Reintegration Assistance for Migrants Going Home — Global Issues

Reintegration Assistance for Migrants Going Home — Global Issues

Opinion by Sophie Meiners (berlin) Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Inter Press Service BERLIN, Aug 16 (IPS) – Reintegration assistance for migrants returning to their countries of origin is becoming increasingly salient. Germany and the EU cooperate closely with countries of origin to support local reintegration. Here, assistance goes beyond purely monetary…

Top UN aid official in Ukraine condemns latest wave of indiscriminate attacks — Global Issues

Top UN aid official in Ukraine condemns latest wave of indiscriminate attacks — Global Issues

Denise Brown issued a statement deploring the “indiscriminate” attacks impacting civilians and civilian infrastructure. She stressed that people in the south, including in the Kherson and Odesa regions, had endured “a particularly harsh weekend” after reports that strikes left many civilians, including children, killed and injured. An entire family, including…

Reintegration Assistance for Migrants Going Home — Global Issues

Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean — Global Issues

The International Organization for Migration (IOM); the UN refugee agency, UNCHR; and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) also called for coordinated search and rescue mechanisms. The tragedy occurred between Thursday 3 August and Friday 4 August, and to date, only four survivors have been rescued – all by a merchant…

Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye — Global Issues

Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye — Global Issues

For the next six months, the Bab al-Hawa border crossing will be accessible and allow much-needed assistance to reach millions of people in northwest Syria. Bab al-Hawa has been used since 2014, when the UN Security Council authorized cross-border relief deliveries “across conflict lines”. Around 85 per cent of aid…

UNICEF laments deaths of pregnant mother and toddler in Mediterranean Sea shipwreck — Global Issues

UNICEF laments deaths of pregnant mother and toddler in Mediterranean Sea shipwreck — Global Issues

A pregnant woman and a young child died when two boats carrying scores of migrants sank in rough seas off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday, according to media reports. The boats had reportedly departed from Sfax, Tunisia, and many of the passengers were believed to be from sub-Saharan…

Putin’s Many Paradoxes & Russia’s Weaponisation of Food — Global Issues

Putin’s Many Paradoxes & Russia’s Weaponisation of Food — Global Issues

UN inspectors of the Joint Coordination Centre go to inspect a grain shipment aboard the merchant vessel LADY SPERANZA under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Istanbul, 17 February 2023. Credit: UN/Duncan Moore Opinion by John R. Bryson (birmingham, uk) Friday, August 04, 2023 Inter Press Service BIRMINGHAM, UK, Aug 04 (IPS)…

Latest Navalny sentence raises serious concerns, UN rights chief says — Global Issues

Latest Navalny sentence raises serious concerns, UN rights chief says — Global Issues

Volker Türk said the 19-year sentence was based on vague and overly broad charges of “extremism” and followed a closed trial on the premises of the prison where Mr. Navalny is already serving two other sentences amounting to 11 and a half years. He recalled that under international human rights…

Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan Only 30 Percent Funded — Global Issues

Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan Only 30 Percent Funded — Global Issues

Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown. Credit: UN by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Tuesday, August 01, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) – Civilian infrastructure is under attack in cities across Ukraine, and the need for long-term aid grows. However, the United Nations’ 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Under European Regulators Scrutiny

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Under European Regulators Scrutiny

Less than a week after its launch, the Worldcoin crypto project of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman is already under scrutiny by European regulators over its reliance on an eye scan to verify a user’s identity, France’s data protection agency said Friday. Worldcoin’s launch on Monday comes as the cryptocurrency…

The Humanitarian & Strategic Risks of US Cluster Munitions Transfers to Ukraine — Global Issues

The Humanitarian & Strategic Risks of US Cluster Munitions Transfers to Ukraine — Global Issues

Opinion by Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl (washington dc) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 28 (IPS) – The Biden administration’s decision to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions, a weapon widely banned for the inherent dangers they pose to non-combatants, is risky. In addition to the immediate and…