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Tag: Forced migration

Tag Archives: Forced migration

14Aug/17

70 years later, a survivor tells tales of India-Pakistan split

August 14, 2017ImmigrationAmritsar, British Empire, Demography, Divided regions, Forced migration, Human geography, Human migration, India, Lahore, Ludhiana, Mass migration, Pakistan, Pakistan Movement, Partition, Partition of India, Political geography, Province/State: Punjab, Punjab, Punjab India, Regions, Sialkot, Sikh, Sudheer Singh Kukreja, War/Conflictsmbale

AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA (REUTERS)- The partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 led to one of the largest known mass migrations in the human history with millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims displaced from their homelands. Continue reading →

28Feb/17

Door knocks in the dark: The Canadian town on front line of Trump migrant crackdown

February 28, 2017ImmigrationAngus Reid, Asylum seeker, Canada, Canada–United States border, City: Emerson, Cory Meyers, Country: Canada, Cultural globalization, Demography, Donald Trump, Emerson, Emerson Manitoba, Ethics, European migrant crisis, Forced migration, Geography of Canada, Human migration, Illegal immigration, Ismail, Jacquelyn Reimer, Justin Trudeau, Manitoba, Pembina Valley Region, Politics, Province/State: Manitoba, Social Issues, United States, Winnipegsmbale

The Canadian town of Emerson, Manitoba has become the front line of an emerging political crisis that is testing Canada’s will to welcome asylum seekers
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22Feb/17

Germany to “evaluate” migrants’ mobile phone data in certain cases – interior minister

February 22, 2017ImmigrationAdministrative territorial entities, Aftermath of war, Berlin, Countries, Country: Germany, Demography, Deportation, Environmental social science, Eritrea, European migrant crisis, Extradition, Forced migration, Geography of Africa, Germany, Mobile phone, Politics, Punishments, Refugee, Right of asylum, Social Issues, Sudan, Technology, Thomas de Maizieresmbale

Germany will begin to “evaluate” mobile phone data of migrants whose identity is in question and speed up the deportation process of people who were denied refugee status, the country’s interior minister said.

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28Jan/17

Trump travel ban sparks panic abroad, lawsuits at home

January 28, 2017ImmigrationAbdelhakim Kiwan, ALPHABET, Asia, Climate change skepticism and denial, Conservatism in the United States, Country: United States, Donald Trump, European migrant crisis, Executive Order 13769, Forced migration, Google, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, New York, Political positions of Donald Trump, Politics, Politics by country, Presidency of Donald Trump, Presidents of the United States, Refugees of the Syrian Civil War, Social Issues, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian diaspora, The Apprentice, United States, War/Conflict, Washington, Western Asia, WWE Hall of Fame, Yemen, Zachary Goelmansmbale

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries and banning Syrian refugees indefinitely will likely land his administration in court. Zachary Goelman reports. Continue reading →

13Jan/17

U.N. alarmed at migrants dying of cold, “dire” situation in Greece

January 13, 2017ImmigrationAftermath of war, BELGRADE, Bulgaria, Cecile Pouilly, Cultural globalization, Demography, Environmental social science, European migrant crisis, Forced migration, Geneva, Greece, Human geography, Human migration, Italy, Joel Millman, Politics, Population, Refugee, Right of asylum, Romania, Serbia, Social Issues, Switzerland, the world meteorological organization, Turkey, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugeessmbale

Refugees and migrants are dying in Europe’s sudden cold weather and governments must do more to help them, the U.N. says.

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15Dec/15

A Syrian refugee reacts as he waits behind border fences to cross into Turkey at Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa province, Turkey

Reuters Pictures of the Year 2015

December 15, 2015WorldAdidas, Aftermath of war, Anna Wintour, Bataclan, Beyonce, Demography, Europe, Forced migration, France, Greece, Iraq, Jay, Kanye West, Kardashian family, Kim Kardashian, London, Macedonia, Madonna, Magazines, Mass media, Musicians, Paris, Population, Refugee, Reuters, Right of asylum, Sean Combs, Stephen J. Adler, Syria, Thomson Reuters, THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, Voguesmbale

A selection of Reuters Pictures of the Year.
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08Dec/15

Blocking Muslim refugees supports terrorism – U.N.’s Guterres

December 8, 2015WarAftermath of war, Antonio Guterres, Barack Obama, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, European migrant crisis, Forced migration, Geneva, Geography of Asia, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Paris, Portugal, Refugee, Refugees of the Syrian Civil War, Right of asylum, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Switzerland, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrians in Lebanon, Turkey's migrant crisis, U.S. House of Representatives, United States, Western Asiasmbale

Countries rejecting Syrian refugees because they are muslim are fuelling Islamic State and other militant groups, the U.N. says.

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30Nov/15

Another mass brawl erupts at Berlin refugee shelter

November 30, 2015WorldBerlin, Berlin Police, Berlin Tempelhof Airport, Carsten Mueller, Demography, European migrant crisis, Forced migration, Germany, Human migration, Human rights abuses, Michael Elias, Nazi architecture, Police, Refugeesmbale

German police make several arrests after a mass brawl erupts among several hundred migrants and security personnel at a Berlin refugee shelter, the second such incident in the German capital in 24 hours.

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12Nov/15

WFP introduces “world’s first app against global hunger”

November 12, 2015TechnologyAL MAFRAQ, Articles, Austria, Fill the Cup, Food and drink, Forced migration, Germany, Hunger, Jordan, Mafraq, Organizations, Refugee, Refugee camp, Refugee children, Refugees of the Syrian Civil War, School meal, Sebastian Stricker, ShareTheMeal, Switzerland, Syria, Tazweed Center, United Nations Development Group, WFP, World Food Programmesmbale

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launches the “Share the Meal” app for smartphone users to help feed Syrian refugee children.

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17Oct/15

U.N.’s Ban tells refugee class of his own displaced childhood

October 17, 2015WorldAfghanistan, Aftermath of war, Awards, Ban, Ban Ki, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, Brussels, Europe, European migrant crisis, European Union, Forced migration, Geoje Ban clan, Italy, Ki-moon, Migrant crisis, Orders of chivalry, Orders, decorations, and medals, Refugee, Right of asylum, Rome, Secretary General, Sweden, United Nations, United States, Yoo Soon-Taeksmbale

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, visiting refugee families in Rome, calls Europe’s escalating refugee situation a “crisis of global solidarity”.

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