refugees
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16 March Mar 2016 1033 16 March 2016 10 myths on migration
With the EU-Turkey migration deal set to go ahead in the next few days in Brussels, CONCORD Europe has released a report outlining the top 10 most commonly believed myths on migration and development.
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15 March Mar 2016 1109 15 March 2016 "If we are 1000 to march, the borders will have to open"
With the Macedonian border now closed, the focus is on the thousands of refugees who are advancing along the muddy lanes from Chamilo: a village not far from the informal camp of Idomeni, where 14,000 - including Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans and Pakistanis - found temporary shelter for days, in the journey leading up to the border between Greece and Macedonia.
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15 March Mar 2016 0939 15 March 2016 Migrants and refugees have rights!
The preview of the findings and proposals of the upcoming Caritas report "Migrants and refugees have rights! Impact of EU policies on accessing protection”.
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14 March Mar 2016 1722 14 March 2016 1 in 3 Syrian children has grown up knowing only war
3.7 million children in Syria under 5 have known nothing but a lifetime shaped by the conflict. The UNICEF report No Place for Children shows the unimaginable price paid by children after a five - year civil war.
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14 March Mar 2016 1627 14 March 2016 Game of Thrones cast raises aid to Syrian refugees
Cast members of the famous HBO tv show join forces with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to raise awareness on the global refugee crisis and on the plights of the Syrians.
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11 March Mar 2016 0956 11 March 2016 Find migration solutions that will give people a future to believe in
While acknowledging the rationale behind the extraordinary decision to use EU humanitarian funding within EU borders, Caritas Europa fears that, by addressing this solidarity crisis as a humanitarian crisis, the EU is surrendering to populists and fearmongers. This puts at stake the entire EU project. EU Member States must start by abiding to the pledge of relocating 160,000 people and find solutions that will give people a future to believe in!
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8 March Mar 2016 1751 08 March 2016 The Groundhog Summit
The act and art of living and repeating the same EU summit day over and over again to save the face for failing to reach a deal, dooms thousand of refugees to remain stranded in dire conditions with no clue of what happens next.
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8 March Mar 2016 1744 08 March 2016 #IWD2016
#IWD2016: 2015 saw a lot of progress for women's rights, but we cannot afford to be complacent. The march for International Women's Day in Brussels highlighted the many reasons why: from inequality, to gender-based violence and discrimination, we still have a long way to go before we achieve gender equality. 117 years, to be precise.
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4 March Mar 2016 1538 04 March 2016 Will the EU pass the unity test?
Member States have another chance to save face and stop the political theater. The International Organization for Migration (OIM) Belgian regional director Eugenio Ambrosi shares his expectations.
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4 March Mar 2016 1350 04 March 2016 UNHCR: 6 steps towards solving the refugee situation in Europe
Ahead of a meeting of heads of state or government of the European Union (EU) with Turkey on 7 March in Brussels, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today issued recommendations aimed at helping States solve the refugee situation in Europe.