Double standards
Searching for the epistemological comforts of home in a land of refuge may be counter-intuitive, but that has not stopped…
Searching for the epistemological comforts of home in a land of refuge may be counter-intuitive, but that has not stopped…
Jordan has stressed the need for the international community to take practical and immediate steps to create necessary circumstances for…
As per the mid-2021 data available with UNHCR, there are 84 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. It includes 48 million internally displaced people. A total of 26.6 million are refugees and 4.4 million are asylum-seekers.
"The Islamic Emirate is making serious efforts to form a mechanism in a bid to reopen schools for female students in grades 7-12 under an Islamic structure and based on Afghan tradition," Riyan said.
The UN commissioner for refugees further said that Afghan women and girls must be allowed to attend schools, and minorities must be represented, reported Tolo News.
It also called on the Libyan authorities to "respect at all times the human rights and dignity of asylum-seekers and refugees, stop their arrests and release those detained".
Al-Koni also stressed the importance of addressing illegal migration in Libya's southern border rather than at sea where illegal migrants cross towards Europe, according to the statement
In fact, a displacement crisis is taking place inside Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency quoted UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch as saying in a statement.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has asked the UN to provide the organization with $12 million to provide food for in-need Afghans.
Against this international backdrop, and with the world’s richest and most powerful country, the USA, showing no visible signs of wanting to take the lead on the refugee issue, very little counts.
