Aceh, Indonesia CNN — Hatemon Nesa weeps as she clings to her 5-year-old daughter, Umme Salima, at a rescue shelter in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Their faces appear gaunt, their eyes sullen, after drifting for weeks at sea on a boat with little food or water. “My skin was rotting off and my bones were visible,” … Read more
Andrzej Kompa, a Polish historian appalled by his government’s past denunciations of migrants as a disease-carrying menace, was pleasantly surprised when Poland opened its arms this year to millions of people fleeing war in neighboring Ukraine. “Polish society responded with unprecedented generosity. It was fantastic,” he said. “We could all feel pride in our country.” … Read more
“I want to thank you for what you’ve done,” says 16-year-old Kostya* haltingly, his light brown eyes intense under his baseball cap. “In Russian I could say so much more, but in English I can say only ‘thank you’, and it’s not enough.” I am floored: this is my first meeting with this boy who … Read more
Austria has reportedly almost run out of space to shelter asylum seekers in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine The massive influx of refugees and asylum seekers, including those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, has pushed Austria’s accommodation capacities to the limit, the newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported on Monday. The Alpine nation of just … Read more
People fleeing the conflict in Ukraine get higher social benefits and can start working right away, unlike other refugees Germany should go on with a policy that automatically grants Ukrainian refugees a stay permit without the need to go through the asylum request processing, Labor and Social Affairs Minister Hubertus Heil said on Saturday. The … Read more
Numerous refugees from Ukraine are ending up not in Poland, nor Germany, but in a small city in southern Brazil. And many feel right at home there. Source link
Latvian “commandos” abused non-white asylum seekers before welcoming Ukrainians, the human rights group said Latvia has been using masked ‘commandos’ to abuse numerous asylum seekers, including through criminal acts like torture, international human rights watchdog Amnesty International has claimed. The group released a damning report on Thursday, detailing Riga’s response to a refugee crisis on … Read more
It is Europe’s greatest refugee crisis since the second world war. The numbers who have left Ukraine have now outstripped those who fled Syria. But it is not just the scale of the exodus prompted by the Russian invasion that makes it stand out. European countries have given Ukrainian refugees an immediate right to work. This was a … Read more
According to the official statement, about 58,000 Sri Lankans are currently residing in Tamil Nadu as refugees and only 3,800 of them are ready to return to Sri Lanka at present According to the official statement, about 58,000 Sri Lankans are currently residing in Tamil Nadu as refugees and only 3,800 of them are ready … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Alphabet Inc.’s Google is hoping an ad campaign can help prevent misinformation percolating about Ukrainian refugees who fled Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion from shaping public opinion. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Charlie Hancock Publishing date: Sep 03, 2022 • 18 minutes ago • 3 minute read • Join the … Read more