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May 30, 2020

Palestinian human rights activist to challenge Israel's travel ban

Amnesty International says there is every reason to believe that Laith Abu Zeyad is being punished solely for his human rights work.
December 17, 2019

Award to Lutheran church in Costa Rica for refugee response

The Lutheran Costa Rican Church has received the 'Living Integration Seal' award 2019, award given by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to organisations for support to refugees.
June 13, 2019

UNHCR calls on Finnish EU Council Presidency to push for progress in asylum reform

UNHCR recommends that the Finnish Presidency focuses on two urgent priorities: building cooperation and solidarity with refugees and host communities, and pushing for an effective way of sharing responsibility among EU Member States.
May 3, 2019

New satellite imagery shows growth in migrant tent jails in United States

Satellite images show rapid construction of migrant tent jails intended to house families and children at Border Patrol stations in El Paso and Donna, Texas.
January 3, 2019

Refugee Council responds to channel crossing news

The Refugee Council says UK needs to offer more legal and dependable routes by which people can reach safety and be reunited with their loved ones.
February 9, 2012

Egypt's Christian leaders urge focus on humanitarian need

Egyptian Christian leaders say that while politics and religion are garnering most attention right now, urgent humanitarian needs must be addressed.
February 2, 2012

Welfare politics: A 'morally disabled' government

Disabled actor, writer and comedian Francesca Martinez, who has been outspoken in support of those challenging the impact on vulnerable people of the Welfare Reform Bill (WRB), put the matter powerfully and poignantly on the This Week TV politics show: the government, she said, is "morally disabled" in its approach to these issues and to the human effect of its policies.
January 16, 2009

Welsh church aid appeal for Gaza draws wide support

An urgent Welsh appeal for money for frontline medical services in Gaza, launched by the Anglican Archbishop in Wales, has started to attract widespread public support as the tragic conflict continues.
January 14, 2009

World needs more information on Gaza tragedy, says Caritas

Although Gaza is in the glare of media publicity, too little hard information is getting out about the scale of suffering endured by ordinary people under bombardment says a leading Catholic charity.
April 19, 2008

British Methodists respond to crisis in Zimbabwe

In the face of growing political instability and desperate food shortages in Zimbabwe, The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) is supporting an appeal through ACT International (Action by Churches Together) that will distribute emergency food supplies to vulnerable households.