As events unfold around the globe today for World Refugee Day, a live webcast has been set up to broadcast refugees talking directly about their experiences. “Frontline UNHCR staff will also be discussing their day-to-day work in helping the displaced. Viewers will be able to see how ordinary people who have experienced extraordinary hardships live […]
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On June 20th, 2009, World Refugee Day takes place around the globe. This annual commemoration is “marked by a variety of events in more than 100 countries, involving government officials, humanitarian aid workers, celebrities, civilians and the forcibly displaced themselves” (unhcr.org). It is a big opportunity for such UN Agencies like the High Commissioner for […] As the Bonn Climate Change Talks wind down this week, delegates and the international media were presented key findings from a new report entitled “In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement”. The report, which has been released by CARE International and New York’s Columbia University, “explores how […] The United Nations Bonn Climate Change Talks continue this week in Germany. According to the Climate Change Talks website, “Delegates from 182 countries meeting in Bonn are to discuss, for the first time, key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for an ambitious and effective international climate change deal, to be clinched in […] There are two films that you should be aware of if you are following the journey of the Cataret Islanders and their ongoing relocation to nearby Bougainville. The Next Wave is a short documentary that received a Jury Award at the Ninth Annual Media that Matters Film Festival. Produced by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger, […] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has just released a new policy brief entitled Migration, Climate Change and the Environment. The eight-page brief presents key information and analysis on the interplay between the three factors. It is designed as a general introduction to the topic of environmental migration and presentation of the perspective and involvement […] |
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