Refugees

About 2,500 Afghans could be brought to the facility, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Richmond, the Pentagon said on Monday. Biden also authorized the release of $200 million in services and articles from the inventories of US government agencies to meet the same needs, the White House said.Reuters…

US President Joe Biden has authorised up to $100m from an emergency fund to meet “unexpected urgent” refugee needs stemming from the situation in Afghanistan, including for Afghan special immigration visa applicants, the White House said. Biden also approved on Friday the release of $200m in services and articles from…

MEXICO CITY — Marian Pérez Guerra, 39, knew when it was time to leave her home country of Nicaragua. "They started shooting at our house. That's where we knew we had to leave," she said, recounting the threats she constantly received following her participation in demonstrations against the government of…

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. A 56-unit housing development in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, is to become home to locals…

You are hereHome While Canada has been long praised for its asylum generosity towards refugees, the federal government's approach towards seekers during the pandemic has violated human rights. Thank you for reading this story… More people are reading rabble.ca than ever and unlike many news organizations, we have never put…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Monday, July 5, 2021, 17:42 The nongovernmental organization SOS Mediterranee said on Twitter Monday that it had rescued a total of 572 individuals at sea in recent days. The most recent rescue involved a "large wooden…

Queer Refuge Seminar. Image Supplied. Refugees and asylum seekers are an overlooked sector within the LGBTQI+ community in Australia.  *Azhan works for Elevate as a peer support worker and was a facilitator and mentor for the Queer Refuge mental health support group. Queer Refuge was a six-month project run by Bridge Meals,…

We apparently just annihilated one of Savathun's greatest assets in the Season of the Splicer, but the Witch Queen must have more up her sleeve. By Phil Hornshaw on July 3, 2021 at 9:00AM PDT Destiny 2's weekly story in the Season of the Splicer has been some of its…

Calendar, 2 July 2021 - Few months since the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, the global initiative to ensure equitable vaccine distribution, internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Adagom refugee community in Cross River State received their first dose of the Astra Zeneca vaccine as part of…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police started evicting several hundred homeless families from a recently established tent city near Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, an event that underscored Brazil's resurgent poverty during the pandemic. Televised images showed residents blocking the entrance to the campsite with bonfires as police launched tear…