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The contest scenarios placed students in various roles as legal councils defending or prosecuting a case. Some rounds they role-played as the International Red Cross, others they were military JAG officers or civilian attorneys for a think tank organization. “It was really surreal,” said Kate. “I was like, ‘Wow, I’m really about to do this! […]
Humanitarian crisis grows at U.S. southern border NBC News End of Title 42 hasn’t stopped migrants’ push north to US from across the Americas ABC News After Title 42 Expires, U.S. Border Sees Crowds, but Not Chaos   . . .
A delegation of prominent national civil and immigrant rights leaders led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance visited locations in the Texas Rio Grande Valley and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas to bear witness to the end of Title 42 and the implementation of number of punitive policies along the border, including a new asylum ban. […]
The United States is the largest single donor for the humanitarian response to the Venezuela regional crisis, providing assistance that supports refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable populations of concern. More than 7.7 million people inside Venezuela need immediate humanitarian assistance and more than 6 million Venezuelans have been displaced in 17 countries across the […]
Attachments [As prepared for delivery] Mr. President, When I spoke to this Council about the situation in Ukraine last month, I highlighted the humanitarian impact of the full-scale war a year since it started. I spoke of the death, destruction and hardship it has inflicted – and continues to inflict – on the Ukrainian people. […]
Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkMarch 17, 2023 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you, Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for your thorough briefing and for the UN’s efforts to secure an extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Colleagues, as Under-Secretary-General Griffiths clearly outlined, as long as Russia continues to […]
Thank you, President. As we have heard today, over 21 million people now need humanitarian assistance as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion: this is over 50% of Ukraine’s pre-war population. Of these people, over 5 million are displaced internally, and another 8 million have fled to Europe as refugees. This is the most significant […]
The State Department says the U.S. government will pledge more than $171 million for humanitarian and development projects to assist Venezuelans at home and abroad By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press March 17, 2023, 8:32 AM ET • 3 min read CARACAS, Venezuela — The U.S. government plans to pledge more than $171 million Friday […]
The decision allows Ukrainians living in the US to continue accessing services and allays concerns over legal limbo. The administration of United States President Joe Biden will extend the one-year authorisation granted to thousands of Ukrainians living in the country, allowing them to renew their humanitarian status and stay longer, just as their paperwork was […]
New York, February 14, 2023 — The humanitarian fallout of the war in Ukraine continues to take a heavy toll globally, as the echoes of the conflict are heard far beyond its borders. One year on, its ripple effects are sounding in every corner of the planet, dramatically accelerating other crises around the world. […]