Syrian Refugees Consider the Future
"[Before the war] life was prosperous," explained Walid,* a Syrian refugee in Jordan. "I had money. I had my routines. Things were normal and organized." Walid was married, raising children, and owned...
View ArticleReport warns refugee women on the move in Europe are at risk of sexual and ...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Press Releases, 20 January 2016 Oumo*, a young woman from sub-Saharan Africa is fleeing persecution that has left her...
View ArticleDurbin, Leahy, Senators Call on Administration to Halt Deportation Raids &...
(Source: Richard J Durbin) 01.22.16 WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and twenty of their Senate colleagues to send a letter to President Obama...
View ArticleGrassley Statement for the Record at a Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the...
(Source: Chuck Grassley) Statement for the Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest Hearing titled 'Why Is the...
View ArticleNUSA Op-Ed: 'Why is the biometric exit tracking system still not in place?'...
(Source: NumbersUSA Action) Updated: Wed,Jan20 2016 @ 11:41 am EST NumbersUSA President, Roy Beck, wrote an op-ed that was published on The Hill's website today on the country's need for a biometric...
View Article10,000 Refugees for Biometric Registration
[Cameroon Tribune] Some 10,000 refugees from 25 countries in the Littoral Region will soon have new identification documents, including Refugee Identity Cards and Attestations, thanks to biometric...
View ArticleBack on the agenda in Washington: a biometric exit system for travelers
In Washington, it's been a rare week of progress on what has been one of Congress’s more protracted issues: setting up an exit system to track the departure of people leaving the country. For the first...
View ArticleState of Play: Measures to Address the Refugee Crisis (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) Updated on 22 January The adopted by the Commission in May 2015 set out the need for a comprehensive approach to migration management. Since then, a number of measures...
View ArticleUNHCR, IOM and partners in $550m appeal for humanitarian operations for...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Briefing Notes, 26 January 2016 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards -to whom quoted...
View ArticleUN agency and partners seek $500 million for Nigeria and Central African...
Print 25 January 2016 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners today called on donor nations for more than half-a-billion dollars this year to help...
View ArticleUN and partners seek $500 million for Nigeria and CAR refugee crises
Jan 25, Abuja: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners on Monday called on donor nations for more than half-a-billion dollars this year to help hundreds...
View ArticleUN agency and partners seek half-a-billion dollars for Nigeria and Central...
(Source: UN - United Nations) 25 January 2016 - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners today called on donor nations for more than half-a-billion...
View ArticleUNHCR and partners seek over US$500mill for Nigeria and CAR refugee crises...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Press Releases, 25 January 2016 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners on Monday called on donor nations for more...
View ArticleFix your borders or face isolation from Schengen countries, EU warns Greece
Greece could soon be suspended from Europe’s free-travel Schengen zone if the country doesn’t increase its border controls for migrants and refugees coming through the island nation, European Union...
View ArticleLittoral Governor in Refugee Identification Centre
[Cameroon Tribune] The ongoing refugee biometric registration in Douala is being carried out in a calm and serene atmosphere with some 5,000 of the 10,000 refugees residing in Douala already...
View ArticleOECD and UNHCR call for scaling up integration policies in favour of refugees...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Press Releases, 28 January 2016 The heads of the OECD and UNHCR, at a joint high-level Conference on the integration of...
View ArticleSomali refugee child detained in Egypy for six months
Feb 1, Cairo: Child rights activists have called on Egypt to immediately release a 17-year-old Somali refugee, who has been detained for nearly six months. Youssef Mohamed Aden was who has been...
View ArticleOECD and UNHCR Call for Scaling up Integration Policies in Favor of Refugees...
(Source: USCIB - United States Council for International Business) The integration of refugees in local economies has become more challenging as the refugee crisis continues to have a significant...
View ArticleHard at work -Syrian refugees happy have a chance to stand on their own feet
In London this week, high level delegates from more than 70 governments, together with UN, non-governmental and other organisations, will be discussing the Syria conflict, now entering its sixth year....
View ArticleState of Play: Measures to Address the Refugee Crisis (Delegation of the...
(Source: Delegation of the European Union to Syria) Updated on 29 January The adopted by the Commission in May 2015 set out the need for a comprehensive approach to migration management. Since then, a...
View ArticleState of Play: Measures to Address the Refugee Crisis (European External...
(Source: European External Action Service) Updated on 29 January The adopted by the Commission in May 2015 set out the need for a comprehensive approach to migration management. Since then, a number of...
View ArticleRep. Johnson Calls for Suspension of Immigration Raids, Temporary Protected...
(Source: Henry C 'Hank' Jr Johnson) Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) joined more than 145 members of Congress sending a letter to President Obama urging the Administration to immediately halt ICE raids...
View ArticleAs refugee and migrant flood into Europe continues, UN and partners seek $550...
