Budapest, Hungary – 03 01 2022: War refugees are waiting at the train station while the Hungarian red cross and volunteers are giving out clothes, food, water, pillows and other donations. (Shutterstock) By Grace Hauck, USA Today Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen were stranded at the border of Belarus and Poland […]
The American Immigration Council together with 177 organizations are requesting an immediate 18-month designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) and Special Student Relief (SSR) for Ukraine, publish timely Federal Register Notices, and launch a public information campaign to notify the impacted community of the decision and any actions they must […]
“If your response to war in Ukraine is ‘they’re just like us,’ remember that so are the people of Yemen, Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine,” said one British lawmaker.
By Julia Conley, The Real News The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association on Sunday was among those criticizing coverage from major international news outlets which suggested the Ukrainian people are more worthy of sympathy than victims of other military conflicts in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere outside of Europe. A viral video showing a […]
By Ben Judah, Slate The belief that Vladimir Putin was bluffing, that he would never give the order for the nearly 200,000-man army he had spent months amassing on the borders of Ukraine to invade, persisted as late as 5:45am Moscow time the day of the attack, when, grimacing in a red tie, Russia’s ruler […]
Hallandale, Florida, USA. February 24th 2022. Miami: Ukraine War Protest. Protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some Ukraine Anti War signs and banners. (Shutterstock) By David Lyons, Sun Sentinel Just hours after Russian military forces invaded their homeland, members of the Ukrainian community in South Florida protested the incursion with a rally in Hallandale Beach […]