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This will not be the end of “The Jungle”
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There Are Far More Migrants Dying At Sea Than You Probably Realize
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Ahead of the UN Summit on Refugees and Migration, several key people in the refugee rights field met at the Social Good Summit in New York to talk about the crisis at hand. The commentary highlights...
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This is Barack Obama’s last UN General Assembly, and it comes amid the worst refugee crisis since the advent of the United Nations 71 years ago. There are some 65 million people forcibly displaced...
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This will not be the end of “The Jungle”
This week France started the long-awaited shutdown of the notorious Jungle refugee camp outside the city of Calais. Billed as a humanitarian measure, the eviction of nearly 7,000 refugees and asylum...
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These are the trends, events, elections and happenings that will drive the global conversation in 2017. Welcome to our annual year-in preview listicle for the discerning global set! 1) With President...
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More than a week after President Trump turned airports into a battleground by signing an Executive Order aimed to drastically curtailing immigration into the US, the fallout continues. A nationwide...
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UN Dispatch recently visited a vast complex on the outskirts of Dubai that stores humanitarian relief items for dispatch anywhere in the world. When disaster strikes, this places snaps into action....
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