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“You host, we fund” Global North

Post author By KANERE
Post date December 31, 2022

By Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Staff Volunteer Writer, December 2022

In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the New York Declaration of Refugees and Migrants which calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to apply the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) in situations of large-scale refugee movements. It aims to meet four objectives: ease pressure on host countries, enhance refugee self-reliance, expand access to resettlement, and foster conditions that enable voluntary repatriation.

Warehousing of refugees – report by Tolossa Asrat / KAENRE 2022

Tags #globalsouth, #humanrights, #refugeewarehouse, #warehousing, kakuma, kenya, refugees

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Suicides soar as refugees grapple with COVID-19

Post author By KANERE
Post date February 3, 2021

By Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Staff Writer, February 2021

Although suicide is a common issue in displaced settings, its increased prevalence among refugees in Kakuma illustrates a serious and growing problem, which needs urgent intervention through a multi-sector approach.

NGOs on suicide prevention Campaign 2019/File-Photo-KANERE

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Asylum Seeker Commits Suicide at Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Kakuma

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 1, 2020

By KANERE staff writer, March 10, 2020

An asylum seeker was found dead at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church compound in Kakuma refugee camp one on Saturday, February 9 2020 in an apparent suicide.

Asylum Seeker Commits Suicide at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Kakuma after waiting RSD for 7 years contrary to 1951 convention/ KANERE

The man was an Ethiopian national in his 40s named Endalkachew Seifu, who had fled his country in the year 2013, as reported by his close friend.

Tags #humanrights, #KanereNews, #refugeenews, kakuma, RAS, rsd, UNHCR