Amira Halilovic is from Sarajevo, Bosnia. Milica Katitc is from Serbia. They have so much in common that they do not seem to give any importance to the bloody factions that divided their two countries just a few years ago.
Ahead of a high-level event in support of the response to the impacts of El Niño and climate change in New York on Tuesday, CARE urges the international community to take immediate action to scale-up live-saving humanitarian assistance.
In February 2016, Batoul packed a bag, carried her four-months-old baby, and headed into the unknown all by herself. She fought with smugglers, escaped a fire, almost drowned with her baby, had no food for three days, walked for a week in a cold forest, and traveled thousands of kilometers by bus, boat, and on foot until she reached Serbia in June 2016.
Five year old Nyawich was born just 4 days after Independence. She has been living in the UN Mission in South Sudan’s ‘Protection of Civilians’ (POC) site since April 2014 with her mother Nyasigin, father, 2 siblings and grandmother.
At the upcoming European Council, European Union (EU) leaders will discuss the European Commission’s Communication on a new Partnership Framework with third countries. The Communication proposes an approach which aims to leverage existing EU and Member States' external cooperation instruments and tools in order to stem migration to Europe.
Two of the largest attacks in the history of the current conflict in Niger killed unknown numbers of civilians and displaced over 40,000 people on 19 May and 3 June. Three weeks later, families continue to live in the open, under trees, without adequate access to basic life-saving assistance. The rains have started and children are at particular risk of illness and disease.
Access to basic things many take for granted -- healthcare, water, food, and a chance to work and earn a living, stand between a thriving society that can meet its needs while contributing to wider global stability. The plight of the poor affects us all and most of the world’s more than 1 billion people living in poverty are women whose health – including sexual and reproductive health – is compromised or neglected.
Ghozlan, 10, was displaced with her family in Syria for one year before coming to Jordan in October 2012. The family spent two months in Zaa’tari refugee camp but was able to receive an official “bailout” after several family members encountered health problems including Ghozlan, who suffered from hepatitis
According to the policy proposal released by the European Commission and European External Action Service on June 7, the mind-blowing answer to that question is: yes. Stop migration to Europe with all possible means. Whether it is EU development cooperation or trade with third countries, or cooperation on climate change, education, energy, agriculture, you name it. All of these policies are to serve the purpose of migration control.
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