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На данный момент в связи с ситуацией в Афганистане никто не просил Кыргызстан предоставить убежище. Об этом «Азаттыку» сообщила начальник управления по работе с беженцами Министерства здравоохранения и социального развития Жыпара Мамбетова. По ее словам, в случае открытия границы с...

Unpacked Life as a Refugee July 27, 2021 width No media source currently available 0:00 0:06:45 0:00 In 1951, the United Nations set out to define who a refugee is, signing the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. At that time, it initially sought to protect millions of European refugees after World War Two. It amended the treaty to apply to refugees "without any geographic limitation." Share

IHP on International Refugee Day: Bridges not walls. Pressenza Refugees and displaced persons are neither pariahs nor illegals Today is the day that the UN has set since 2001, to make the situation of refugees and displaced persons in the world especially visible. The date was set in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is the agency created to care for, protect and promote solutions for people in this situation of survival and extreme oppression. Refugees are among the most bruta...

Lu Lihua criticizes Japan for not having compassion for foreigners on June 4 in Osaka’s Kita Ward. (Yusuke Morishita) The daughter of a 67-year-old Chinese man in poor health who died in detention is suing the Japanese government for compensation for damages caused by his death.  “His health deteriorated, but he was not allowed to receive proper medical care,” said Lu Lihua, 41, who filed the lawsuit at the Osaka District Court in December 2020, demanding about 30 million yen ($273,900). Lu Yongde died while being detained at a facility run by the Fukuoka Regional Immigration Services ...

By Bola A. Akinterinwa There were two major events in the past one week: the holding of a conference on Nigeria’s foreign policy and the consideration of a possible grant of political asylum to members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) by the Government of the United Kingdom. One important nexus between the two events is that they are both about foreign policy challenges that have always, at best, not been well addressed. For instance, how do we explain the quest for and the grant of an asylum to the IP...