Indonesian refugees have been largely depending on the generous funding from Australia. Indonesia is not a signatory member of the 1951 Refugee Convention, but it hosts 14,000 registered refugees, as per UNHCR records. However, Indonesia surprised the world in December 2016, when President Joko Widodo filled a legal vacuum by issuing a decree to ensure […]
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Migrant Children constitute the largest migrant population. The United States of America maintains the largest undocumented immigration detention infrastructure in the world. There were an estimated 363 or more detention sites in operation from 2007-2009. . For political reasons, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not openly publicized up-to-date figures of the exact numbers at detention centers.
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Migration is the movement of people from one place to the other. The recent involuntary displacement of Syrian migrants from Istanbul is causing significant challenges for thousands of Syrians. Istanbul once housed a large population of migrants, with the largest registered number of Syrians in Turkey, reaching 548,000 out of the total 3.6 million. However,
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The Italian population today is bombarded with headlines that make them perceive migration as an alien invasion. This has stirred up feelings of hatred and fear among native Italians. Some blame their government while others blame the migrants. In the midst of this chaos, a migrant decided to start a new initiative and has been accompanied
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Refugees are not pests, but vulnerable people who need assistance from everyone. The untamable refugee crisis around the globe continues to be a massive concern for the international community. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has tirelessly been working to protect the fundamental rights of refugees. However, permanently resettling refugees in other countries
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Explicit definitions of who are migrants, refugees, stateless people and asylum seekers.
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