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1 day ago · A new data visualization ("Death in the Desert") published today draws on interviews with more than 31,000 refugees and migrants to map the land routes they take extending from the East and Horn of Africa and West Africa through the Sahara Desert towards North Africa and the Mediterranean coast. It also plots the most common dangers they face on these routes, including violence, kidnapping for ...
2 days ago · A report released Friday by the U.N. refugee and migration agencies and the Mixed Migration Centre research group estimated that land routes in Africa are twice as deadly as the sea lanes across ...
Jun 12, 2024 · According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, this number has risen to 68.3 million people – a nearly 50 per cent increase in five years. Additionally, the number of refugees and...
1 day ago · After passage of the 1980 Refugee Act, a newly established Office for Refugee Resettlement (ORR) with branches in every state took responsibility for overseeing refugee resettlement. Resettlement officials aimed to disperse the refugees from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia widely in order to minimize the financial, educational, and social-services burdens on any single locality.
Jun 13, 2024 · Refugees are forced to flee to save their lives or preserve their freedom, but “migrant” describes any person who moves, usually across an international border. A migrant may be moving to join family members already abroad, to search for a livelihood, to escape a natural disaster, or for a range of other purposes.
Jun 20, 2024 · Here’s what you need to know about the global refugee crisis for World Refugee Day, 2024. Last week, the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) released its latest Global Trends Report , which covers global displacement through the end of 2023.
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Jun 27, 2024 · For me, the highlights of solo travel in Cambodia were exploring the ancient ruined temples at Angkor Wat, visiting the Royal Palace, eating street food at the markets, experiencing the heart-wrenching war memorials in Phnom Penh, and relaxing on the palm-fringed beaches of the west coast.
