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Latest in Tag: refugees
Pen-selling refugee finds success in Beirut
Three months after a heartbreaking photo kickstarted a crowd-funding campaign, life has improved for Abdul Halim Atar, the refugee and single father in Beirut who resorted to selling pens to provide for his family
UNICEF: A generation in ruins as Syria war continues
As Syria approaches five years since the beginning of its civil war, millions of children are dependent on aid. Since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, about 11,000 children have been killed, according to UNICEF. Nuha is 11 years old and lives in Homs, a city that has been destroyed in Syria’s civil war. …
Minister highlights plight of Egyptian child migrants
Thousands of children take the journey by sea to Italy without their parents
EU must not close it borders to refugees: Deputy FM
Egypt stresses need to avoid racism and negative discourses on refugees
Of refugees and returnees
Many are calling for stricter control of the refugee flow fearing that terrorists could be among the refugees. Others say German or French extremists who fought in Syria and are returning home pose a bigger danger. After it became known that police found the passport of a Syrian refugee at one of the crime scenes …
In Libya, a safe haven for refugees
Migrants and refugees from Africa and beyond find shelter in a former major smuggling route to Italy. Karlos Zurutuza reports from Zuwara, Libya. Neither Suleyman, nor Ahmed or Rasool are HIV positive. It’s confirmed by the medical certificates hanging at the entrance of their small restaurant in downtown Zuwara. The Nabelsi brothers came from Djerba, …
People-smuggling: the trade with refugees in Bulgaria
More and more refugees are trying to reach the West via Bulgaria. The people-smuggling trade is flourishing along the dangerous route to the West – and border guards are sometimes involved in the illegal business. The trip starts in Istanbul, then continues along the smugglers’ trail though Plovdiv and Sofia to the Bulgarian-Serb border in …
Right way for refugees with Poland’s new Left
Anti-migrant feelings helped propel a sweeping win for Poland’s right-wing PiS in recent elections. Even so, activists are hopeful that a new, tolerant future lies ahead. Isabelle de Pommereau reports from Wroclaw. There’s a place in this young, dynamic southwest Polish metropolis called Kamienskiego Street that hardly anybody sets foot in. Except, perhaps, for Olimpia …
Refugees: boon or bane for the German economy?
While some worry the costs of the refugee crisis could leave an irreparable dent in Germany’s state coffers, some economist argue they might just save the economy. But for that to happen, lawmakers must wise up. The costs of the refugee crisis keep rising. The price for providing housing, food, day care, education, German courses …
Refugees opting for Bulgaria route exposed to violence
Asylum-seekers with limited funds or fears of sea travel are bypassing Greece for a land route through Bulgaria, but the risks remain high. Diego Cupolo reports from Dimitrovgrad, Serbia. Refugees opting for a land route to Europe are hiking in and out of Bulgaria, where they must cross dense forests and lightly populated areas that …
Germany’s ‘wise men’ urge lower wages for refugees
Berlin’s top economic advisers have recommended suspending the country’s minimum wage requirement to make refugees more attractive to employers. Easing access to the job market will help them integrate quicker, they say. The German economy is strong enough to stem the costs of the refugee crisis, the country’s economic “wise men” said in their annual …
Ifo think tank sees refugee costs soaring
Germany’s Ifo economic think tank has more than doubled its estimate of what the influx of refugees will cost the country as it expects higher numbers of asylum-seekers and additional outlays already this year. The Munich-based Ifo institute released a new cost estimate on Tuesday, showing German government expenditures on refugees soaring to 21.1 billion …
Young refugees in high demand in Germany
German companies are desperately looking for new junior staff. Apprentices are hard to find particularly in eastern Germany. Could refugees fill the gap? Sabine Kinkartz reports from Brandenburg state.
