There's been lots of talk on Capitol Hill this month about creating a viable solution to the current immigration conundrum. Talk from conservative groups about amnesty, tech companies on H1 visas, different progressive groups on the two tier visa system and labor law.
But in this blog piece, I'd like to bring awareness to a different, but very pressing problem—the status of refugees in the world. Today, 8 million of the world's 14 million refugees are warehoused. They are denied their basic human rights including the right of movement, employment, and ownership of property.
For 10, 20 or 40 years, men, women, and children have been confined to their camps—arrested and deported to their native countries if they stray too far. Camps are the breeding ground for disease, child soldiering, terrorist recruitment, and physical and sexual violence. Often, these camps are funded by UNHCR, UNDP, and even the United States government.
This June 20th is World Refugee Day. For those reading this blog, I ask that you please take the time to learn about refugee warehousing.
the NPR show on warehousing in Thailand: Link> Fighting breaks out in Palestinian camp in Lebanon Link> 350,000 Burundian refugees living in Tanzanian Camps Link> The Burmese Refugees in Thailand "Children born in the camps are already mothers and fathers, will they be grandmothers and grandfathers in the camp also?" member, Karen Refugee Committee Link> UNHCR and UNDP: the relief and development gap Link>
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