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2,500 refugees are crossing from South Sudan into Uganda every day
South Sudan’s conflict represents one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises. Recently, the number of South Sudanese refugees has passed the one million mark. An estimated number of 2,500 refugees are crossing from South Sudan into Uganda every day. Most of the are accommodated in settlement camps, lacking proper resources. At least 200,000 South Sudanese […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/11/2500-refugees-are-crossing-from-south-sudan-into-uganda-every-day/
Number of Internally Displaced People in Afghanistan has reached 1.2 Million
The number of people internally displaced by conflict in Afghanistan doubled to 1.2 million in the past three years. Afghanistan is currently one of the largest source of refugees in the world, with approximately 2.6 million Afghan citizens having fled the country. However, a large number of people forced to flee their homes due violence remained […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/number-of-internally-displaced-people-in-afghanistan-has-reached-1-2-million/
2016 Nansen Refugee Award recognizes the efforts and work of volunteers
2016 #NansenAward CeremonyOur #NansenAward winners are living icons of humanitarian service who represent thousands of volunteers working without recognition, every day, across the world. Through Efi and Konstantinos, we honour and celebrate all of those volunteers who inspire us all to do more and to do better. Posted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency on […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/2016-nansen-refugee-award-recognizes-the-efforts-and-work-of-volunteers/
UN Summit for Refugees & Migrants “just flowery language”
On the 19th September, UN member states gathered in New York to address the large movements of refugees and migrants. The primary purpose of this summit was to create a viable mechanism for sharing of refugee resettlement duties on the UN states. The summit established the New York Declaration, which calls on countries which can resettle or […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/un-summit-for-refugees-migrants-just-flowery-language/
