Refugee children from Honduras, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela and Fiji were welcomed at this year’s Camp Nefesh. The free summer day camp, hosted by Congregation B’nai Israel in Sacramento was started by founder Lucy Beckett when she was 16. The camp has been providing free, fun, summer activities for refugee children since 2018. Jason Weiner, […]
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s migration and refugee agencies expressed concern over Biden administration plans for new asylum restrictions in the United States and said the right to asylum is fundamental. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House […]
Israeli strikes have killed 11 people overnight, including a woman and three children, in central Gaza, Palestinian health officials said. A strike on a home in the built-up Bureij refugee camp late on Sunday killed four people, including the three children. The second strike in the early hours of Monday killed seven people, including a […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military set fire to a camp that Palestinians were taking refuge in Rafah. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the airstrike as a “tragic mishap.” 45 people were killed. The strike only added to the surging international criticism Israel has faced over its attacks on Gaza. Israel insists it […]
An Israeli strike on a camp near Rafah that had been designated as a “safe zone” for displaced Palestinian civilians killed at least 45 people on Sunday and injured more than 200 others, according to multiple media reports and the Gaza Health Ministry. CNN reported that video apparently shot at the Tal al-Sultan camp showed […]
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 50 people have been killed and scores injured in an explosion at a refugee camp near Rafah. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed carrying out an air strike targeting a Hamas compound in the area. It says it is reviewing the incident. Earlier in the day Hamas fired […]
[Source] A Japanese lesbian couple has been granted refugee status in Canada after enduring discrimination in Japan. Key points: The details: While Japan has local partnership systems for same-sex couples, it still doesn’t have national marriage equality. LGBTQ+ rights advocates say social acceptance lags behind legal progress in Japan. Hana and Eri said they faced […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The governments of eight European Union member states said Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland. In a joint declaration, officials from Austria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Malta and Poland said they agree on […]
The governments of eight European Union member states said on Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland. In a joint declaration, officials from Austria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Malta and Poland said they agree on a reassessment that […]
May 15—Spokane is one step closer to seeing $10 million in affordable housing units for refugees and the general public by 2025, without the use of tax dollars. Thrive International, an organization that provides transitional housing to refugee and immigrant families, will develop 6980 N. Nevada St. with support from the Spokane Public Library. The […]
By Henriette Chacar NEAR HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Thousands of flag-waving Palestinians marched in northern Israel on Tuesday to commemorate the flight and forced flight of Palestinians during the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation, and to demand the right of refugees to return. Many of the about 3,000 people also called for an end to […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee agency said Friday that Cypriot efforts at sea to stop numerous Syrian refugee-laden boats departing Lebanon from reaching the European Union-member island nation mustn’t contravene international human rights laws or put passengers at risk. Cypriot authorities have reportedly dispatched police patrol vessels just outside Lebanese territorial waters […]