelessness is now officially open! #ForInclusiveSocieties #StatelessnessCANCELLED #ArtToDisrupt @EmpathyandRisk @CreativeCourt_ @observatoryihr
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Innovation is not only a process of solving problems; but also a process of sharing the knowledge gained along the way. @refugees @ZaatariCamp proved abundantly that they can build up on the thoughts and expertise shared with them. Empowerment leads to sustainability!