| Unaccompanied refugee children in Greece need shelter and protection. According to a new report from UNICEF, the number of unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children who live in dangerous and overcrowded reception centres on the Greek islands now exceeds 1,100 – the largest number since the beginning of 2016. On Monday, UNHCR called on Greece's government to urgently transfer refugee and migrant youths to safe areas after a deadly fight at Moria camp on the island of Lesvos. The safe area at Moria hosts nearly 70 unaccompanied children, but more than 500 other boys and girls are staying in various parts of the overcrowded facility without a guardian and may be exposed to exploitation and abuse. “Moria is not the place for children who are alone and have faced profound trauma from events at home and the hardship of their flight,” said UNHCR representative in Greece Philippe Leclerc in a statement. “They need special care in designated shelters.” | |
| Venezuelans stranded at Ecuador's border as visa rule comes into effect. Scores of Venezuelan refugees and migrants are stranded at Ecuador’s border after a new rule that bars them from entering the country without a visa came into effect from Monday. According to Deutsche Welle, many are camped out on the Colombian side of the border, assisted by the Red Cross and UNHCR. Over 11,000 Venezuelans are estimated to have left Colombia on the Rumichaca border bridge towards Ecuador over the weekend , seeking to enter the country before new visa requirements went into force. Colombian media reported that hundreds who did not make it in time blocked traffic on the bridge in protest. In an interview with news agency dpa, Yukiko Iriyama, UNHCR’s deputy representative in Colombia, called for countries to share responsibility for taking in refugees. "People are arriving in more vulnerable states and conditions, requiring more humanitarian support," Iriyama said. "The magnitude of the problem is no longer regional, it is becoming global. We are appealing for wider international responsibility-sharing.” | | |
| Manus refugees' allowance and food rations stopped. The Guardian reports that refugees on Manus Island have had their weekly allowances and daily food rations stopped as the Papua New Guinea government begins plans to relocate refugees and asylum-seekers to its capital, Port Moresby. One refugee, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Guardian Australia that he and close to 100 others living in a hotel in the capital had been affected. | | |
| Yogurt billionaire’s solution to refugee crisis: Hire them. Yogurt billionaire’s solution to refugee crisis: Hire them. Hamdi Ulukaya, a Turkish immigrant who launched a best-selling yogurt brand in the US, has told companies they have a “responsibility” to help solve the global refugee crisis by hiring refugees. His comments came during a trip to Colombia, where he met with people who had fled Venezuela. His own business, Chobani, has a policy of employing refugees at its US plants. | | |
| A close-up look at LGBTQ refugees as they await asylum. Earlier this year, the photographer and activist Raphaël Chatelain lived alongside LGBTQ asylum-seekers from Central America. He found that most were escaping violence, poverty and persecution. Temporarily settling into an abandoned house in Tijuana, Mexico, Chatelain chronicled the lives of the strangers he met as they waited for asylum. | | |
| After two refugees drowned in a recreational swimming pond in Idaho, USA, one man is trying to prevent further tragedies by starting a refugee swimming programme with the International Rescue Committee. | | |
It is estimated that only 1 in 4 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Greece have a place in a shelter.
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