El Paso, TX, 2 July 2019 (Human Rights Watch)* – The United Statesgovernment should cease returning asylum seekers to wait in Mexico during their US immigration court proceedings, Human Rights Watch and the Hope Border Institute said in a report released today [2 July 2019].
“My mother entered my room at around 5 pm while I was sitting on the floor, colouring in my princess colouring book. She sat on the bed and called me up. ‘Najma, tomorrow you will get married.’”
Najma’s mother explained what marriage meant. “’You have some duties, and the most important one is to please your husband, prepare his meals, clean and iron his clothes and be an obedient woman,’” she recalled her mother saying.
Figures suggest that many young asylum seekers arriving in the UK have their ages wrongly disputed leading to serious safeguarding problems.
Young asylum seekers who have their age disputed by local authorities are at risk of significant harm.| Wikimedia Commons. Some rights reserved.
1 July 2019 (openDemocracy)* — The Court of Appeal recently declaredthat the UK Home Office’s policy of determining the age of young asylum seekers is unlawful as it fails to ensure that children are not mistakenly treated as adults.
Working in climate and environment, you hear this question a lot. On one hand, environmental groups — including Greenpeace — will tell you that every action you take can make a difference.
25 June 2018 (Wall Street International)* — When I say you Go Bananas, I don’t mean you’re having mental issues. On the contrary, eating bananas promote mental health and other conditions. See how…
Bananas are one of the most potassium-rich foods in the entire world. One medium-sized banana contains 500 milligrams of potassium. What does it mean for your health?
Despite U.N. troops, French army troops, European Union military trainers, and national armies, instability is spreading in the Sahel five States: Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad. Senegal should normally be added to the Sahel States as part of the country has a Sahel geography, but as the government is relatively stable and free of extremist violence, Senegal is left outside the formal Sahel 5 grouping – all former French colonies.
The French government still plays a large role in the economic, political and security life of these Sahel 5 – what has been called “la Francafrique“.
(UNHCR)* — According to latest estimates released on 01 July 2019 at an annual resettlement forum, hosted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, more than 1.44 million refugees currently residing in over 60 refugee hosting countries will be in need of resettlement in 2020. | Español
An increase in heat stress at work linked to climate change is set to have a massive impact on global productivity and economic losses, notably in agriculture and construction, UN labour experts said on Monday [1 July 2019].
World Bank/Mai Ky | Construction workers at the Trung Son Hydropower project construction site, Vietnam. (Photo from UN News).
Highlighting that the world’s poorest countries will be worst affected, particularly in West Africa and South-East Asia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned that the lost output will be equivalent to 80 million full-time jobs – or 2.2 per cent of total working hours worldwide – during 2030.
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