Italy: Gamified app assists migrants with job search
A new, free app called Workeen was launched in Italy on the occasion of World Refugee Day. It is to help migrants, refugees and asylum seekers find work through a "serious game."
world refugee day
Joy, a refugee with albinism, fights against discrimination
Joy is a young refugee in Italy who was the victim of superstition in Nigeria. The young woman, who now lives in Turin, was kidnapped from her home in Nigeria by men who wanted to sacrifice her because she was born with albinism.
'During COVID-19, don't forget about migrants'
Berthin Nzonza, a refugee in Italy and founder of the association 'Mosaico,' which works in refugee support in Turin, is calling on the public to not forget about the migrant crisis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. His appeal comes just ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20.
Order of Malta urges help for nations hosting refugees
The international relief agency the Order of Malta, Malteser International, has urged the international community to do more to help developing countries meet refugees' needs.
UNHCR evacuates refugees out of Libya to Niger
Amidst ongoing clashes in Tripoli, the UN refugee agency UNHCR moved 131 refugees out of Libya to its Emergency Transit Mechanism in Niger, where the refugees will receive humanitarian assistance.
Oxfam urges Italy not to look away from 70 million refugees
On World Refugee Day, Oxfam called on governments around the world to increase their efforts to take in those fleeing their home countries due to conflict and persecution.
15 cities mark World Refugee Day with Refugee Food Festival
This month, displaced people are cooking up exotic dishes in nearly 150 restaurant kitchens across the world. The Refugee Food festival promotes positive attitudes — and helps trainee chefs launch new careers.
'It is possible' - an interview with UNHCR's Grandi on World Refugee Day
After more than three decades of refugee and humanitarian work around the world, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi seems more determined than ever to help forcibly displaced people. On World Refugee Day, InfoMigrants spoke to the UNHCR chief about the most emotional moments of his career, how to tackle the root causes of migration and what UNHCR is doing to help vulnerable refugees.
Dozens of events in Italy planned for World Refugee Day
The UN Refugee agency UNHCR is promoting dozens of initiatives across Italy for World Refugee Day on June 20. The goal is to share refugees' stories through art, music and gastronomy.
Athens celebrates migrant diversity on World Refugee Day
Various NGO's, charity organizations and the Migration Policy Ministry itself are hosting a plethora of events around Athens to celebrate World Refugee Day.
Appalling conditions for Burundi and Congolese refugees in Tanzania
About 355,000 refugees from Burundi and DR Congo live in western Tanzania, where they are barred from working or setting foot outside their makeshift camps. The conditions are "miserable," as Prosper Kwigize reports.
Food, music, art and sport for refugee-Italian dialogue
Italian culture will be a tool to foster refugee inclusion in Italy through hundreds of events promoted by the UNHCR for this year's World Refugee Day. Food, music, art and sport are the four pillars of the hundreds of events that will be held across Italy for two months starting on June 20.