Archive for the ‘Migration’ Category
Survivors report 240 people have died in two shipwrecks off Libya
Friday, November 4th, 2016“….Carlotta Sami, a UNHCR spokeswoman in Italy, said 31 survivors of two shipwrecks who arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa reported that the rubber dinghies they were traveling in had capsized Wednesday in heavy seas shortly after leaving Libya.
The first dinghy — which carried around 140 people, including six children and about 20 women, some pregnant — sank when wooden planks laid at the bottom broke, causing the dinghy to capsize 25 miles (40 kilometers) off the Libyan coast, the UNHCR said. Twenty-nine people were rescued, and 12 bodies were recovered…….”
UN: 2016 has become the deadliest year yet for migrants crossing the Mediterranean bound for Europe (at least 3,800 people have died).
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
There are 193 countries in the world and 21 million refugees. More than half of these refugees – nearly 12 million people –are living in just 10 of these 193 countries.
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
More than a thousand migrants, including Syrians, Afghans, Pakistanis and Iraqis, arrived in Greece last week.
Thursday, September 15th, 2016
South Sudan: At Juba’s sprawling displacement camp on the outskirts of the capital, women risk starvation and/or sexual assault.
Friday, August 5th, 2016Syrian Refugees: Humanitarian Crisis in the Turkish Camps
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016| Refugees of the Syrian Civil War: Impact on Reemerging Infections, Health Services, and Biosecurity in Turkey | ||
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Health Security, Vol. 14, No. 4, August 2016: 220-225.
“…..By March 2016, the United Nations reported that 13.5 million Syrians required humanitarian assistance, including 6.6 million internally displaced persons and more than 4.8 million refugees outside of Syria. Turkey is currently hosting the largest number of Syrian refugees—more than 2.7 million. A limited number of refugees are living in camps settled around the border, and others are spread throughout Turkey. This explosive and unexpected increase in the Syrian population in Turkey has had several negative impacts on health and social determinants. The overload of healthcare facilities has led to shortages in childhood immunization programs, drugs, and access to clean water and food supplies. According to Ministry of Health data, more than 7.5 million Syrians were examined at outpatient clinics, and 299,240 were hospitalized; most of those hospitalized were injured and wounded victims who require and have been occupying intensive care units. The refugees generally live in crowded and unsanitary conditions, which may lead to the spread of respiratory, skin, gastrointestinal, and genital system infections. Currently, measles, poliomyelitis, leishmaniasis, and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are the reemerging infections being most frequently recorded. Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections seem to be an increasing problem in gunshot or surgical wounds. Hepatitis A, malaria, and varicella have been seen with a high incidence among the refugees. There are many problems waiting to be resolved for health and living standards in Turkey…..” |
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Human rights groups accuse Australia of deliberately ignoring the alleged abuse of asylum seekers being held at a remote Pacific island detention facility
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
June 20 is World Refugee Day.
Monday, June 20th, 2016
At a refugee camp in Maban, South Sudan, a child transports water from a tapstand to home.
