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Ahead of International Human Rights Day, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) joins the wider UN system in commemorating this important day and calls for an end to inequalities and for the upholding of the human rights of Palestine refugees on an equal basis with others.

Refugees are often perceived as a burden on host countries. But new research provides evidence for their economic value.

In response to today’s proposals from the European Commission which would allow Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to derogate from EU rules, including by holding asylum-seekers and migrants at the border for 16 weeks with minimal safeguards, Eve Geddie, Director of Amnesty International’s European Office said:

Brown calls special session to prevent evictions on Dec. 13, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

There was a curious moment on Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday. Martha Kearney was interviewing Kevin [...]

As one of 32 Rhodes Scholars chosen this year from the United States, Holland Pratt will study next year at Oxford University in Great Britain. She will pursue master of science degrees in two distinct fields: Global Governance and Diplomacy, and Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.

Basnet is the second student in four years from Hunter to receive a Rhodes, one of the world’s most selective awards for post-graduate study.

The Humanities Institute at The University of Montana held a roundtable Friday to discuss how UM can help Missoula’s refugee population in a year projected to have the most refugees

Doctoral candidate in political science at Brown University

Washington County OKs 90-day eviction protection in unincorporated areas, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.