‘I’ve seen the exact conditions that the report details. Sewerage runs through the streets and the tap water isn’t safe. People are sleeping in tents which simply won’t be adequate for winter' - Amanda Wells.
"My husband is Syrian and it was our dream to spend more time in his country... In October 2011, we left without knowing it would be years until we could go back. Home in Belgium, we saw the situation get worse and worse... all at once I got the idea to do something for the Syrian people."
The charity 'Doctors of the World' reports appalling conditions for migrants in and around Calais... one of the most outwardly ostensible issues is a lack of understanding of the asylum rules in the UK and France, which is in turn hindering the provision of key aid to the migrants....
The event took place in the city of Lima and all the organizations formed came from the coast, mountains, and jungle of Peru. A number of 50 grassroots women leaders shared their work experiences and explained about the problems they have in their communities.
Examples from countries with legalised prostitution tend to indicate that the biggest benefactor from legalisation is national governments who stand to profit from taxation...
The failure of the international community to address and acknowledge the problem of child piracy is leading to serious children’s rights abuses, as they are continually recruited and used by pirate commanders for the same reason warlords recruit children to be soldiers: they are easier to manipulate and are seen as expendable by the groups which recruit them.