Florence Uni launches fundraiser for Afghan students
The University of Florence has launched a fundraising program to help provide support to its Afghan students and to increase research activities.
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German youth hostels open doors to those fleeing Afghanistan
The German Youth Hostel Federation has offered up some of its properties to help house those who are fleeing Afghanistan. This is not the first time the federation has opened its doors to those fleeing war and insecurity.
Destination UK: Channel crossings increase, despite British government's anti-migration rhetoric
More than 16,000 migrants have made it over the Channel to the UK this year, almost double those who made it in the whole of 2020. The British government talks about sending boats back but since Brexit, returning migrants to France1
Italy: Three men arrested after attack on migrants in Foggia
Three young men were placed under house arrest on hate crime charges in Foggia, Italy, after they allegedly attacked foreigners whilst using racial slurs.
Pakistan and UNHCR work to collect data from over one million Afghan refugees
The Pakistani authorities and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) are working to verify and update the identity cards of more than 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees in the country. The last time such a drive took place was 10 years a1