Through rivers, streams, hills, mountains and deserts, the refugee route is not unfamiliar to men, woman and children. After a distance of thousands of miles and crossing eleven countries, they seek their right to self-determination. Millions are migrating for several...
After nearly five decades of violent conflict caused by the guerrilla and paramilitary organizations, the rural population in Colombia has strongly been affected by the atrocities committed by these groups. Today, Colombia has 7.7 million Internally Displaced Person...
The first theme is Freedom. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ preamble alludes to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedom Speech, which declared a world in which human beings shall enjoy the freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from...
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is getting worse due to famine and the increasing displacement of people. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other agencies have issued urgent calls to rescue Yemenis who are facing multiple crises,...
A refugee is a person fleeing her/his country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group or political opinion. Close to 4 million Afghani refugees left their country as a result of...
