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This comment was made by Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba as he addressed the World Refugee Day in Johannesburg on Monday.“In terms of our asylum seeker regime‚ we are proud t… Read More

"Syrian refugees adjusting to U.S. bring complex health needs" PBS NewsHour 8/8/2016Need I say, Trump's solution would be to send them to the 'work camps' (aka gas chambers).  He just k… Read More

Headlines detailing the fallout of refugee migration throughout Europe appear in major news sources almost daily. While discussion around countries and organizations being overwhelmed by she… Read More

"To drive ISIS from Mosul, a complicated coalition joins forces" PBS NewsHour 10/3/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  Two years ago, Islamic State troops stormed Mosul, Iraq.  Today the city is… Read More

"Why Uganda is one of the world's most hospitable refugee destinations" PBS NewsHour 10/18/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  In a world struggling with anti-immigrant sentiment, Uganda provides a ra… Read More

"Why capturing Mosul is a critical step toward defeating ISIS" PBS NewsHour 10/17/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  Iraqi forces and their allies opened an offensive Monday to wrest the city of Mosu… Read More

"These 10 groundbreaking restaurants changed how we dine" PBS NewsHour 11/24/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  Can you imagine life before restaurants?  Or brunch?  Or convenient roadside… Read More

As you may have seen, I have put together a list of Diverse YA & MG 2017 UK Releases to help readers in the UK find diverse books that are being published over here. To help you further… Read More

I recently finished Church Refugees, authored by sociologists Josh Packard and Ashleigh Hope.  It is a book about the exit from American churches of the talented and committed.  Th… Read More

"Is Berlin truck attack a turning point for Germany?" PBS NewsHour 12/20/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  Berlin's normally bustling Christmas market was quiet Tuesday, as investigators searched fo… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump's first week, the future of ‘alternative facts'" PBS NewsHour 1/27/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  From Mexico to Russia, pipelines to refugees, President Trump… Read More

"High stakes and friction points for ‘special relationship' between Trump and UK's May" PBS NewsHour 1/27/2017CAUTION:  Britain, Trump will want his name (in gold) on Parliament… Read More

Fear mongering:  Refugees threaten America because we know they are ALL terrorists..... NOT!"Trump bans Syrian refugees, calls for dramatic expansion of armed services" PBS NewsHour 1/2… Read More

A friend of mine, who is a Christian musician who was prominent in the 1970's, wrote this on his Facebook page after President Trump issued his executive order on immigration;Compassion is a… Read More

As you may have seen, I have put together a list of Diverse YA & MG 2017 UK Releases to help readers in the UK find diverse books that are being published over here. To help you further… Read More

If you ask anyone in my small circle of friends, which rideshare company they prefer, most of them would most likely say Uber taxi app. U… Read More

Many of the 200,000 Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa through the Zimbabwean Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) may be in the country illegally after the end of this year.Home Affai… Read More

Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump had a call with the Australian Prime Minister which was leaked by unknown persons. According to CNN, in the call that was supposed to last fo… Read More

About 26, 000 Somali refugees in Kenya who are to be resettled in the United States cannot move to the country following the latest travel ban on Muslims by President Donald Trump.The refuge… Read More

Actress Angelina Jolie in a recent op-ed for the New York Times has weighed in on President Donald Trump's immigration ban, accusing him of ignoring facts about how refugees get into the U.S… Read More

Simplicity is the new sophistication: how many square feet are needed to live? The architects seem to have raised the challenge of answering t… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Democrats' Gorsuch dilemma, refugee ban backlash" PBS NewsHour 2/3/2017ExcerptsSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times Columnist David Broo… Read More

"Refugee ban ‘a gift to those that hate us,' says Madeleine Albright" PBS NewsHour 1/30/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  President Donald Trump's executive order concerning refugees and visa… Read More

"How both sides see the legal challenge on Trump's travel ban" PBS NewsHour 2/6/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  A Constitutional showdown is underway over President Trump's controversial executive… Read More

There’s absolutely no doubting the fact that Trump’s immigration ban has caused immense trouble within the United States. It even elicited responses (and an amicus brief) from th… Read More

In the span of a single sentence, President Trump managed to flummox a nation."We've got to keep our country safe," Trump said at a campaign-style rally Saturday in Melbourne, Fla. "You look… Read More

"Magical novel 'Exit West' explores what makes refugees leave home" PBS NewsHour 3/16/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  In "Exit West," a city in the Muslim world is plunged into violence and two lo… Read More

Photo: Ann Street StudioHi everyone,I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Check out some random links from around the internet. Hope you find them as interesting as I did :)A case for why you… Read More

"What makes me different from today's Syrian refugees?  Just fate and timing" PBS NewsHour 4/7/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  As a Syrian-American journalist who has covered Syria's refugee… Read More

West African migrants are being bought and sold openly in modern-day slave markets in Libya, reports the International Organization for Migration, IOM.Although trafficked people passing thro… Read More

