Tag: politics
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War leaves no one untouched
Kurdish Iranian refugee and Exodus journalist Souran Soleimani reflects on the war between Iran and Israel Picture: Tasnim News Agency Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license I WAS born in a land where war wasn’t just a word. it was the weather. The sky spoke in sirens, the ground trembled with explosions,…
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Understanding migration: Resilience, determination and hope in the face of adversity
By Tamirat Astatkie MIGRATION, a global phenomenon affecting millions of individuals, has become an increasingly complex and compelling issue in recent years. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), approximately 281 million people, which accounts for roughly 3.6 per cent of the world’s population, currently reside outside their country of origin. Many…
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‘They are now part of our family’
Today another of the young refugees Care4Calais supports will have a warm bed after a few weeks of rough sleeping. Despite speaking good English and doing all the right things, A, a refugee from Sudan couldn’t find a place to rent or work in the short time he had between his grant of refugee status…
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