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Migrants must be a focus of catch-up vaccination campaigns-- global health experts

Wed, 2024-05-29 10:02 — mike kraft

Migrants must be a focus of catch-up vaccination campaigns, warn global health experts

More needs to be done to ensure migrant communities are a key focus of receiving vital routine vaccinations to ensure health equity. That is according to Dr. Sally Hargreaves from St George's, University of London, whose research is published as part of the new migrant health Series in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe and is speaking at a World Health Assembly side event at The Geneva Health Forum.

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UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion to help people on the move and their host communities

Mon, 2024-01-22 09:58 — mike kraft

UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion to help people on the move and the communities that host them The U.N.’s migration agency is launching its first “global appeal,” seeking $7.9 billion to help people on the move and ensure smoother pathways to migration. AP News

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Migrants to US cities may need medical care but it's not that easy to find

Fri, 2023-11-03 09:15 — mike kraft

Migrants in cities across the US may need medical care. It's not that easy to find Migrants who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and travel to cities around the country are running into a disjointed health care systems when they need treatment. AP News

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World refugee crisis: 110 million people forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars continue -- UN says

Wed, 2023-06-14 17:50 — mike kraft

110 million people forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars add to world refugee crisis, UN says The U.N. says 110 million people in the world today have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or human rights violations. The war in Sudan has displaced nearly 2 million people since it started April 12. Conflicts in Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Myanmar have also led to the record-breaking figure. Filippo Grandi, who leads the U.N.

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There May Not Be Enough Food For Everyone in 2023

Sat, 2023-03-11 16:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

David Beasley, the head of the World Food Programme, talked to TIME about why he is worried about 2023.

time.com - by BELINDA LUSCOMBE - JANUARY 12, 2023

. . war, conflict, corruption and destabilization . . . all barriers against sufficient food resources for everyone . . . man-made conflict and climate shocks, followed by COVID . . . then Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Ukraine . . . millions of people marching to starvation . . . If you want to know which countries over the next 12 to 18 months could have destabilization and mass migration, start with the 49 knocking on famine’s door right now . . . mass migration due to starvation caused by climate change will cost 1,000 times more than a well-planned resilience program . .

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Climate migration is about to explode. Cities will bear the brunt.

Wed, 2022-11-30 10:14 — mike kraft

Climate migration is about to explode. Cities will bear the brunt. With planning, some mayors see an opportunity to flip a crisis into an opportunity. Dave Levitan Grid News

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15 States move to keep court from lifting Trump Covid-related anti-asylum policy

Wed, 2022-11-23 17:54 — mike kraft

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. AP NEWS

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Federal Judge orders end to Trump anf COVID-era asylum restrictions at border

Wed, 2022-11-16 18:34 — mike kraft

Judge orders end to Trump-era asylum restrictions at border SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of COVID-19. AP NEWS

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U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled in Washington that enforcement must end immediately for families and single adults, calling the ban “arbitrary and capricious.” The administration has not applied it to children traveling alone.

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Residents of Panamanian Community Forced To Move As Caribbean Island Sinks

Mon, 2022-11-07 10:07 — mike kraft

100-Year-Old Community Forced To Move As Caribbean Island Sinks

Residents of Gardi Sugdub are the first to be moved by the government to the Panama mainland as the sea rises, but several other communities will soon be impacted.

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