Refugees

Amid the continuing turmoil in Afghanistan, which has created thousands of refugees seeking evacuation, the CEO of the U.S. lodging marketplace Airbnb tweeted that the company would begin housing 20,000 Afghan refugees globally for free, starting Aug. 24. AirBnb’s ‘Easy Call’ In his Aug. 24 announcement, CEO Brian Chesky explained…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK departure from Afghanistan was “the culmination of a mission unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes.” The final UK troops and diplomatic staff were airlifted from Kabul on Saturday, drawing to a close Britain’s 20-year engagement in Afghanistan and a two-week operation…

Amnesty International Book Sale 9am-5pm Saturday 11 September 2021 Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row, London SE10 8BF 10 minutes walk up Lewisham Hill from Lewisham National Rail, and DLR Station The Blackheath and Greenwich Amnesty Book Sale returns for its 47th time. This is a regular event, much loved…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Afghan refugees sit in a bus taking them to a processing center upon arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., August 28, 2021. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy/File Photo By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Whipped by the Taliban and shoved from behind by other desperate…

DEDICATING the renovated Jallianwala Bagh Smarak Complex to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday that it was a country’s responsibility to preserve its history “as it gives us lessons and a direction to move forward”. In his virtual address, he also referred to the Centre’s recent move to…

Photo: Appz Dreamer (Shutterstock) In the two weeks since the Taliban took hold of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, roughly 105,000 people have been evacuated, in one of the largest airlifts in U.S. history. While an estimated 5,100 evacuees are American citizens, the rest are Afghan individuals and families, many…

Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees will soon need to find new homes, and many countries are preemptively closing their doors. Why it matters: The U.S. is leading what the White House calls one of the biggest airlifts in history as Afghans flee from Taliban rule. That exodus will quickly…

“Does a real Christian rescue only Christians?” one commenter asks Getty Images Glenn Beck claims to be doing what the Biden administration can’t: evacuating people out of Afghanistan safely. Except many people are calling BS on Beck’s selective “saving.”  The conservative commentator’s Nazarene Fund has reportedly raised over $30 million…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 27 Aug 2021 11:00PM · Afghans struggle to reach the foreign forces and show their credentials outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan. – EPA pic, August 27, 2021. THE United Nations said today it was bracing for a possible exodus from violence-ravaged…

Uganda has agreed to a request from the United States to temporarily accommodate 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan while Washington processes their applications to live in the US. The move underscores the reputation Uganda has of being progressive on refugee issues. Refugee expert Dr Evan Easton-Calabria provides insights into why. When…