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UN agency seeks help to find Rohingya boat adrift at sea
The U.N. refugee agency is appealing to Southeast Asian nations to rescue ethnic Muslim Rohingya who are on a boat that broke down and is drifting in the Andaman Sea
ByThe Associated Press
• 2 min read
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia A broken-down boat carrying ethnic Muslim Rohingya is believed to drifting in the Andaman Sea with some of them already dying from lack of food and water, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday, appealing to Southeast Asian governments to rescue them.
NORWICH, N.Y., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Chobani today announced that VICE debuted a new documentary called “Moving Humanity Forward,” a film focused on Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya’s “anti-CEO” playbook, his people-first business philosophy and refugee advocacy work, and the food maker’s efforts to rebuild an upstate New York community.
Directed by Nirit Peled, “Moving Humanity Forward” debuted on VICE and VICETV.com on Monday, February 15. The documentary follows the lives of refugees who live in the Utica, New York region and are employed by Chobani, showcasing the positive impact refugee integration in society has on business and communities. The film’s heart can be summarized by Ulukaya’s belief that “the minute you get a job, that’s the minute you stop being a refugee.”
U.N. agencies are pressing the European Union to end the growing practices of denying migrants their right to apply for asylum, collectively expulsing them and using violence against them
Authorities in Bangladesh have sent a third group of Rohingya refugees to a newly developed island in the Bay of Bengal despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process
BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Many migrants and refugees staying at a camp in northwestern Bosnia have complained of respiratory and skin infections after spending days in makeshift tents and containers