Syria at War: Eight Years On
<p>By the end of the eighth year of conflict in Syria, economic losses had exceeded an estimated $442 billion. However huge, this number alone does not epitomize the suffering of a population among which
Refugees
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Preliminary study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on discrimination in the context of the right to food
In its resolution 10/12, the Human Rights Council requested the Advisory Committee to undertake a study on discrimination in the context of the right to food, including identification of good practices of anti-discriminatory policies and strategies, and
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Migration and human development
The Human Development Report 2009 breaks some myths about migration. (Editorial)
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Indonesia Quake Death Toll 42, Likely To Rise
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Indonesia, which killed at least 42 people and forced thousands to flee buildings, is likely to rise, government agencies said early on Thursday morning. The 7.0 magnitude quake shook buildings in the capital Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon and flattened homes in villages closer to the epicenter in West Java.
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A subject: a human being
An Australian documentary that premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in July has ignited a controversy with its claims on slavery in the refugee camps of western Sahara. The protagonist has denounced the film for portraying her as a slave. The 80-minute film, by Sydney-based Violeta Ayala and Dan Fallshaw, is set in refugee camps in south-west Algeria, where 160,000 Saharawi people have lived
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AIDS: Discrimination in Visa Laws Poses Risk to Those With AIDS, Rights Group Says
International migrant workers, foreign students and political refugees are often endangered by laws that discriminate against people with AIDS, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch reported last week. About a third of the world
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Cyclone, tidal surge, erosion silently increasing eco-refugees
Many helpless families, all too frequently battered by destructive cyclones, subsequent tidal surges and constant river erosion, are abandoning their ancestral homes and livelihoods and increasing the number of environmental refugees in the country.
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Restoring a forest legacy at Marais des Cygnes national wildlife refuge
This Project Design Document is prepared for the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge Restoration Initiative to meet the standards of the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance.
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TAWS concerned over destruction of forests by Chakma refugees
ITANAGAR, April 6: The Tapun Area Welfare Society (TAWS) has accused the Centre of being soft on Chakma refugees, which had allegedly encouraged them to destroy forests at Diyun range under Lohit district. The society alleged that the refugees were violating the prescribed norms fixed during their resettlement from Mizo district to Tirap Division of the then North East Frontier Agency (NEFA).
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Isles Of Blight
Rising sea levels are forcing people in low-lying areas to flee their homes This new category of refugees is being called climate migrants They are yet to gain any international legal recognition However, resettlement of residents of islands such as the Maldives to safer locations is being discussed
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Health risk assessment of children exposed to greywater in Jerash Refugee Camp in Jordan
Jerash refugee camp is one of the ten official Palestinian refugee camps located in Jordan. It is inhabited by about 28,000 people who originally fled from Gaza, Palestine, in 1968, as a result of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Wastewater has been used for irrigation in Jordan for several decades.