Refugees

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  For 22 years of his life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan and its decades-long civil war. Against all odds, he made a mobile game about…

Taliban closing in on Kabul US Embassy staff shredding documents as Marines arrive to oversee evacuation Insurgent fighters are now camped just 50 kilometres away from the Afghan capital. In most parts of the country, the Taliban has encountered little or no resistance from demoralised Afghan forces. (AFP Photo) KABUL:…

Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says the Afghans will arrive through family-class sponsorship and government-assisted refugee programs, as well as private sponsorship. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Ottawa says it will bring 20,000 Afghan refugees to Canada, but has not provided a timeline, as Taliban forces continue to rapidly expand their control…

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 12, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Oracle today announced that the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, in Kenya has finalised a workforce development program for young refugees in Kenya, in collaboration with Oracle University.  The UNHCR delivers professional learning courses on Oracle Cloud technologies to refugees with a core background in information technology.…

Published on August 4th, 2021 at 01:54pm EDT Updated on August 5th, 2021 at 03:09pm EDT Canada’s newest Express Entry draw, on August 4, targeted candidates who had previously received provincial nominations. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 512 candidates with scores of at least 760. The relatively high…

The issue that divides America now divides the Democratic Party as well. A major immigration fault line erupted this week when the Biden administration extended a controversial policy from the Trump era that kept out migrants and refugees, and the American Civil Liberties Union and immigrant rights groups immediately responded…

As the UN document turns 70 years old, experts say there is a lack of political will to implement the rights of refugees under the agreement. Countries in Africa are already moving beyond it. Defending human rights is Hamado Dipama's passion. It's something he's been committed to every day since…

Ensure Prompt Access to UN Refugee Agency for Protection (New York, July 28, 2021) – Indian authorities should immediately free all detained Myanmar asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should investigate the deaths of two women who had fled Myanmar and died in custody in Manipur state…

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…