Topic: Refugee
One child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of war: UNICEF
Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UNICEF said on Tuesday, as the total number of people who have now fled the country since the Russian assaults began, passed three million.
Close to 1.6 million people from Ukraine flee to Poland
Close to 1.6 million people (1.596 million) have fled Ukraine to Poland since the Russian assaults began, the Polish Border Guard agency said on Saturday.
UK’s Nationality and Borders Bill; Biggest attack on refugees, migrants in recent memory
The Bill represents one of the biggest attacks on the rights of refugees, migrants, Muslims, people of color, and LGBT+ people seeking sanctuary in Britain.
The Rohingya Woman- “Unafraid and Undeterred”
Tasmida, a 23-year-old Rohingya refugee who has been living in India since 2012 says that there is a common misconception that Rohingya custom encourages early marriages, restricts women from participating freely in some aspects of public life, and discourages women from pursuing education beyond a certain age after which they are restrained from stepping outside their homes unaccompanied by male kin.
Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns
Underfunding has left a “yawning gap” in the UN Refugee Agency’s ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNHCR said on Friday.
Only 34% of world’s refugee children attend secondary school: Report
Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday, as it called for an international effort to confront "critically low" levels of school and university enrolment.
