Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp Unable to Accomodate the Growing Need But even at Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee settlement comprised of three separate camps and now home to almost 400000 Somalis, there is not enough space or supplies to meet the growing demand. People wait with bags in a food queue at the. … Read [...]
new10 ways Canadian aid money is being spent in East Africa Care Canada: $ 3.75 million to reach severely malnourished children under five and pregnant or lactating women, including in the Dadaab refugee camp. Also providing drinking water and physical security for the camp. Action Contre La Faim: $ 2.35 million … Read more on [...]
Nativity will bless backpacks this Sunday; continues new schedule Families also have been asked to bring filled backpacks to be contributed to Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta, which provides them to needy school-age immigrant children in the area. Nativity, which began having a single service … Read more on The Citizen.com Former Burmese [...]
Case of Libyan Woman Highlights Need for Expedited Resettlement Processes This procedure should enable resettlement to take place within a set time period, and facilitate transfers of refugee cases to UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Centers when appropriate. Improve the timeliness of resettlement processing, including through … Read more on Human Rights First
Africa’s desperate cry for help The Weekend West understands that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees plans to significantly increase the number of people it refers for international resettlement from Dadaab refugee camp, on the Kenyan Somali border, which has become … Read more on The West Australian Amnesty International slams IDPs eviction policy [...]
Somali mother sends children back to famine as camps overflow A newly arrived Somali refugee collects non-consumable welfare items from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) compound at Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border August 3, 2011. … Read more on Reuters Floods in Northern Thailand Hit [...]
EU urges inquiry after deaths in West Bank refugee camp BRUSSELS — The European Union on Tuesday urged Israel to carry out an inquiry into the killing of two Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in the Qalandia refugee camp in the West Bank. “The European Union is saddened and concerned by the killing,” said a … [...]
City’s refugee strategy ‘failing’ The Immigration Department is carrying out a major review of New Zealand’s refugee resettlement programme as a leaked report shows the country is failing them. The report shows refugees – 30000 in Auckland alone – are remaining at the bottom of the … Read more on Stuff.co.nz South East [...]
