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18 May May 2016 1044 18 May 2016 Youth Speak Forum: Aiesec promotes the United Nations 2030 agenda
AIESEC Italy launches in Milan the first Italian edition of the Youth Speak Forum, AIESEC’s international event, taking place simultaneously in more than 100 countries around the world in May. The forum theme is education, the most urgent issue for youth at global level, as shown by the results of the Youth Speak Survey, released by AIESEC in cooperation with the UN.
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4 May May 2016 1137 04 May 2016 Humanitarian corridors becoming a reality
For the Syrian refugee crisis, many believe the obvious solution be humanitarian corridors. As demilitarized zones that are designed to allow the safe transit of humanitarian aid and refugees out of a crisis region, humanitarian corridors represent a means of safe escape for those caught in conflict.
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28 April Apr 2016 1747 28 April 2016 The doctor who meets every single refugee who arrives in Lampedusa
Pietro Bartolo, an Italian gynaecologist who cared for hundreds of thousands of immigrants and refugees on the Italian island Lampedusa, is giant low profile hero whose merits and tireless efforts have been recognized and morally awarded by the docu-film Fire at Sea.
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8 April Apr 2016 1339 08 April 2016 Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals in 2016: 172,458; Deaths: 714
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has published its latest statistics on 2016 migration flows. In Greece alone, 1,758 men, women and children have arrived in the past week, and the IOM calculates this was roughly the daily average over the three months of January, February and March.
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1 March Mar 2016 1714 01 March 2016 Greece, UNHCR warns of imminent humanitarian crisis
As of Monday 24,000 refugees and migrants in Greece needed accommodation. More resources and better coordination are critical for averting wider suffering and chaos, says the UN Refugee agency.
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19 February Feb 2016 1842 19 February 2016 “Fire at sea”, the greatest tragedy we have ever seen in Europe
“A mass grave is being created in the Mediterranean Sea and the we are all responsible”. Gianfranco Rosi, whose films include Sacro GRA, winner of Venice’s Golden Lion in 2013, spent months living in Lampedusa to face what he has said perhaps after the Holocaust, it is one of the greatest tragedies the world has ever seen. The island is conveniently closer to Africa than Europe, around 70 miles from the Tunisian coast and further south than Malta
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29 January Jan 2016 1811 29 January 2016 The Giant Zohr
The story of the discovery of the largest gas field in the Mediterranean off the Egyptian coast. A discovery that guarantees energy self-sufficiency to the country
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7 January Jan 2016 1224 07 January 2016 Filippo Grandi takes helm as UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Filippo Grandi, a UN official who has worked in refugee and political affairs in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, began his five-year term as UN High Commissioner for Refugees on January 1, succeeding António Guterres whose more than 10 years in office ended last week.
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30 November Nov 2015 0742 30 November 2015 Empowering a new generation of social entrepreneurs
The program "Entrepreneurs for Social Change" designed by Fondazione CRT and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations aims at training 20 young people from the Euro - Med area who are capable of building bridges using dialogue and employment. Record number of applications received: over 1,200.
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16 November Nov 2015 1133 16 November 2015 Who is the most generous?
The World Giving Index 2015 is out, ranking a list of the most and the least generous countries in the world. While Ukraine recorded a rise in community engagement, in Europe it is the Mediterranean area that shows a decline in the percentage of people contributing to the community welfare. Where does your country stand?