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A solution for refugee suffering: Give them cash
2016-11-24 01:19:59| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Is cash a better way to help refugees than food aid? A million debit cards have been given to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, loaded up with cash each month by UN agencies such as the UNHCR and by charities - and the scheme is now expanding. BBC World Hacks investigates whether the system works.
H&M campaign aims to educate refugee children
2016-11-03 15:44:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is making education for refugee children the focus of a global campaign launched yesterday (3 November) by its non-profit H&M Foundation in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
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Apparel brands "ignoring" refugee abuse in Turkey factories
2016-10-25 15:46:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The majority of large apparel brands are ignoring the "endemic" abuse of Syrian refugees in Turkish clothing factories supplying European retailers, a new report has found.
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How to address Syrian refugee exploitation in Turkey sourcing
2016-08-08 14:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Guidance has been issued to support brands and producers in better understanding, responding, identifying and preventing the abuse and exploitation of Syrian refugees in their supply chains in Turkey.
Marshall Islands: Seas Rising Faster Than Refugee Law Can Adapt
2016-07-02 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Deeply: Sandbags surround the Majuro airstrip while hurriedly-built bridges span flooded sections of road, and many Marshall Islanders have built seawalls to protect their homes on this remote nation in the Pacific Ocean. The Marshall Islands are made up of five main islands and 29 coral atolls spread across three-quarters of a million miles of ocean, but they amount to just 70 square miles of actual land. And even that is now at the mercy of the seas, which are rising thanks to climate change. The...
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