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Source: a protester who would like to stay anonymous UN agencies for protection or apparatuses for denial of rights On Thursday, 14th of April, 18 refugees were arrested by security forces in the Tunisian capital of Tunis . The arrests took place after a group of 210 people expressed their frustration with the unresponsiveness of […]
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For almost two days, 34 people – including four women, one of whom is pregnant, six children under the age of 10 and 24 men – are stuck on a small islet of the Evros river at the land border between Turkey and Greece. The Greek authorities, as well as Frontex and the UNHCR, have […]
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6 March 2022 – Vessels in the vicinity of the 26 people in distress in international waters. Source: vesselfinder.com In the evening of March 5th, the Alarm Phone was alerted by a relative about 26 people on a rubber boat in distress in international waters. The boat departed from Benghazi on the 3rd of March. […]
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Landmark agreement ratified after only six months of bargaining NEW YORK – American Jewish World Service and the AJWS Union announced their first ratified collective bargaining agreement, only six months after bargaining commenced, and only eight month…
Refugees protesting at the UNHCR offices in Zarzis, Tunisia. Source: Refugees in Tunisia For seven nights and eight days now, refugees and asylum seekers have been demonstrating in front of the offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Zarzis and Medenine, in the south of Tunisia. As more and more of […]
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On 6th February at 23:23h CET, Alarm Phone was informed about a rubber boat carrying 54 people (20 women, 33 men, 1 minor). Once we had established direct contact to the boat, we learned that they had left Boujdour on February 5th February around 20h CET. The people in distress stated that one person had […]
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On an important day for Haiti, past and present, Tracey Gurd, Senior Director of Civil and Political Rights and Advocacy of American Jewish World Service released the following statement: Today marks a key moment both for the past and the future of Hai…
Again a tragic incident happened in the Atlantic Ocean on what has become the deadliest route to Europe – with deaths that will probably never appear in public statistics. We see it as our duty and task to report about it. We‘ve been told by traumatised survivors about the following incident: On Tuesday 04 January […]
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Ibrahim has been living in Germany for seven years, while members of his family had been there for 14 years. He had suffered a lot in Syria and was granted international protection in Germany. With his papers, he is allowed to travel anywhere in Europe. So, when a family member arrived in Greece, Ibrahim immediately flew there […]
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As AJWS’s first Vice President of People and Culture, Walker believes satisfied employees increase the effectiveness of mission-driven organizations and advance organizational missions and goals. Today, Robert Bank, the President and CEO o…