Archivo etiqueta «Refugiados»
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
By Edward M. Kennedy, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts and incoming chairman of the Senate immigration, border security and refugee subcommittee (THE WASHINGTON POST, 30/12/06):
With the nation still at war in Iraq, each of us is deeply grateful to the brave men and women in our armed forces who celebrated the holidays this year with half their hearts at home and half in Iraq. But this year especially it is essential that we also reflect on another human cost of the war — the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children who have fled their … Seguir leyendo
By Madeleine Bunting (THE GUARDIAN, 18/12/06):
Nehad has the hunched look of a man who has lived with fear for years. It was to escape fear that he fled Iraq for Europe in 2003, hoping to start a new life beyond the reach of the torture and prisons of Saddam Hussein’s regime in northern Iraq. But after four years of failed asylum applications in the UK, he is still living in fear.He’s too nervous to tell his story inside the cafe where we meet for fear of eavesdroppers, so we sit outside. He flinches as a policewoman passes. He says … Seguir leyendo
By Kenneth H. Bacon, president of Refugees International (THE WASHINGTON POST, 06/12/06):
James Baker has never met Alia Al-Naradi, but they both have an interest in seeing the United States engage Syria on Iraq. For Baker, engagement is about stabilizing Iraq to allow the United States to exit gracefully. For Alia, it’s about survival.
Alia is an Iraqi refugee who fled to Syria, a country that has absorbed more than 750,000 Iraqis since the beginning of the war. Syria’s resources are now stretched thin, and without international help, it may not be able to accept vulnerable Iraqis much longer. … Seguir leyendo
Por Vidal Martín, área de Derechos Humanos, FRIDE (FRIDE, 06/09/06):
Cientos de miles de personas se han visto afectadas por la ofensiva de Israel en Líbano en el último mes y se han convertido en desplazados interiores, refugiados o personas aisladas y asediadas. Los sistemas legales y técnicos de protección funcionaron de forma muy limitada. El Estado libanés se encuentra débil para asistir a las víctimas y para organizar una operación de rehabilitación y regreso de los desplazados. A la vez, la capacidad de los Estados vecinos es limitada y la ayuda humanitaria ha tenido hasta ahora acceso restringido. En el caso de que se cumpla la resolución 1701 de la ONU comenzaría un complejo proceso de ayuda para estas personas.
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By William Darlymple, the author of From the ‘Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium’ (THE GUARDIAN, 02/09/06):
Wander through the streets of Damascus this week, and you will see signs everywhere of the conflict in Lebanon. The bearded, black-turbaned Hassan Nasrallah stares out from every shop window, even in the Christian quarter. Here electric-blue neon crosses wink from the domes of the churches, and processions of crucifix-carrying boy scouts squeeze past gaggles of Christian girls heading out on the town, all low-cut jeans and tight-fitting T-shirts. The video shops are full of DVDs showing “highlights” from … Seguir leyendo
El invisible vuelo de las tortugas. Rosa Delia Blanco Terán es presidenta de la Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado, CEAR (EL PAIS, 26/05/05).