Daimler raises money to keep refugees warm
German automaker Daimler has donated more than 600,000 euros ($667,000) to help the German Red Cross find suitable housing for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have poured into the country before winter sets in. The company said Friday that employees across Germany had chipped in 300,666 euros during a month-long donation drive and …
Amnesty spotlights ‘hellish reality’ of Southeast Asian refugee crisis
Trafficked, beaten and sometimes even killed for ransom – a new AI report examines the horrors experienced by Rohingya attempting to flee persecution in Myanmar in May this year, and warns of another looming crisis. “We felt so sorry whenever we saw the people dead and thrown to the sea. The people are dying on …
My piece of hope: Karam would trade his laptop for peace anytime
Even though his laptop is the most valuable thing Karam brought with him when he fled Syria, he would get rid of it right away to make sure his parents are safe and to enjoy life the way he did, before the war. As hundreds of thousands of refugees are entering Germany, the country is …
Frankfurt Book Fair wraps with huge crowd
Refugees, cosplayers and bimbos turned out in droves at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, which opened to the public over the weekend. The 67th Frankfurt Book Fair was “the most successful one in years,” said Juergen Boos, director of the event. Nearly 276,000 people visited the event this year, which is two percent more than …
Cairo Universityâs semi-finalist participation in Enactus World Cup concludes
The team reached the semi-final round after competing against 34 worldwide teams in South Africa
Remote Greek village becomes doorway to Europe
At Greece’s northern border, a tiny settlement is the final stop in the country for hundreds of thousands of refugees on their way to Europe. Omaira Gill reports from Idomeni, population 154. Idomeni is a small village sitting within comfortable walking distance of Greece’s border with Macedonia. The 2011 census put its population at just …
Jobs for refugees: Easier said than done
In a bid to cope with the ongoing massive migrant influx to Germany, there have been growing calls for integrating asylum seekers into the country’s job market. But experts say it is a long and arduous process. At least 800,000 asylum seekers are expected to arrive in Germany this year alone, according to official estimates. …
Premier League doing little to help refugees
Are England’s Premier League clubs doing enough to help refugees? The country’s lower league teams have done their bit, but why is the country of football money so quiet on the matter? Daniel Pinder investigates. In one of the largest flows of refugees since the Second World War, Europe is under increasing pressure to aid …
4 young Egyptians named among dead migrants
The news comes following the documentation of high numbers of Egyptian minors travelling to Italy
2,215 migrants, 1,067 weapons apprehended in September: Army
Rocket-propelled grenades recovered, Ministry of Defence says
Refugee crisis puts Athens on the brink
The flow of refugees through Greece is greater than ever, but bad weather and border closures threaten to strand thousands and stretch coping mechanisms beyond control. Pavlos Zafiropoulos reports from Athens. “The road was like a river. I saw babies ready to be swept away,” Maria Galinou of the Greek branch of the Salvation Army …
Nerves are on edge along Balkan refugee route
The refugee crisis has put a strain on already difficult relations between Balkan countries. Borders are being shut and fences built. To make matters worse, Croatian parliamentary elections are coming up this fall. In the past few days, the acrimonious exchange of words has been reminiscent of the Yugoslav War era. Croatian Prime Minister Zoran …
Arab Leagueâs inaction is shameful
Everyone is talking about the refugee crisis overwhelming Europe; everyone apart from the League of Arab States that is. To date it has had little to say on the topic and, as far as I can tell, has no plan to help alleviate the problem. Why have there not been any emergency summits announced? Where …
UN: Not enough money for refugees in Iraq
More than three million Iraqis are on the run in their own country. The United Nations are sounding the alarm bells. The refugee situation is getting increasingly desperate due to a shortage of funding. Now, more than a year after “Islamic State” (IS) gained a foothold in Iraq, UN representative Dominik Bartsch is painting a …
UN Women, EU Commission launch âKhadijaâ network for womenâs economic empowerment
âWe want Arab governments to specify 25% quota for womenâs businesses,â says UN Regional Director
Jenny Erpenbeck: What happens when you’re only seen as a refugee?
Jenny Erpenbeck spent a year meeting with refugees in Berlin. Her resulting novel is shortlisted for the German Book Prize. She explains why time is so crucial and what former East Germany has to do with refugees. DW: Ms. Erpenbeck, in your novel “Gehen, ging, gegangen” (Going, went, gone), you touch on a very timely …
We must take responsibility for ceasefire to end refugee crisis: Arab League
Foreign community is wrongfully accusing Arab states of refugeesâ negligence, says Secretary General