Sentences with phrase «humanitarian crises like»

There are many charities, including the International Rescue Committee, which focus on helping victims of humanitarian crises like the ones recounted in this story.

Not designed for an humanitarian crisis like that which has engulfed Europe, the regulation places the burden of a mass overland migration on the EU's border states, and it has been emphatically disregarded by Germany as they continue to lead Europe's disjointed response to the crisis.

«This is a humanitarian crisis the likes our city has ever experienced and we must do everything we can to help our fellow Puerto Ricans who have given so much to our city and to our country,» said City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

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Secondly it failed to take into account major news events like Britain's EU ambassador resigning or the Red Cross dubbing NHS failings a «humanitarian crisis».

Redgrave juxtaposes our horrifying present of inadequate refugee quotas and humanitarian disasters (like last year's clearing of the Calais migrant camp) with the refugee crises of WWII and its aftermath, recalled with archival footage, contemporary news reports and personal testimony — including an interview with the eloquent Labor politician Lord Dubs, who was one of the children rescued by the Kindertransport.

It has already been mentioned how new media and digital technologies have supported and enabled innovative approaches to building peace like connecting former enemies, augmenting powerless voices or documenting humanitarian crisis, new media.

One discussion centered on creating an international mechanism for humanitarian intervention when a malfunctioning nation's leadership fails to address a building crisis like the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, or when it consciously abuses its people by conducting or abetting mass killings...

«Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises,» edited by Architecture for Humanity, Metropolis, 336 pp., $ 35.00 (paper)