Following Italy's permission to let cargo ship Maersk Etienne disembark 27 rescued migrants, UN refugee agency UNHCR has launched a new appeal for the redistribution of migrants at a European level. The migrants had been stranded at sea for 39 days before being allowed to step ashore in Sicily on September 12.
27 migrants rescued by cargo ship Maersk Etienne have disembarked in Sicily after being stranded at sea for close to six weeks, ending one of the longest standoffs in the Mediterranean between a boat and EU governments. According to a local online service, the whole group tested negative for the coronavirus.
Twenty refugees from Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo arrived in Italy on September 11 thanks to the project University Corridors for Refugees. They will be able to continue their studies at 10 Italian universities through a scholarship.
COVID-19 presents a serious risk to refugee education worldwide, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. It warns that the virus threatens to cause a ‘pandemic of poverty’, which could reverse hard-won progress made in refugee school enrolment.
An estimated 300,000 people in Yemen have lost their homes, crops, livestock and personal belongings over the last three months due to torrential rains and severe flash floods, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. Among them are many displaced people.
Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has met with two of the three famous 'Lesbos grandmas' on the Aegean island. The president paid tribute to the three women during a tour of the northeast Aegean to check in on the status of the refugee situation there.
The UN says countries must review their approach to migration across the Mediterranean after 45 people recently died in a ship sinking off Libya. It said it was the largest confirmed shipwreck in the area this year.
When refugees flee, they often arrive in their host country with very little to their name. But one thing that can’t be taken away from them are their skills and traditions. That is why craft can play such an important role in providing employment, self esteem and a path to a brighter future.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have in a joint statement expressed concern about the UK’s plans to intercept and return migrants attempting to cross the English Channel irregularly on boats.
UNHCR said Tuesday that 34 refugees were among the over 200 people killed in the August 4 explosion in Beirut and that 7 others are still missing.
Young refugees are facing greater risks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, UN Refugee Aid Germany says. Some are even going hungry as they miss out on school meals.
The UN refugee agency has organized its first art competition, the Youth with Refugees Art Contest. The contest was aimed at young designers from all over the world and inspired by the theme "everyone counts in the fight against the virus, including refugees."