Sentences with phrase «of refugee children in»

Political violence, family stress and mental health of refugee children in exile.

The conference held upon the invitation of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of the Ruler of Sharjah and UNHCR Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children aimed to reckon the increasing number of refugee children in the region.

Representatives of States and governments, together with representatives of international organizations and civil society, met in October 2014 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to jointly address the situation of refugee children in the Middle East and North Africa.

Recognize that the following international standards and principles are of particular relevance to improving the protection and well - being of refugee children in the region:

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Herself a refugee from a time - intensive career in business consulting, Rothschild started NextKids to serve her own need, but feels that the time is ripe for this sort of innovative approach to child care.

Several children and families that have fled their homes in Myanmar to escape military - led violence are now living in refugee camps in the neighboring country of Bangladesh and require certain necessities while they await placement.

The children, some of whom are refugees who've relocated with their families to San Antonio via Catholic Charities, lit up, voicing their excitement about having a hands - on role in the project.

«The last two weeks have been about as grim and hopeless as any of us can remember,» Lamott wrote, listing events like the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster in Ukraine, Palestinian children killed by rocket fire while playing football on the beach and protests against young refugees showing up at the U.S. border.»

This year, Hillary Clinton has better policy proposals to help improve the lives of women, children, and families than Donald Trump, whose pro-life convictions are lukewarm at best, and whose mass deportation plan would rip hundreds of thousands of families apart, whose contempt for Latinos, Muslims, refugees and people with disabilities would further marginalized the «least of these» among us, and whose support for torture and targeting civilians in war call into question whether Christians who support him are truly pro-life or simply anti-abortion.

This coming Sunday, Christians all around the world — in churches and in homes and in refugee camps and on the streets — will light the first candle, the Hope candle, to open Advent, the traditional season of preparation for the coming of the Christ - child as well as the reminder that Christ is coming again.

-- Also I grew up a child of refugees and in post war Germany and, therefore, have a few first hand stories and experiences.

The century ended with about 21 million refugees around the globe, including about 6 million internally displaced people and more than 300,000 child soldiers (under the age of 18), girls as well as boys, engaged in armed conflicts.

After losing his own father to war, he became one of the «Lost Boys of Sudan» who traveled thousands of miles alone as a child to a large refugee camp in Kenya.

Protect unaccompanied minors by ensure that the UK plays its part in serving the needs of refugee children at risk in our country, Europe, and the wider world.

Some of the extraordinary #Syrian children that Archbishop Suheil and I met at #Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan this morning.

Thousands of children in Kenya are at risk of hunger and malnutrition following a refugee ration cut... More

«As Christian leaders, we have a commitment to caring for the vulnerable in our churches while also supporting just, compassionate, and welcoming policies toward refugees and other immigrants,» the letter opens, going on to request legal protection for the Dreamers who entered the US as children, an increase in the admittance of refugees and persecuted Christians, and quicker priority for immigrants seeking to reunite with their families.

Currently there are 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon; 50 percent are children, most of whom can't access Lebanon's education system.

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako told Aid to the Church in Need: «Death and sickness are grabbing the children and elderly people among the thousands of refugee families spread over the Kurdistan Region who lost everything in the recent tragic developments while the ISIS militants are still advancing and the humanitarian aid is insufficient.

Approximately 60 per cent of the 900,000 South Sudanese refugees in Uganda are children.

In addition, Bayern players will be accompanied by a German child on one hand and a young refugee on the other when they take to the pitch for their next home game against Augsburg on September 12 «to set a sign for the integration of refugees.»

There have been some very difficult challenges faced related to Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCFE), in particular, hurricanes, floods, fires, and displacement of refugees.

1998 FRAC joins other anti-hunger and immigrant groups in leading the successful drive to reverse a 1996 law and restore food stamp benefits to one - quarter of a million immigrant children, seniors, and refugees.

Be a force for action and hope and join our international community of volunteers as we unite to bring humanitarian aid in the form of child carriers, baby beds and survival items to refugee families.

It saves lives under extreme conditions: from low birth weight neonates in incubators to elderly people in nursing homes; in conditions of stress in refugee camps and on mountain sides; in people with AIDS; and in children with severe dehydration when intravenous fluids are unavailable.

It turns out that Dr. Newman was born in Rehovot, the child of Jewish refugees from Poland.

Though well - meaning donors often give formula in camps for refugees and displaced persons, health campaigners are working to change this practice, too, noting that even if women are malnourished, their breast milk is probably healthier than formula, and that breastfeeding promotes bonding and a sense of security vital for women and children facing upheaval.

