カテゴリー: Humanitarian response
There is a ‘very small window of opportunity’ to intervene, say aid workers, as poverty, conflict, drought and a freeze in humanitarian funding bring Afghanistan to the brinkLeading UK charities have launched a joint winter appeal to save the lives of …
It is the government’s duty to help avert a humanitarian and human rights catastrophe, say Elizabeth Winter, Stephanie Draper and Christine AllenAs a new secretary of state, Liz Truss, takes the reins at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office…
As an aid worker, I can see first-hand how a perfect storm of conflict, drought and Covid has gripped the countryIt felt surreal to be flying into Kabul international airport rather than out, crossing paths with families who were trying to flee. For th…
A lawyer for the Afghans says legal proceedings are a last resort, and that Immigration New Zealand have been ‘completely flat-footed’In the video, New Zealand flags are burning. Their edges curl and the stars of the southern cross turn black, crumblin…
Estimated UK cut of $900m offsets increases by other nations, according to annual Global Humanitarian Assistance ReportInternational humanitarian spending by public donors dropped by $284m (£204m) between 2019 and 2020, and the UK government cut its hu…
Children in overcrowded Cox’s Bazar settlement likely to suffer most from reduced humanitarian spending, say campaignersThe government has been accused of abandoning Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after cutting aid to the humanitarian response by more…
Vulnerable to cyclones, volcanoes and the impacts of climate change, the Pacific archipelago is using blockchain technology to provide aid money directly to families recovering from natural disastersThe most at-risk country on earth to natural disaster…
Humanitarian supplies flown in by Australian government can’t be touched for three days due to strict quarantine rules The distribution of urgent cyclone relief supplies brought into Vanuatu by the Australian government has been delayed due to coronavi…
Foreign minister defends controversial proposal as ‘only solution’ despite misgivings of human rights campaignersThe first Rohingya refugees could be relocated to an island in the next few months under controversial plans drawn up by the Bangladesh gov…