Archivo etiqueta «Refugiados»
By Brig. Gen. David Phillips, the former commandant of the Army Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and former commander of all police operations in Iraq, which included the protection of Camp Ashraf (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 03/01/12):
Is Iran serious in threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz or is this simply saber-rattling? Whatever the motives, inaction is not an option – not any more.
Fearful of the impact of expanded U.S. sanctions, Iran’s first vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi told the official news agency IRNA on Dec. 27, “If they impose sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, … Seguir leyendo
By Louis J. Freeh, director of the F.B.I. from 1993 to 2001 (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 13/10/11):
As the United States tries to halt Iran’s nuclear program and prepares to withdraw troops from Iraq, American voters should ask why the Obama administration has bent to the will of Tehran’s mullahs and their Iraqi allies on a key issue: the fate of 3,400 unarmed members of the exiled Iranian opposition group, Mujahedeen Khalq, who are living in Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad.
The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a Shiite Muslim, has brazenly murdered members of the Mujahedeen Khalq. … Seguir leyendo
By Karen AbuZayd, the commissioner general of the United Nations relief and works agency (THE GUARDIAN, 08/12/09):
Sixty years ago today the United Nations general assembly voted into existence a temporary body known as UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. UNRWA’s task was to deal with the humanitarian consequences of the dispossession of some three-quarters of a million Palestine refugees forced by the 1948 Middle East war to abandon their homes and flee their ancestral lands. Just two decades later, the six-day war generated another spasm of violence and forced displacement, culminating in the occupation of Palestinian territory. … Seguir leyendo
By Heather Mallick, a Canadian journalist (THE GUARDIAN, 03/03/09):
Canadians are rolling their eyes at the latest oddity to emerge from their confused, clogged immigration system: a white South African admitted as a refugee because he claimed he was being persecuted by black people.
His lawyer says the case sets a precedent, which it well might, although it’s difficult to pin down exactly what it is. Brandon Huntley, a 31-year-old lawn sprinkler salesman who came to Canada on a work visa in 2006 and stayed illegally, told the Immigration and Refugee Board that he had been mugged and stabbed … Seguir leyendo
By Khataza Gondwe, research and advocacy officer for sub-Saharan Africa at the UK based human rights and religious liberty NGO Christian Solidarity Worldwide (THE GUARDIAN, 20/06/09):
Last week, Abrehale Misghina, a 28-year-old Eritrean refugee, committed suicide in broad daylight in a public park in Tel Aviv. He had snatched a mobile phone from a young boy and, after a desperate attempt to make a call, collapsed in tears. He then returned the phone to its owner, dragged a dustbin to a nearby tree, climbed on top of it, threw a rope over a branch, placed a noose around … Seguir leyendo
By Irshad Manji, the author of The Trouble With Islam Today and the director of the Moral Courage Project at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 31/10/08):
For me and my family, Oct. 31 has always been significant. Not because it’s Halloween, but because that’s the day we arrived as refugees to a free part of the world.
Beginning in August 1972, thousands of Asian entrepreneurs fled the East African country of Uganda after its dictator, Idi Amin, declared us to be bloodsuckers, seized our property and gave us three … Seguir leyendo
By Morton Abramowitz, George Rupp, John Whitehead and James Wolfensohn. Morton Abramowitz is a former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. George Rupp is a former president of Columbia. John Whitehead is a former deputy secretary of state. James Wolfensohn is a former president of the World Bank. They are members of the International Rescue Committee’s board (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 22/04/08):
It is a grave humanitarian crisis: 1.5 million Iraqi refugees living in deplorable and declining conditions in Syria and Jordan.
They are clustered not in camps but in overcrowded urban neighborhoods, crammed into … Seguir leyendo
By Tom Stoppard (THE TIMES, 04/10/07):
Today is moral maze day again at the Home Office. Actually, so is every day, but today the show moves to the House of Lords in a case involving three asylum-seekers from Darfur.
