“1 in 100 million”: the IOC campaign inspired by the Refugee Team
The International Olympic Committee released a video to celebrate the participation of the 36 athletes who will be in Paris 2024 and to remember all the road they had to travel to fulfill their dream.
Cientos de birmanos cruzan a Tailandia huyendo de los combates en una ciudad fronteriza
Hallan los cuerpos de tres supuestos refugiados rohinyás en Indonesia tras un naufragio
Indonesia rescata un barco con 69 rohinyás frente a sus costas
Refugee athletes make waves in Budapest; ready to light the track on fire in Eugene
A year after the second appearance of the Refugee Olympic Team, refugee athletes are back in action at this summer’s major competitions. Their presence is part of a greater push for inclusion within international sports.
Despite US measures, Tijuana implements plan to care for refugees from Ukraine
In the last two months, about 13,000 people from Ukraine have arrived in Tijuana and crossed into the United States and fled attacks by the Russian army.
Ukraine: refugees and internally displaced persons number 12.7 million, the largest European exodus since World War II
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) noted that a ceasefire “for humanitarian purposes is crucial to enable aid delivery and access to communities now difficult to access”
Six million Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons will need assistance in food and cash
Food aid is accelerating in localities such as Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel and Borodianka, liberated at various times during the siege of Russian troops and where the destruction of infrastructure has been widespread
They dismantled a network that had more than 600 refugees in inhumane conditions in Istanbul
Turkish police arrested eight people for allegedly smuggling people into Europe. They were housed in crowded, humid, poorly ventilated housing without minimum hygiene standards
UNHCR calls for international aid for refugees and displaced persons from Ukraine
More than 10 million people in Ukraine have been forced to flee to save their lives. This includes about 4.6 million refugees and 7.1 million who are internally displaced