"This 'Refugee' author explains what it's like to live between worlds" PBS NewsHour 4/12/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  What does the word "refugee" mean to the author of a short story collection… Read More

"U.N. Secretary-General Guterres:  The world needs a U.S. that is engaged" PBS NewsHour 4/21/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  In his first American television interview since becoming Secretar… Read More

As you may have seen, I have put together a list of Diverse YA & MG 2017 UK Releases to help readers in the UK find diverse books that are being published over here. To help you further… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump's first trip, press bashing in Montana" PBS NewsHour 5/26/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks j… Read More

"Will one company's mixed mission in Yemen sow suspicion of aid groups?" PBS NewsHour 6/6/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  For aid organizations, especially those in conflict zones, remaining polit… Read More

1. Criminalisation of deliberately spreading HIV with multiple partnersWhile addressing a wellness summit hosted by the Western Cape Health department, Zille had called for irresponsible men… Read More

The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah (review copy) - Michael is drawn to his new classmate Mina, but they're on opposite sides of an issue that's tearing their town apart. His parents ar… Read More

Wayne Nefdt made a post on social media which he titled, “HOW TO TELL IF YOU’RE SOUTH AFRICAN!”It has since gone viral online in South Africa… and rightfully so. It… Read More

"What happened when this struggling city opened its arms to refugees" PBS NewsHour 7/6/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  After decades of decline, the city of Utica, New York, is growing again, than… Read More

Salvador Dali called Perpignan’s station “the centre of the world” and for a few days it was the centre of my world as I caught the train from here to Villefranche-de-Confl… Read More

A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars by Yaba Badoe (eProof) - A powerful, haunting, contemporary debut that steps seamlessly from the horrors of people-trafficking to the magic of African folklore, by… Read More

Austrian politics has veered strongly to the right with gains for the far-right and conservative parties in elections this weekend. 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz appears poised to become chance… Read More

"Some U.S. Hospitals Don’t Put Americans First for Liver Transplants" by Charles Ornstein (ProPublica) and Lee Zurik (Fox 8 WVUE New Orleans), ProPublica 11/20/2017At a time when there… Read More

Nomzamo Mbatha Named KO-KO’s 2017 Woman Of The Year! With everything she has achieved this year, the actress is ending off the year on a crazy high having been named Woman of the Year… Read More

"To douse growing anti-Semitism, Germans call for Holocaust education for recent migrants" PBS NewsHour 3/14/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  With more than a million newcomers to Germany since 201… Read More

"The small Scottish island where Syrian refugees found peace" PBS NewsHour 3/28/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Once a flourishing vacation destination, the population of Scotland's Isle of Bute h… Read More

The #RamadanReadathon, run by Nadia of Headscarves and Hardbacks, is back this year, taking place between 17th May and 15th June. And this year, there is a #RamadanReadathon book tag, create… Read More

While Nomzamo Mbatha might grace our TV screens and be a fashion winner on the red carpet, she same it entirely was a message from God that allowed her to grasp what he wished her to try to… Read More

The window in Dean Pearman’s office looks out over the bay of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. It’s a glorious vista – but it’s not the water views that inspire… Read More

"Amid ‘mounting evidence of atrocities,’ UN calls for investigation into Rohingya crackdown" PBS NewsHour 8/27/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  The U.N. is calling for an investigation… Read More

IT システム管理者 & 開発者向けイベント Microsoft Ignite & Envision 2018 が౱… Read More

Image SourceCanada has been the hub for immigrants since the 16th century. Till date, it welcomes immigrants from various corners of the world. The 2012 statistics show that approximately 12… Read More

Olumo rock is one of my 2019 bucket vacation spot. (squashing some goals for the year already….girl needs to acknowledge little wins). It is a place that i have always longed to visit… Read More

CGMagazinePreston Dozsa Rarely does cosmic horror work in video games, but sometimes an exception like The Sinking City comes along and nails the themes perfectly. It’s slow, unnervin… Read More

Internment by Samira AhmedPublished: 19th March 2019 | Publisher: Atom | Cover Designer:  | Source: Publisher Samira Ahmed's WebsiteRebellions are built on hope.Set in a horrifying… Read More

Layered Poetry in heft by Doyali Islam – Book Review by Carole Mertz – heft, $15.39 CND 106 pages Amazon.ca, 2019 A prolific history lies behind Doyali Islam and h… Read More

The real problems Trump needs to do something about to mitigate U.S. immigration."For Venezuelans fleeing chaos at home, Brazil offers temporary refuge — and uncertainty" PBS NewsHour… Read More

Are in planning to immigrate into the United States but still thinking about the possibilities? If yes, you should make it a point of duty to look for the right information either online or… Read More

The History of Armenian Carpet Making The beauty of Greek and Armenian carpets was so notable that even explorer Marco Polo referred to them in his writing. His travels through Armenia in th… Read More

My recent post about the alleged source code leaks affecting Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive made the rounds on Twitter and made someone very mad, so I got hate DMs… Read More