Refugees

EU to overhaul migration policy; China aims for net-zero emissions by 2060; Lukashenko inaugurated again in Belarus

September 23, 2020

The European Union is calling for a comprehensive system to manage migration across its 27 member states, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a bold new Paris climate accord target for net-zero carbon emissions by 2060, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was inaugurated again Wednesday.

Critical State

Civilian decision in conflict: Part I

Inkstick Media

September 22, 2020

Critical State takes a deep dive into one of the most fundamental choices civilians make in wartime: whether to stay in their homes and live under the control of an armed group that has conquered their city — or to abandon their homes and flee to somewhere they hope will be safer.

Refugees

Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane

The World

September 21, 2020

Greek authorities have moved almost all of the 12,000 displaced migrants and refugees on Lesbos island into a new camp after the Moria camp where they were living was destroyed by fire.

Migration

After fire, Greek police move asylum-seekers to new camp

Associated Press

September 17, 2020

Greek police are moving hundreds of migrants to an army-built camp on the island of Lesbos Thursday after a fire destroyed an overcrowded facility, leaving them homeless for days.

Migration

US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they've never known

The World

September 16, 2020

In the early 2000s, the United States resettled thousands of Somali Bantu, a group of marginalized tribes who have faced years of discrimination. Nearly 20 years later, many of their adult children are facing the unimaginable: deportation to Somalia.

Migrants displaced by fire at Moria camp on Lesbos: 'Nobody’s life is safe here'

The World

September 14, 2020

Most of the migrants spend their days and nights on the side of the road, taking shelter under canopies they’ve cobbled together using the little they have and whatever else they can find: sticks, olive branches, blankets.

Migration

Thousands of refugees sleep in streets after fire destroys Greece's Moria camp

The World

September 11, 2020

The destruction of the camp on the Greek island of Lesbos worsened an already dire situation for refugees and asylum-seekers on the island.

Top of The World

DHS faces whistleblower claims; new fire at Beirut's port; second blaze rips through Moria camp

The World

September 10, 2020

An official from the US Department of Homeland Security, Brian Murphy, said in a whistleblower complaint that senior officials pressured him to suppress facts in intelligence reports. Barely a month after a massive blast tore through Beirut’s port, a large fire has engulfed the area once again. And little remains of Greece's overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos after a second fire overnight destroyed almost everything that had survived the initial blaze.

Conflict

Afghan peace talks set to start despite escalating attacks on politicians

The World

September 09, 2020

Government representatives are set to meet this week with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, for the first official meeting between the two warring sides in years.

Top of The World

Devastating fire destroys Moria refugee camp; AstraZeneca vaccine trial paused; Thwaites Glacier seafloor survey identifies possible vulnerability

The World

September 09, 2020

A massive fire burned overnight destroying much of Greece’s largest refugee camp amid the coronavirus. And a joint coronavirus vaccine effort by pharmaceutical maker AstraZeneca and Oxford University hit a bump in the road as late-stage studies were put on hold. Also, scientists appear to have identified a major vulnerability in Thwaites Glacier.

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