One should spare a thought for the immigration officials. We pay them to keep the door shut but to open it discriminately, case by case. One of their rulings is that it’s OK to return Darfur refugees to Khartoum. Back in April this ruling was overturned in favour of the three Darfuris.
That was in the Court of Appeal, which decided … Seguir leyendo
By Joseph P. Hoar, a retired Marine general and commander in chief of the United States Central Command from 1991 to 1994 (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 31/08/07):
FOR more than a year, men and women in our armed forces have been urging the United States to bring to safety the Iraqi translators and others who have worked beside them and are now the victims of retaliation. A Marine captain, Zachary Iscol, said he owed his life and the lives of his men to his Iraqi translator. “Just coming to work was an act of heroism and courage on his … Seguir leyendo
By Michael Gerson (THE WASHINGTON POST, 22/08/07):
The Bush administration correctly asserts that the entire Middle East, from royal palaces to terrorist camps, is watching the eventual outcome in Iraq to determine the state of American resolve. But the region is also taking a more immediate measure of America’s commitment to its friends: our response to the Iraqi refugee crisis. And this, too, is a matter of national credibility and honor.
About 2 million Iraqis have been displaced within Iraq by sectarian violence and contagious fear; another 2 million have fled the country for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, … Seguir leyendo
Por Amaya Valcárcel, secretaria general de la Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (EL PAÍS, 18/06/07):
Entre los diez grandes problemas internacionales, nueve son continuamente tratados, desde el cambio climático a la pobreza extrema. Pero hay uno del que apenas se habla: los refugiados y desplazados. Quizás lo fagocita el debate migratorio. El 20 de junio, Día Mundial del Refugiado, recordamos a aquellos que huyen de guerras y persecuciones políticas, religiosas, étnicas o por su orientación sexual.
Con el crecimiento demográfico aumenta también el número de hombres y mujeres que se embarcan en un proceso migratorio: 191 millones en … Seguir leyendo
By Elizabeth Ferris, senior fellow and co-director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement (THE WASHINGTON POST, 18/06/07):
The near-blind eye the United States has turned to the humanitarian crisis now unfolding from the Iraq war threatens to undermine any hope for real peace and security in that region for years and perhaps decades to come. The displacement of 4 million Iraqis to date — one in seven of the country’s citizens — is the largest the Middle East has known since 1948. Just as the displacement of the Palestinians has influenced the politics and security of the region, … Seguir leyendo
By Mauro De Lorenzo, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He spent a number of years working on refugee research and legal aid for refugees in Uganda, Tanzania, Congo, and Egypt. He is also a member of the board of directors of Asylum Access, an organization that promotes legal aid for refugees in developing countries (THE WASHINGTON POST, 02/05/07):
You cannot sue the United Nations. If the UN violates your rights, that’s just too bad. There is no judge with jurisdiction, no independent tribunal, no possibility of compensation or justice. A culture of impunity is built … Seguir leyendo
By Kirk W. Johnson, the regional coordinator of reconstruction in Falluja in 2005 for the United States Agency for International Development (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 18/04/07):
THE crisis over Iraq’s refugees is the first major policy issue in which Iraqi civilians are front and center. We debate how the surge looks today or how oil will be distributed tomorrow on the banks of a swelling river of human misery: two million Iraqis who couldn’t bear to live in Iraq anymore, and another two million displaced internally but too poor to flee.
This week, representatives from dozens of countries and … Seguir leyendo
By Nicholas Eberstadt, on the board of the United States Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and Christopher Griffin, a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 19/02/07):
THE Bush administration can point to precious few successes in its efforts to curb North Korea’s mounting menace — even last week’s celebrated nuclear deal with Kim Jong-il’s government is, for the moment, little more than a written promise from a highly unreliable negotiating partner.
Yet inexplicably, the Bush team continues to overlook a spectacular opportunity to deliver freedom to tens of thousands of North … Seguir leyendo