refugees
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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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7 January Jan 2016 1135 07 January 2016 11 of This Year’s Most Memorable Refugee Stories
Unimaginable but real adventures of refugees's paths across the world grappling with matters of life and death, of love and loss, of home and exile.
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18 December Dec 2015 1058 18 December 2015 Schengen is here to stay, but so are terrorism and migration pressures
As we celebrate International Migrants Day, experts are warning that the new Schengen border policies need to ensure that they “are in full compliance with fundamental human rights obligations”. Juncker’s European Commission reform proposals for the Schengen area need to take into account human rights, as we run the risk of creating human walls around Europe.
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10 December Dec 2015 1559 10 December 2015 German and Finnish Ngos awarded for combating poverty
EESC (European Economic and Social Committee) announced the winners of the 7th edition of the Civil Society Prize, which rewards initiatives aimed at improving the economic and social inclusion of the people living in poverty and countering the increasing risk of facing poverty in Europe.
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4 December Dec 2015 1027 04 December 2015 Being a girl and a refugee in a fragile and crisis-prone world
The State of World Population 2015 report, “Shelter from the Storm,” shows that of the 100 million people in need of humanitarian assistance around the world today, about 26 million are women and adolescent girls in their childbearing years.
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2 December Dec 2015 0859 02 December 2015 Climate: half a billion children at risk from global warming
Children are the most exposed to climate risks, and are the first victims of environmental crises. This is the statement from UNICEF a few days before the conference in Paris, where world leaders are called upon to make binding commitments to reduce emissions of CO2.
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27 November Nov 2015 0823 27 November 2015 Integrating young refugees in Europe ? Invest on education
The process of becoming a new european citizen starts with making Europe’s schools more inclusive. The insights of Christian Bodewig, the lead education specialist at the World Bank.
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25 November Nov 2015 1233 25 November 2015 Parliament secured the maximum amount of funding possible for migration and refugees
Parliament adopted the EU budget for 2016 on Wednesday, setting commitment appropriations at €155 billion and payment appropriations at €143.9 billion as agreed between Parliament and Council on 14 November.
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24 November Nov 2015 1136 24 November 2015 Development aid, only 4 EU countries are meeting aid targets
Action remains well short of ambition in the European Union, a new report by CONCORD, the European NGO confederation for relief and development shows. Despite repeated promises, the EU as a whole did not deliver on its commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) as aid by 2015. More worryingly, there is an emerging trend in EU countries to divert aid budgets from sustainable development to domestic costs associated with hosting refugees and asylum seekers.
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17 November Nov 2015 1509 17 November 2015 Refugees should not be turned into scapegoats
UNHCR: The ones who are seeking a better life in Europe must not become the secondary victims of these most tragic events