Two Billion Miles [interactive] Waste Couture: Environmental Impact of the Clothing Industry Syria crisis: Scars of war • World Vision Magazine A plastic bag flutters in the desert wind brushing a desolate Jordan landscape. A Syrian refugee boy grasps a string that not only keeps the bag from flying away but also provides a tenuous grip on his fading childhood. For Syrian refugee children, kite flying keeps aloft memories of family, friends, and their once-promising future. The children salvage remnants of their war-shattered lives, even if it’s just with a dirty plastic bag that can barely stand up to the breeze. Now in its fifth year, fighting in Syria has unleashed one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history, uprooting half of the nation’s population. Subscribe Thanks for reading World Vision magazine. Already a subscriber? The United Nations Children’s Fund cited 2014 as one of the worst years on record for children, prompting executive director Anthony Lake to declare: “Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality.” — Wynn Flaten War’s lasting affects “I loved school.
En värld i rörelse Varje dag lämnar människor sina hemländer i jakten på ett bättre liv. I temat En värld i rörelse får eleverna fördjupa sina kunskaper om vem som lämnar sitt hemland och varför. Men också om hur vi i den rika delen av världen bemöter dem. Materialet ger ett internationellt, historiskt och etiskt perspektiv på ämnet. Den utförliga elevtexten, tillsammans med övningar och fördjupningsuppgifter ger goda möjligheter till en varierad undervisning som kan öka elevernas kunskaper om flyktingar och migranters villkor. Innehåll: Materialet är anpassat efter ämnesplanerna i samhällskunskap, svenska och historia.
The Refugee Project Every day, all over the world, ordinary people must flee their homes for fear of death or persecution. Many leave without notice, taking only what they can carry. Many will never return. They cross oceans and minefields, they risk their lives and their futures. The Refugee Project looks beyond the crises that are currently making headlines and allows viewers to explore all refugee migrations around the world since 1975. About the Data Under international law, the United Nations is responsible for protecting asylum seekers around the world. The Refugee Project does not consider the large number of economic migrants and other undocumented populations, nor does it show the millions of internally displaced persons in troubled countries around the world. Recognition The Refugee Project was selected for MoMA’s Design and Violence exhibition, where it was written about by the UNHCR’s High Comissioner, António Guterres. Compare refugee population visually by country
Market Red Alert I have never done anything like this before. Ever since I started The Economic Collapse Blog in late 2009, I have never issued any kind of “red alert” for any specific period of time. As an attorney, I was trained to be level-headed and to only come to conclusions that were warranted by the evidence. So this is not something that I am doing lightly. To clarify, when I say “imminent” I do not mean that it will happen within the next 48 hours. What I am attempting to communicate is that we are right at the door of a major turning point. This time around, I wish that I could visit the living rooms of all of my readers and explain to them why we are on the verge of another major financial crisis. Let’s start with a little discussion about the U.S. economy. Let me give you just one quick example. This is the kind of chart that you would expect from a very sick economy. If the stock market was connected to reality, it would be going down. For instance, just check out the chart posted below.
France Vows To Take In 30,000 Syrian Refugees, Makes Republicans Look Like Cowards « It has long been said that the true definition of courage isn’t the absence of fear, but rather the ability to take action in the face of fear. In the wake of a horrific terror attack in the heart of Paris, France’s actions are about as courageous as could ever be asked of its people. Despite the fear-mongering and the pressure from right-wing elements in both France and the United States, France’s president Francois Hollande renewed his vow to take in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees and urged Parisians not to allow a few terrorists to stop them from living their lives to the fullest. “30,000 refugees will be welcomed over the next two years. The French people have been remarkably brave throughout the harrowing ordeal. It’s the right-wing elements in America, thousands of miles away, that have truly succumbed to the fear. All of this was done directly in the face of the evidence emerging from the Paris investigation. Feature image via Martin Schultz/Flickr
Vad skulle du ta med dig om du skulle fly? 6 flyktingar öppnar sina resväskor | Emanuels randanmärkningar Vad skulle du ta med dig om du skulle fly från ditt hem och resa över mörka hav och på svår terräng? Vad skulle du kasta först under resans gång? Det här är berättelsen om sex familjer, kvinnor, män, tonåringar – människor – som lämnat allt, förlorat allt och letar en ny trygghet. Genom att öppna sina resväskor berättar de historier om förtvivlan och om strimmor av hopp om en annan framtid. Den här texten är tidigare publicerad av organisationen The International Rescue Committee på engelska. Jag har med tillstånd fått översätta och återpublicera den här. Vad skulle du ta med dig? “Du kommer känna att du är mänsklig. En mamma Namn: Aboessa*Ålder: 20Från: Damaskus, Syrien När hårda strider bröt ut i Yarmouk, ett inofficiellt läger för palestinier strax utanför den Syriska huvudstaden, lyckades Aboessa fly med sin make och deras tio månader gamla dotter, Doua. Olika mediciner, en flaska steriliserat vatten och en burk bebismat. “Allt är till min dotter så jag kan skydda henne från sjukdomar.
