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The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016

...Refugees for the first time. Hear some of the athlete's stories - and find out why their participation is central to the Olympic ideal...[Yusra Mardini] In August of 2015, Yusra Mardini and her sister, Sarah, fled Syria after their home was destroyed in the country’s civil war. The sisters traveled on land through Lebanon and Turkey, eventually boarding a boat with 18...
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One refugee's story: A long, risky journey
Society, Politics & Law

One refugee's story: A long, risky journey

...refugee from the war in Egypt,” says Sara Bergamaschi, a close friend of Orfahli. Bergamaschi, who's Italian and works for the United Nations, met Orfahli on a trip to Syria in 2009. “We spent almost every day together,” she says, “We traveled all over the country. We became like brothers and sisters.” Bergamaschi says not long after Orfahli moved to Egypt, he...
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Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes
Society, Politics & Law

Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes

...refugee fleeing from Syria, and trying to get to the UK to seek asylum and eventually start a new life. The game combines strategy, balancing skills and invites players to explore information through an interactive maze. As players – put in the position of the refugee – navigate the borders, territories and other obstacles en route, they gain insight into the...
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Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?

...refugees within Syria as a result of the Syrian citizen exclusion from USRAP. How many asylum seekers are we talking about? From 2013 to 2015, only 1,823 Syrian refugees were accepted under USRAP. Therefore, Syrian refugees constituted an exceptionally small number of the almost 210,000 refugees accepted for resettlement in the US between 2013 and ......
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Strangers on a train platform: Refugees feel the hostility of Hungary
Society, Politics & Law

Strangers on a train platform: Refugees feel the hostility of Hungary

...refugees desperate to settle in the EU. An estimated 3,000 people had been camped outside the station, and once it was reopened at least 1,000 rushed in to try and board trains – although there were none to board since departures to Western Europe had been cancelled for “security reasons”. The Hungarian authorities reinstated the policy of registering all migrants...
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Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...refugees from conflict zones in the Middle East. An estimated 44,000 people have arrived on Croatian territory since its neighbouring countries began to reject arrivals. Croatia’s immediate stance on the refugee crisis was that no walls would be built and no barbed wire would be erected, because “in the 21st century barbed wire is not a solution but a threat”. This...
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World must avert flood of climate refugees - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

World must avert flood of climate refugees - Climate News Network

...refugees from Syria and other conflict areas as a “rehearsal” for the vast humanitarian disaster he believes will soon unfold. In a recent BBC interview on the Syrian refugee crisis, he said: “This is the beginnings of the future. It’s not going to go away. “The numbers we now have of refugees fleeing battle zones are going to be diminished into almost nothing...
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Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum
Society, Politics & Law

Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum

...refugee status. The practice of dispersal means people seeking asylum can be moved away from friends and family at any point, without choice or negotiation, with little notice, to a place they may have never been. Eventually, from speaking with the two women, it transpired that they had been approached by staff from one private sector provider at the accommodation block...
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