Lifestyle / Entertainment by Press Association 17/12/2018, 1:17 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Banksy is raffling off one of his works to raise money for refugees. The graffiti artist, whose work has been auctioned for millions, has offered the opportunity for admirers to win one of his pieces for just £2. Political sculpture Dream Boat, which depicts a boat of refugees in self-powered craft, has been offered as a prize in a guess the weight competition. Banksy has given the piece to the Help Refugees Choose Love store in London – and for a £2 entry fee, visitors can guess the weight of the sculpture. The winner can take the piece as a prize. The artist wrote on his Instagram account: “I’m raffling one of the boats from Dismaland in aid of refugee support services. You can win it for just £2 if you correctly … [Read more...] about Banksy offers sculpture as raffle prize to help refugees
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‘The Sahrawi refugee crisis is one of the longest running humanitarian issues – so why do so few know about it?’
Something remarkable happened in Geneva last week. On December 5, representatives of the Moroccan kingdom sat down with their counterparts in the Polisario Front to see if some kind of solution could be reached in one of the world’s longest running and most overlooked humanitarian tragedies; the generations old dispute over the Western Sahara and the fate of the thousands of Sahrawi people who fled the Moroccan advance there in the mid 1970’s. For over 40 years, tens of thousands of the former inhabitants of this sparse, mineral rich desert region have existed as refugees in Algeria. To put that into context, there are middle-aged adults living in the refugee camps right now who have never known a permanent home. As with similar examples, their exact numbers are disputed and subject to political haggling. A 2016UNHCR estimate of the main population of the five camps around the desert city of Tindouf, put their number at almost 100,000. Join Indpendent Minds For … [Read more...] about ‘The Sahrawi refugee crisis is one of the longest running humanitarian issues – so why do so few know about it?’
Possible 2020 candidate Beto O’Rourke meets with young refugees at US-Mexico border
Flanked by a group of politicians from across the country, Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke called on the public to pressure Donald Trump’s administration to close an immigrant detention centre in Tornillo which houses thousands of migrant children. The congressman, who garnered national attention during his close-shot bid to unseat Republican incumbent Ted Cruz during the 2018 senatorial race in Texas, tweeted to say on Saturday: “There are 1,300 kids ready to leave to live with sponsors who have already been identified. But these children remain at Tornillo each day because this administration has deliberately prolonged the process of releasing them.” Mr O’Rourke spoke with reporters outside of the detention centre on Saturday afternoon, bringing attention to the fact many of the young refugees had taken arduous journeys to arrive at the nation’s border — to wind up being housed in a facility separately from their families for months … [Read more...] about Possible 2020 candidate Beto O’Rourke meets with young refugees at US-Mexico border
Mom of German Girl Killed by Iraqi Refugee Blames Merkel’s Policy for Her Death
Diana Feldmann, who lost her daughter in a brutal murder, confessed to by 21-year-old Ali Bashar from Iraq, revealed to The Jerusalem Post that the murderer received a “fan page” on Instagram as some celebrated her daughter’s murder. Although she refuted the speculations that the killing had anti-Semitic motives, she said that some people had praised the Iraqi for killing a Jewish “slut” on this “hater” account, now deleted, and posted collages with Susanna and a burning Israeli flag. According to the grieving mother, she was aware of her daughter’s close relations to the confessed murderer’s family as Susanna had “fallen in love” with his 14-year-old brother KC. Susanna also told her that they stole, dealt drugs, but insisted they never did anything to her. However, she fights off accusations of bad parenting and says that she … [Read more...] about Mom of German Girl Killed by Iraqi Refugee Blames Merkel’s Policy for Her Death
Refugee group ‘on the cusp of welcoming a family to the town’
0 Post a comment Friday, 14 December 2018 - Charity by The Post @twitter.com/ThePostSeries [email protected] THE Launceston Refugee Support Group (LRSG) are on the cusp of welcoming a refugee family to the town, but have a major hurdle to cross before they do so — finding a suitable property. During a recent Launceston Town Council meeting, Roger Creagh-Osborne, vice-chairman of LRSG, informed councillors of the upcoming shipments of aid being sent to those in need and updated them on the support group’s progress.He also asked them to don their thinking caps and use their local knowledge to suggest any suitable rented properties in the town which could be used to house a refugee family.Mr Creagh-Osborne said: “I am delighted to say another load of supplies is going out via Open Hearts Open Borders. The items have been sent to Saltash but we need funding to be able to dispatch it. We will be putting out an appeal for that soon.“We’ve been … [Read more...] about Refugee group ‘on the cusp of welcoming a family to the town’