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As the war in Afghanistan ended, a group of US-based volunteers raced to evacuate Afghan allies.
Armed with group chats, QR codes, & satellite maps they rescued nearly 500 people in 2 weeks. Over 30,000 remained in their database. wired.trib.al/7fGHuzq 🎨: Alicia Tatone 1/12
Worth Parker had just retired from the Marines when he got a message. Jason Essazay, a native of Mazar-i-Sharif and former interpreter for the US, needed his help. The Taliban had taken over Kabul and his family was trapped. 2/12
Parker was in his bed in North Carolina. He was unsure what he could do to assist, but promised to try. He discovered that the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit was flying 160 of its troops from Kuwait to Kabul to assist with the evacuation. Suddenly he had a plan. 3/12
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🧵Great news! 👏👏On day 2 Report Stage of the #NationalityandBordersBill yesterday, the @UKHouseofLords voted to defeat the Government 8 times, on several important counts, in order to👇:
1⃣Remove Clause 15 which would give the Home Secretary powers to deem a person’s #asylum claim ‘inadmissible’, denying them access to the asylum system unless there are exceptional circumstances, if they travelled through or had a connection to a ‘safe’ third country (221-172)
2⃣Remove Clause 28(a) which would give the Government powers to remove people seeking asylum and detain them in offshore #detention centres (208-155)
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Deutschland kann Integration: Potenzial fördern, Integration fordern, Zusammenhalt stärken. 12. Bericht #IntegrationsBeauftragte der #Bundesregierungow.ly/ucG850xC4bP | #Migration #Flucht #Geflüchtete #Integration #BerichteReports #LeseFunde pdf via @IntegrationBund
@IntegrationBund Ausgewählte TOPs im 12. Bericht der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration 1/5 ➔ ow.ly/ucG850xC4bP | #Flucht #Migration #Frauen #Gender pdf via @IntegrationBund
@IntegrationBund Ausgewählte TOPs im 12. Bericht der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration 2/5 ➔ ow.ly/ucG850xC4bP | #Flucht #Flüchtlingsengagement #Ehrenamt #Frauen #Gewalt #Resettlement #Mentoring pdf via @IntegrationBund
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Anyone who missed the piece earlier on @BBCr4today about #refugees on #lesbos please know there are many thousands of people crammed in appalling conditions into a camp intended for 2000, violence, little sanitation, NGOs reporting conditions to authorities but nothing changes.
In Cox's Bazaar #refugee camp in Bangladesh for #Rohingya people who have fled Myanmar there are nearly a million people living in 26 Sq. Km. reliefweb.int/report/banglad…
One in four of the population of Lebanon is a Syrian #refugee. They are not in camps but living in limbo. 6 million people inside #Syria are Internally Displaced People (IDPs), forced to flee because of the conflict. 6 million more Syrians are refugees outside Syria
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Final session of @PolStudiesAssoc event on refugee politics at @ScotParl, a roundtable chaired by @alison_phipps on what a ‘better’ refugee system would look like in #Scotland The #newscots strategy is rights-based and refugee-centered. But does it work in practice? Image
Key principle of #NewScots is integration from Day 1 says Jackie Walter from @scotgov, would be easier to do this with 1. Integrated rather than separate welfare support systems 2. right to work for asylum seekers 3. properly resourced language support #refugeepolitics
We shouldn’t take political leadership on refugee and migration issues in #Scotland for granted says Gary Christie from @scotrefcouncil Need to embed these narratives into law through a Scottish human rights act and devolved migration policies #RefugeePolitics
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