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19 January Jan 2016 1411 19 January 2016 MSF: European policies guilty of making the refugees crisis worse
The report "Obstacle Course to Europe" released today by Médecins Sans Frontières, blames Europe for turning its back on refugees as its focus shifted from a humanitarian to a security-driven response.
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19 January Jan 2016 1125 19 January 2016 18,802 civilians killed in 21 months in Iraq
Staggering civilian death toll in Iraq according to a UN report that lays bare the enduring suffering of civilians in Iraq and illustrates what Iraqi refugees are attempting to escape from when they flee to Europe and other regions.
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18 January Jan 2016 1105 18 January 2016 Fighting tax dodging is key to fill the inequality gap
According to the Oxfam report published on Monday, ahead of the annual World Economic Forum, 1% of the population owns more wealth than the other 99% combined. And tax dodging seems to be one of the major causes of the equality gap
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13 January Jan 2016 1052 13 January 2016 Vita launches a new editorial project with Africa independent media
Vita’s new platform Afronline.org, launches a new editorial initiative together with 25 African independent media all over the continent. The goal is to raise public awareness through reports, analysis, opinions, radio and television programmes on peace and security, inter-religious dialogue and migration in Africa. The project is supported by the Directorate General for Globalization and Global Issues (DGMO) of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)
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11 January Jan 2016 1406 11 January 2016 Migration: the fate of Somali journalists in the hands of the Belgian State
Press freedom has no border, but the fate of journalists who receive death threats does. Mohamed Bashir Hashi, Ahmed Abdi Hassan Dahir Mohamud Mohamed, arrived in Italy in June, at the invitation of the National Federation of the Italian press, and landed in Belgium on July 9, their fate is now in the hands of the Dublin Regulation.
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10 January Jan 2016 1000 10 January 2016 Zygmunt Bauman:«Multiculturalism is outdated»
Today multiculturalism only means living beside, but not with each other. The great thinker Bauman asserts that it is advisable to replace the term “multiculturalism”, with the concept of "diasporisation": a process by which the stranger becomes a next-door neighbor.
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8 January Jan 2016 0957 08 January 2016 EXILES, the stories of refugees in the third millennium
Three documentaries tell the stories of those who have been forced to flee to save their lives and those of their families, because of war, climate change, religious or political persecution.
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7 January Jan 2016 1235 07 January 2016 2015 sets the saddest record for migrants crossing the Mediterranean
Globally, IOM estimates that over 5,350 migrants died in 2015. IOM also recorded total sea arrivals to Europe in 2015 at 1,004,356 or almost five times the previous year’s total of 219,000
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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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22 December Dec 2015 1315 22 December 2015 Civil society takes on the migration challenge
As the International Organisation for Migration announces that 2015 has marked Europe’s biggest wave of mass-migration, since the aftermath of the Second World War, the grassroot network Refugees Welcome, keeps growing, launching in Italy and showing that European civil society might be ready to take on the challenge and offer new solutions to the migration emergency
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18 December Dec 2015 1658 18 December 2015 Italy: skepticism on government’s agenda for international cooperation
The recent second meeting of the Italian National Council for Development Cooperation brought together all of its main stakeholders, including members of civil society. The results of the meeting were disappointing, according to Nino Sergi, founder of Intersos, one of the most important Italian NGOs.
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17 December Dec 2015 1655 17 December 2015 150 million migrants in the global workforce
A new ILO statistical study provides estimates on labour migration, including regions and industries where international migrant workers are established and a special focus on migrants in domestic work.
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16 December Dec 2015 1425 16 December 2015 Making social inclusion a reality for all migrants in Europe
Undocumented migrants and the Europe 2020 strategy. The new Picum (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants) position paper.
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15 December Dec 2015 1627 15 December 2015 «Address challenges and seize opportunities of the new world of work» UNDP urges
2 billion people lifted out of low human development, in last 25 years, now focus on work is needed to galvanize progress, alerts the 2015 Human Development Report.
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15 December Dec 2015 0918 15 December 2015 Migration: EU member states failed Parliament's efforts
MEP Alessia Mosca (S&D) does not shy away from speaking her mind: decisions taken by Parliament have been diminished or weakened by other institutions, primarily the European Council.
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8 December Dec 2015 1203 08 December 2015 Have those hard-won accountability reforms had any impact?
Australian researchers Kate Macdonald and May Miller-Dawkins summarize the main points from recent contributions to the Global Policy Journal on the impact of accountability reforms in aid
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4 December Dec 2015 1536 04 December 2015 Reception and integration become a resource for European systems
A Valletta seminar that paves the way for the efforts of those on the ground engaged in social dialogue. Mcl president Carlo Costalli pushes a social agenda.
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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.