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This site gives weekly updates on the global refugee crisis. It includes top stories, inspiring tidbits about the lives of refugees, and a section called "stories to watch" about refugee-related events going on around the world.

many refuges are not being granted asylum and are being pushed back or delayed. according to the article asylum seekers are being forced to neighboring countries because of recent violence. also covid 19 has affected many of these cases for asylum seekers.

Current global refugee updates. Including the afghan crises and their shortages with food and water. As well as the asylum seekers from Central America who are being stopped from crossing the Mexican border.

Amanda B. Clinton wrote an article talking about the crisis refugees are facing with psychological health. She stated that the APA Office of International Affairs hosted a program called the International Learning Partner Program in Kosovo. 10 U.S. based psychologists who joined the program in Kosovo allowed people like Ilir, an expert in Balkan culture, who had no choice but to flee his country.According to United Nations High Commissions on Refugees every 20 minutes people leave everything behind in order to escape the terror of war and persecution. Okazaki, Haarlammert, Guler and Liu (2019), indicated that psychology has never been more important than it is today. With the strong leadership in the APA evidence on the recognition of the refugees rights has increasingly gotten a lot better.

This article is about the global refugee crisis, and the different stances countries have taken on immigration. It also contains information on the number of refugees in multiple countries.

If we as a global community could establish a kind of program to help provide a home for refugees and for refugees to establish themselves as members of a new nation without discrimination, this would be best for everyone. They are fully capable of contributing and they deserve the opportunity to do so.

Humanitarian leaders warn public, as international donors pledge billions in support of refugee crisis in a London meeting on Thursday, that it is not enough. Although aid is important, the most important thing to do right now is stop the war.

President Donald Trump signed the executive order to ban Muslims. Protesters around the Western world to raise their voices against the discrimination and the violation of the international human rights laws (1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees and post-World War II Refugee Convention of 1952)

The authors study the refugee flows originating in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. They propose that a better understanding of the circumstances by the international community can be beneficial to those in great need.

While facing life-threatening dangers and fleeing war should we be accepting refugees? These people are desperate to find safety yet will our issue with stereotyping be why we refuse them?

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Sesame Workshop (the organization behind Sesame Street) are teaming up to give millions of refugee children in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria support to learn and grow. They are combining Sesame Street's history of educational content with IRC's history of assisting crisis-affected areas to deliver learning opportunities tailored to the needs of the children and caregivers.

This is a must need for these children suffering from trauma. I did not know learning can reverse the effects of toxic stress.

I found this page very interesting as it encompasses mental health and the refugee situation. It discussed in detail how some Syrians are mentally affected by the war they are witnessing.

The Calais camp- which currently holds between 7,000 and 10,000 migrants in France, will be disassembled according to Bernard Cazeneuve (France's interior minister). Additionally, Nicolas Sarkozy has requested that the British organize their own camp to assist with the overwhelming numbers of people who are trying to get to Britain.

Angela Merkel's approval rating is at a five-year low and it's primarily due to her immigration policy. Germany has taken in nearly 1.1 million refugees since the migrant crisis began and the AFD (Alternative fuer Deutscheland) has increasingly gotten a lot of support from those who are concerned about integration, and domestic security.