Ten things you didn’t know about refugees With 45.2 million displaced by violence, persecution or rights abuses, the number of refugees is higher than at any time since 1994, says UNHCR Today is World Refugee Day - and the latest statistics from the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) show world refugee numbers are higher than at any time since 1994. As U.N. refugee chief Antonio Gutteres put it at a recent news conference: “Each time you blink, another person is forced to flee.” UNHCR’s annual report shows that some 45.2 million people were uprooted by violence, persecution or rights abuses as of the end of last year, but the numbers also challenge some common misconceptions about refugees and displacement. Here are 10 things you may not have known. 1. Until you do, you’re just a person who’s been uprooted within your own country - or an internally displaced person (IDP), to use the aid world jargon. The difference matters because it’s only by crossing a border that you gain the protection of international laws and conventions. 2. 3. 4.
World needs to stabilise population and cut consumption, says Royal Society | Environment World population will reach 9 billion by 2050. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images World population needs to be stabilised quickly and high consumption in rich countries rapidly reduced to avoid "a downward spiral of economic and environmental ills", warns a major report from the Royal Society. Contraception must be offered to all women who want it and consumption cut to reduce inequality, says the study published on Thursday, which was chaired by Nobel prize-winning biologist Sir John Sulston. The assessment of humanity's prospects in the next 100 years, which has taken 21 months to complete, argues strongly that to achieve long and healthy lives for all 9 billion people expected to be living in 2050, the twin issues of population and consumption must be pushed to the top of political and economic agendas. "The number of people living on the planet has never been higher, their levels of consumption are unprecedented and vast changes are taking place in the environment.
petit guide prejuges Les personnes qui fuient leur pays cherchent le plus souvent asile dans un pays voisin : les Syriens en Turquie et au Liban, les Afghans au Pakistan et en Iran, etc. EN 2015, L’UNION EUROPÉENNE a reçu 1,2 millions de nouvelles demandes d’asile. Un “chiffre record”, le double de l’année précédente. ÇA FAIT PEUR ? Une forte majorité de l’ensemble des migrations internationales s’effectue entre pays de même niveau de développement, notamment les pays voisins. Les camps sont devenus UN INSTRUMENT PRIVILÉGIÉ DE “GESTION” des populations migrantes en Europe. ÉTUDES, VOYAGE DE DÉCOUVERTE, EXPÉRIENCE PROFESSIONNELLE… Lorsqu’il s’agit des citoyens occidentaux, ces expériences à l’étranger sont encouragées et valorisées. Même celles et ceux qui, souhaitant vivre en France, ont bravé toutes les entraves et réussi à obtenir un titre de séjour ne sont pas pour autant tirés d’affaire : ils peuvent PERDRE LEUR TITRE DE SÉJOUR À TOUT MOMENT. www.lacimade.org Polysemique picto tourne ton tel Tweet
Här är allt du behöver veta för att förstå kriget i Syrien - P3 Nyheter 2011 spred sig demokratiprotesterna i Nordafrika och Mellanöstern till Syrien. Familjen al-Assad hade haft makten i Syrien i 40 år. När folket ville ha demokrati svarade regeringen med våld, vilket ledde till inbördeskrig. Se bilderna som visar hur kriget har förstört Syrien Gasattacken utanför Damaskus Hundratals människor dog hösten 2013 i gasattacken utanför Damaskus. Obama och USA hotade med att gå in i kriget efter att kemiska vapen kom in i bilden. Över 1 000 rebellgrupper I dag finns det över 1 000 rebellgrupper i Syrien och regeringen får hjälp av grupper från Libanon och Iran. En annan grupp som också gett sig in i kriget är IS. Nästan hela Sveriges befolkning Nio miljoner människor har flytt från det fyra år långa kriget Syrien. Alltså har nästan hälften av landets befolkning lämnat landet, för att rädda sina liv. Palmira Koukkari Mbengapalmira.koukkari_mbenga@sverigesradio.se