Supporting formula feeding for families on the move is especially difficult and is partly why the «Interim Considerations for the feeding support of Infants and Young Children under 2 years of age in refugee and migrant transit settings in Europe» were developed.

An LCGB hosted workshop: Infant Feeding in Emergencies: working with refugee families in Europe 2016 In emergencies, infants and children under the age of 2 are the most vulnerablin Emergencies: working with refugee families in Europe 2016 In emergencies, infants and children under the age of 2 are the most vulnerablin Europe 2016 In emergencies, infants and children under the age of 2 are the most vulnerablIn emergencies, infants and children under the age of 2 are the most vulnerable.

And see: Interim Operational Considerations for the feeding support of Infants and Young Children under two years of age in refugee and migrant transit settings in Europe from UNHCR, Save the Children, ENN and reviewers.

In the House of Lords, Lord Finkelstein, Lord Howard and others are the children of refugees given sanctuary by previous British governments.

«Given his distinguished service in the All - Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, his tireless work on behalf of those with disabilities, and his heroic support of Syrian child refugees, I can think of no better recipient of this prize in 2016 than Lord Dubs,» said Andrew Copson, BHA Chief Executive.

An «alarming» number of young refugees and migrants are living in serious poverty, according to the Children's Society.

In the Lords, Ashdown also condemned the policy of deporting refugee children when they are 18, if they are not granted asylum.

Cameron announced the government will accept a resettlement scheme for children living in European refugee camps for some of those under 16 registered in Greek, Italian or French camps before 20 March.

«On the question of refugees, may I ask her to confirm what I think she said a moment ago - that any child or orphan brought in under this scheme will, as is the case under present legislation, be deported at the age of 18?

The new commitment to ending family break - up in the immigration system will be explained, Abbott saying: «We will allow the carers or parents of admitted child refugees to come here.

Over recent days, scores of bodies of drowned children and adults have been stored in a refrigerated container at the morgue in Mytilene, the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, since the local graveyards became filled with the refugee dead.

The global refugee crisis and there are 65 million refugees across the world that crisis is a challenge, much of which is on the borders of Europe and that challenge can be met by co-ordinating with our European neighbours, both to crack down on the people smugglers who put men, women and children to sea in unseaworthy vessels.

Loach stated: «Thank you to the academy for endorsing the truths of what the film says, which hundreds and thousands of people in this country know, the most vulnerable and poorest are treated by the Government with a callous brutality that is disgraceful, a brutality that extends to keeping out refugee children we promised to help and that's a disgrace too.»

Here are the the main things we know about refugee children in Europe, as taken from a survey of 870 inhabitants of the Calais Jungle by Refugee Rights Data Project.

Protection of child refugees to be debated by Labour conference on Wednesday in hope of speeding arrival of lone children from Calais in UK

Yesterday Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, held a news conference where he supported the efforts by Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and Bishop Robert Cunningham of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse to provide accommodations for child refugees from violence in Central America.

Robert Goodwill, the immigration minister, told MPs in a written ministerial statement on Wednesday that one further group of 150 lone child refugees are to be brought to Britain but they will be the last to be transferred under the scheme.

For example, she told the Erie County Legislature during a Feb. 16, 2017, committee hearing that «through looking in our database we found that 95 percent of children we checked had at least one screen at their pediatrician's office and the other 5 percent are mostly refugees.»

The home secretary has rejected comparisons with Donald Trump after it emerged that the government is to end its commitment to provide a safe haven for thousands of vulnerable lone child refugees in Europe.

«On 23rd February 2016, troops of 21 Brigade in conjunction with troops of MNJTF on clearance operations at Kumshe general area, rescued 250 and persons, mainly women and children held hostages by Boko Haram terrorists and brought back 800 refugees from Cameroon.

Topics include the rights of persons with disabilities; the rights and responsibilities of drug users and ethical considerations for dignified addiction treatment; improving maternal and child health through advancements in women's rights; the effects of violence; access to affordable and appropriate health care and treatment; health disparities between different population groups; health during war and conflict; the health of internally displaced persons and refugees; and recognition of social and structural forces that impact the health of individuals and groups.

The objective of Project Hope is to support Syrian refugee children in Turkey by providing them with digital game - based education opportunities to improve Turkish language proficiency, executive functions, and coding skills while decreasing their sense of despair and increasing hope.

The study of Syrian refugee children, presented by researchers on June 6 at BAU International University in Washington, DC, suggests that digital games can be a cost - efficient and scalable approach to meeting the educational and psychological needs of refugee children.