Refugees

(RNS) — For Monique Verdin, the apocalypse came in 2005. When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, about a million gallons of oil from a nearby refinery spilled into St. Bernard Parish, where Verdin lives. Her family home was engulfed in 11 feet of water. Verdin, 42, a…

Goodera and Zoom’s recently launched ‘Karma App’ lets individuals and teams support refugees and their caregivers cope with the Ukraine crisis. Potential volunteers can use the time between Zoom meetings to complete 10-minute ‘micro-actions’ in support of their chosen cause or nonprofit. Goodera, the world’s largest virtual volunteering platform, has…

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Published on April 22nd, 2022 at 10:09am EDT Canada’s immigration minister Sean Fraser has just announced Express Entry invitations to FSWP and CEC candidates will resume by “early July.” Minister Sean Fraser made several other major announcements, such as that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will be offering an…

SocialBox.Biz, a Community Interest Company supporting refugees and the homeless community in the UK, is currently increasing their collection of old, usable technology to donate to these populations. With the recent increase in refugees coming to the UK, the organization needs more tech collections than ever before. By donating old,…

A MONTHLY PAYMENT of €400 for people who take Ukrainian refugees into their home is being considered by the Government. The €400 payment is being considered to help with the cost of housing Ukrainian refugees and that the Government expects it to be used to cover the cost of increased…

Today so far The Florida legislature approved a congressional map approved by governor Ron DeSantis that will severely curtail Black voting power in the state - and also passed a bill dissolving the self-governance status of Disney World. This all took place despite Democrats staging a sit-in on the legislature…

T here have been instances of people who have fled Ukraine ending up homeless in Scotland, MSPs have heard. The crisis in the war-torn country was discussed by Holyrood’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee on Thursday, with MSPs hearing from local authority representatives. The committee was told that…

Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. More than half of the 24,000 pledges of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees have so…

A Nova Scotian who will soon be opening her doors to temporarily host a Ukrainian refugee family is calling on the federal government to waive costly medical screening fees upon their arrival. “(They) have spent every penny that they’ve got, fleeing from their home, and getting flights here. And then…