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Refugees find chance to flourish in German workforce
Many German businesses are striving to break down employment barriers for newcomers, integrating them into the German job market with internships and vocational training. The task is significant. Germany’s Federal Labour Office says it advised 322,000 asylum-seekers...
Hero’s welcome as refugee Olympians land in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya – Five South Sudanese athletes who have spent the last few weeks making history as part of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team returned to Kenya on Tuesday, where they were welcomed by friends, family and a troupe of Burundian drummers. The homecoming...
Rohingya refugees lead cricket revival in Ireland
CARLOW, Ireland – A rarely heard sound is returning to the Irish countryside – the dull thud of leather against willow. Cricket, the game that unites players from the Caribbean to South Asia and Australia, can once again be heard in the small town of Carlow, in the...
Funding lags for refugees as more flee South Sudan
Relief operations in countries hosting South Sudanese refugees are overstretched, and critically underfunded, as refugee population edges toward 1 million. ADJUMANI, Uganda – When gunmen stormed her village in South Sudan, shooting at random and harassing residents,...
Popole makes history – twice – at Rio Games
Congolese judoka wins hearts among fellow refugees and Brazilians with tough story of triumph over adversity. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – When Popole Misenga’s image appeared on the giant television screen, the waiting crowd exploded in delight. Shouts, songs and chants...
60,000 flee South Sudan’s recent violence
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming—to whom quoted text may be attributed—at the press briefing, on 2 August 2018, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Refugee flows from South Sudan into Uganda have doubled in the past ten days,...
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