Tanzania says it has reached an agreement with Burundi to begin sending back all Burundian refugees from October. The repatriation effort will take place in collaboration with the United Nations. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation ...
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Aug 30, 2019
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Syrian refugees are more satisfied with settlement services and their community when they spend their first year of settlement in a smaller city, according to a new University of Alberta study.
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2019
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Ethnic enclaves are often viewed as a negative for the integration of immigrants with natives in their new country. But it turns out that ethnic communities can help newly arrived refugees find work, according to a new Stanford ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2019
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Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people across Nepal while dozens more are missing, officials said Sunday.
Environment
Jul 14, 2019
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At least 17 people have been killed across Nepal after torrential monsoon rains induced floods and landslides, officials said Friday.
Environment
Jul 12, 2019
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For a teenage refugee starting a new life in Europe, going to school and using digital media form a big part of navigating an unfamiliar society. But appropriate interventions at school and online could help them feel more ...
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Jul 9, 2019
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In Lebanon, around 350,000 Syrian refugees don't have access to enough safe and nutritious food. To stem the crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations introduced an electronic voucher system to distribute ...
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Jun 26, 2019
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This week, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, labeled the world's refugee problem a crisis that is primarily impacting developing countries, who are hosting most of the world's 70 million displaced people.
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2019
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How can you send documents, watch educational videos or work collaboratively in regions where there is no internet coverage or electricity? These were the challenging questions taken up by researchers at the University of ...
Hardware
Jun 12, 2019
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Local villagers helped Shamsark off the boat, all but carrying her and her three small children as they stumbled up the slippery bank to safety. She took one look back across the river, through the grey mist to the orange ...
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Jun 4, 2019
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