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Category Archives: Refugees
How many ways to hide from bombs?
By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada Among the many dimensions to the grave human rights and humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state that have stuck with me is the multitude of ways that people hide from the … Continue reading
Dangerous to stay, dangerous to move – the plight of refugees in Yida
By Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada’s Secretary General and Khairunissa Dhala, South Sudan Researcher 19 January 2013 – It’s been nine months since we last visited the Yida Refugee Camp in South Sudan and returning now it’s amazing what has … Continue reading
Posted in Armed Conflict, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan
Tagged Refugees, Southern Kordofan, Sudan
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No roof, no roots
By Amnesty International’s Caribbean Team Three years after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, thousands of people are now facing forced eviction from their basic tents. Virgiela was trapped under rubble for six days after the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti on … Continue reading
Solidarity and song
Hundreds of thousands of Indonesian women leave their homes and families to make a living as domestic workers abroad – cleaning, cooking and looking after children and the elderly. Many end up underpaid, isolated and vulnerable to abuse. Sringatin, who … Continue reading
Posted in Asia And The Pacific, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macao, Migrants
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‘Resettlement is like rebirth’
Mawaheb Elnour was studying medicine when her family had to flee the conflict in Libya. This is her story of losing a home, finding a home, and everything that happened in between I was living in Tripoli with my parents, … Continue reading
Posted in Libya, Refugees
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