(Source: UN - United Nations) 26 January 2016 - With no let-up in the flood of people pouring into Europe as they flee conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere, the United Nations refugee agency and...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees Happy to Have a Chance to Stand on Their Own Feet
In London this week, high level delegates from more than 70 governments, together with UN, non-governmental and other organisations, will be discussing the Syria conflict, now entering its sixth year....
View ArticleYou Are the Key With the SmartMetric Biometric Credit & Debit Card That Uses...
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - February 02, 2016) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) SmartMetric has developed an amazing new biometric payments card that uses your fingerprint to activate the card's...
View Articlefaith in a protracted refugee crises
(IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation) News reports tell of desperate refugee journeys, as thousands flee the dangers and hopelessness of wars or hunger in leaky boats and other perilous means. Less in...
View ArticlePress Releases: New U.S. Assistance to Respond to Syria Crisis (US Department...
(Source: US Department of State) Secretary Kerry announced today that the United States is providing nearly $601 million in additional life-saving humanitarian assistance for those affected by the war...
View ArticleJAM for the Indian
“The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday—but never jam today” —Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There Alice was faced with a peculiar dilemma when offered jam by the...
View ArticleSmartMetric Presenting Its Biometric Protected Payments Card at the Leading...
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - February 05, 2016) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) SmartMetric has been invited to be a speaker [or presenter] at the prestigious Smart Card Alliance Payments Summit in...
View ArticleIOM Organizes First Syrian Refugee Flight from Egypt to Canada (IOM -...
(Source: IOM - International Organization for Migration) Egypt - IOM, in coordination with UNHCR and the Governments of Canada and Egypt, this week flew 39 Syrian refugees from Egypt to Toronto,...
View ArticleUNHCR concerned about the conditions of refugees and migrants in Calais and...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Briefing Notes, 5 February 2016 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler -to whom quoted...
View ArticleNumber Of Syrian Refugees On Jordan Border Reaches 20,000
The number of Syrian refugees stranded on the border waiting for permission to enter Jordan has risen to 20,000, according to a new report by the Associated Press. The head of the U.N. relief agency...
View ArticleStatement of Ranking Member Tom Carper: “Canada’s Fast-Track Refugee Plan:...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) Wednesday, February 3, 2016 WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held...
View ArticleSecretary Cascos reminds voters of Feb. 1 Registration Deadline (Texas...
(Source: Texas Secretary of State) AUSTIN, TX - Today, Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos reminded Texans that February 1 is the deadline to register in time for the March 1 Primary Election. 'I...
View ArticleNEC Consulting On Biometric Voter Registration
[LINA] The National Election Commission (NEC) is currently holding consultations with relevant stakeholders on the adoption of a Biometric Voter Registration process in Liberia. ......
View ArticleMore than 850 thousands Afghan refugee’s residence cards were extended in...
(Source: Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) More than 850 thousands Afghan refugee's residence cards were extended in Iran The UN refugee agency...
View ArticleLetter and memorandum to donors attending the “Supporting Syria and the...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) Human Rights Watch welcomes the upcoming Syria conference. It is essential that it should deliver a greatly strengthened international effort to support desperate and...
View ArticleGovt Injects D33 Million Into Biometric Voters' Registration
The Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission has disclosed that the Government of The Gambia is funding the ongoing biometric voter registration exercise costing D33 million in the country....
View ArticleREGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE (UNOG - United Nations...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 29 January 2016 Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the...
View ArticleGreece warned: control your borders or you will be out of Schengen
Athens furious at being ‘scapegoated’ by rest of EU over refugee crisis and fears effect of being expelled from passport-free zone...
View ArticleEgypt detains Somali refugee child for six months
Campaigners have called on Egypt to immediately release a 17-year-old Somali refugee, who has been detained for nearly six months. Youssef Mohamed Aden was arrested in Egypt on July 6, 2015. A member...
View Article40 Sri Lankan refugees return home
CHENNAI: Forty Sri Lankan refugees, some of whom have been living in Tamil Nadu since the early 90s, returned to their home country on Tuesday morning. The voluntary repatriation of these refugees from...
View ArticleUNHCR alarmed at the plight of refugees and migrants at Bulgaria borders...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Press Releases, 28 January 2016 Sofia, 28 January 2016 UNHCR alarmed at the plight of refugees and migrants at Bulgaria...
View ArticleUP govt proposes making Aadhar registration mandatory for kids’ vaccination
AGRA: In a controversial proposal aimed at boosting Aadhar card registration among children in the age group of 0-5 years, Uttar Pradesh government is contemplating making the unique identification...
View ArticleSending Central American Refugees Back to Certain Death
The Obama administration has announced its plan to deport Central American families. Immigration raids are underway in New York, Texas, Los Angeles and Georgia and more than 121 people have been...
View ArticleDont Mess Up The National ID System IMANI
IMANI was pleased to be invited by the World Bank and Citi FM, conveners of the National Identity System Roundtable on the 4th of February 2016, to deliver a paper on the ‘risks and opportunities’...
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