Refugees

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…

U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 24. MSgt. Donald R. Allen/The Associated Press The Canadian government is warning those left…

Gov. Ralph Northam s administration received notification Wednesday that the Department of Defense had authorized the use of Marine Corps Base Quantico to house Afghan refugees, as well as a national guard installation in central Virginia Fort Lee, an Army training site in Virginia, was already housing immigrants who recently…

Before diving head-first into the cold and murky water that is Afghan refugee resettlement, two irrefutable truths should be acknowledged. First, the U.S. exists to serve and protect its citizens. Other considerations, whatever they may be, come in at a distant second. As such, President Biden must prioritize the evacuation…

Home » News » World » Snippets from UK: Covid-19 Cases See Sharp Rise in Scotland; Tourism Hit in Britain 1-MIN READ Pedestrians walk past re-opened shops and businesses in Glasgow on April 26, 2021 following the relaxing of some Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland, after the third national lockdown. (AFP)…