Refugees Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/refugees/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:26:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How The Pandemic Affected Volunteering https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-the-pandemic-affected-volunteering/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-the-pandemic-affected-volunteering/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:26:22 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=56960 In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of volunteering in the UK have seen a sharp decline. Now, with the UK facing a host of new crises, charities are struggling to meet the increased demand for their services with a decreased workforce.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/child-migrants-to-return-to-hotel-where-136-disappeared/feed/ 0 Thousands of Afghan refugees threatened with homelessness https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/thousands-of-afghan-refugees-threatened-with-homelessness/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/thousands-of-afghan-refugees-threatened-with-homelessness/#respond Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:41:38 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=41130 A crisis meeting at 10 Downing Street on 8 June heard that around 8,000 Afghan refugees residing under Operation Warm Welcome (OWW) will face eviction this summer. Plagued by a fear of homelessness, these refugees have nowhere to go. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/thousands-of-afghan-refugees-threatened-with-homelessness/feed/ 0 Humanitarian aid in Syria and its fragile future https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/humanitarian-aid-in-syria-and-its-fragile-future/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/humanitarian-aid-in-syria-and-its-fragile-future/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:39:13 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=31808 On the 8th of July, Russia vetoed the United Nation resolution that would have extended the provision of cross-border humanitarian aid to 4.1 million Syrians. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/humanitarian-aid-in-syria-and-its-fragile-future/feed/ 0 Former Home Secretary’s Rwanda Policy challenged at High Court https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/former-home-secretarys-rwanda-policy-challenged-at-high-court/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/former-home-secretarys-rwanda-policy-challenged-at-high-court/#respond Fri, 09 Sep 2022 22:18:51 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=30513 On the 5th of September, a five-day hearing began at the Royal Courts of Justice, in London. The High Court will determine if the UK Government’s Rwanda Policy is unlawful. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/former-home-secretarys-rwanda-policy-challenged-at-high-court/feed/ 0 Unpacking the Rwanda Asylum Plan https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/unpacking-the-rwanda-asylum-plan/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/unpacking-the-rwanda-asylum-plan/#respond Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:42:49 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=26505 In the months leading up to Refugee Week in June, the UK partnership with Rwanda has affected the lives of asylum seekers hoping to find safety in the UK.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/unpacking-the-rwanda-asylum-plan/feed/ 0 Legal Action Cancels Rwanda Asylum Flight https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/legal-action-cancels-rwanda-asylum-flight/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/legal-action-cancels-rwanda-asylum-flight/#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2022 08:45:43 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=25858 The first flight scheduled to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda in the government's new plan to deal with asylum seekers has been cancelled last minute due to legal action and intervention from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg.

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