Three-year-old Palestinian refugee Mohammad Wahbah was announced dead yesterday morning after he was denied treatment at Lebanese hospitals, Arab48 reported.Mohammad needed urgent brain surgery which his family could not afford and the hospital said they did not have the funds to complete.Palestinian refugees launched a campaign on social media to put pressure on Lebanese health… via […]
Crosses Erected For Thousands Of Dead Immigrants Who Never Reached American Dream – Desert Graves
The numbers quoted in the following brief video are shocking. Thousands of illegal immigrants from across Latin America try to reach the USA each year, to access what they perceive to be a chance at a better life. Some make it, many don’t. The Sonoran desert is littered with the remains of those who perished […]
Exit West – Novel By Moshin Hamid
Exit West by Moshin Hamid Nadia is a young Muslim woman in a Middle Eastern city on the brink of a devastating war. At night-classes she meets Saeed, a relatively liberal young man trying to make a better life for himself. Nadia is a free spirit, a dangerous concept for a female Muslim in certain […]
Life In A Refugee Camp – Could You Survive?
They are the stories on the news. They are pictures in papers. They are voices on the radio appealing for help. The are a cause for some and a plague for others. They are people who have found themselves in a bad place through no fault of their own. They are the refugees. The incidence […]
Young Israeli Jews Begin To Support Palestinian Human Rights
One in four young Jewish Israelis support the Palestinian refugees’ right of return, a new poll has found, reports +972 Magazine. The survey, conducted by the Geocartography Knowledge Group among 500 Jewish Israelis, asked respondents: “In 1948, during the… 457 more words via 1 in 4 young Jewish Israelis support Palestinian right of return, new poll […]
International Immigrants Day
Here are some facts and figures regarding the emigration and refugee crisis that affects millions across our world today. The suffering is unimaginable and avoidable, yet continues. – If you care, give it a share –
Welcome To Nowhere
Book Review Welcome To Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird I found this novel in the adult section at the local library, although it is written for adolescents. That said, it’s still an enjoyable and thought-provoking story about those caught up in the bloody conflict currently playing out in Syria. As much as I am tempted […]
Western Waged War Is Responsible For Refugee Crisis And Children’s Deaths
As you read the following report on the migrant crisis, and all the other migrant stories of horror, please remember two things; Firstly, what we see is not the full extent of just how bad it truly is. We do not get to witness the fear and trauma experienced by those who flee Africa and […]