AJK premier set to hold talks with PM Abbasi next week 0SHARES Share Tweet Email PHOTO: INP MIRPUR: The sacrifices of those, who left their ancestral homes to make way for the construction of the massive Mangla dam and to resolve the energy crisis in the country, will not be forgotten and efforts were underway to include them in a quota for refugees. This was stated by Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider on Sunday. “Their [Mangla Dam affectees] sacrifices for giving power to Pakistan will always be remembered,” he expressed while addressing a gathering of Mangla Dam affectees and refugees of Jammu Kashmir in Mirpur. Haider said that the region’s government had listed Mangla Dam affectees in the list of affected refugees last year, while the Constitution had also been amended in this regard. Moreover, he added that next week, during his scheduled meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, he would raise the … [Read more...] about Recognising sacrifice: Mangla Dam affectees to get chunk of refugee quota
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Refugee charity gets boost with Co-op move
A WARRINGTON woman who runs a charity helping refugees is celebrating a move to a new venue. The former Co-op building in Northwich, which has been left vacant for more than 18 months, is now back in use as the base for Care UK. The refugee aid charity has been allowed to move into the building for free, as no progress has been made on the letting of the building, which is listed for £243,979 per year. The charity distributes aid to countries around the world such as Greece, Zambia, Syria, and South Africa, as well as locally. Growing quickly, the charity was in need of a bigger premises, but founder Nora Carlin, 58, from Appleton Thorn could not believe her luck when she was offered the huge site in Northwich for free, which more than quadruples the size of the charity’s base. Moving into the former Co-op building comes as a significant milestone in the rapid growth of the charity, which started from Nora’s Warrington home in September 2015, and was … [Read more...] about Refugee charity gets boost with Co-op move
Israel’s Netanyahu urges end to UN Palestinian refugee agency
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for the closure of a United Nations agency that aids Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza — a move that critics say would lead to a humanitarian crisis. Netanyahu's push on Sunday comes just days after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut-off aid to the Palestinians. The Israeli government has long looked at the agency, known as UNRWA, with a jaundiced eye, seeing the agency as biased against Israel. Israel also objects to the agency's method of classifying refugees, with descendants also eligible to register. "UNRWA is an organization that perpetuates the Palestinian refugee problem," Netanyahu said at the start of the government's weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. "It also perpetuates the right of return narrative in order to eliminate the state of Israel," he added. "Therefore UNRWA must become a thing of the past." The prime minister said millions of refugees around the world are aided by the UN High … [Read more...] about Israel’s Netanyahu urges end to UN Palestinian refugee agency
Meet the doctor who gave up his comfortable life as a GP to help the Rohingya refugees
Late one night, I was scrolling through Facebook when an advert popped up that caught my attention: ‘Are you a doctor? We need your help in Bangladesh.’ It was from the charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) who were working on the frontline of the Rohingya refugee crisis. Like most people, I’d seen the images on the news: women with babies wading through mud; orphaned children carrying everything they owned in a basket. Even though I’d never worked in a crisis zone before, I made up my mind right away to go. I spent 25 years working as a GP in Leicester, living a relatively quiet life and bringing up my three daughters. But when I lost my beloved wife in 2012, I needed to make a change. I wanted to do more as a tribute to her, so I signed up to work for Médecins Sans Frontières. I jokingly wrote on my application, ‘I don’t want to die’, because I knew some of the places that MSF goes can be dangerous, … [Read more...] about Meet the doctor who gave up his comfortable life as a GP to help the Rohingya refugees
Medal awarded to creators of refugees’ solar charger
0 Have your say Students from Edinburgh University who created a solar charger to allow refugees to charge their mobile phones have been awarded the institution’s prestigious Principal’s Medal for their work, as they prepare to roll out the technology across more camps in Europe – and into communities in Africa. Fourth-year ecological and environmental science students Alexandros Angelopoulos and Sam Kellerhals created the units, which generate electricity for 12 mobile devices per hour and run for ten hours a day, and installed them in camps in Greece.Now they are to introduce the Project Elpis technology to refugee camps in Serbia, where more than 7,000 refugees have been trapped since borders with the European Union closed two years ago.Two devices will be installed in Sombor and Obrenovac, two camps in northern Serbia, in January, while the pair also plan to send units to communities in Africa which do not have access to electricity.Angelopoulos met … [Read more...] about Medal awarded to creators of refugees’ solar charger