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Giving Tuesday 2020
Every year MOAS participates in Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving launched to balance the consumerism of the holiday season against a day focused on giving back to charities...
TRAFFICKING OF MIGRANT WOMEN
This year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women comes at a time during which the tragedy of violence against women is increasingly worrying. Gender-based violence (GBV) was...
WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY: UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN IN MIGRATION AND THE NEED FOR SAFE AND LEGAL ROUTES
November 20th marks the anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly both of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and of the Convention on...
Safe and Legal Routes: Private Sponsorship
As a result of extensive legal and practical barriers, it has become progressively more challenging for refugees and migrants to cross borders in a regular way. With such obstacles, considerable...
The erosion of humanitarian space
The last few decades have seen a significant rise in the number of people affected by humanitarian crises caused by the impacts of armed conflict, political instability and natural hazards....
MEDITERRANEAN MISSING MIGRANTS
The recent events in the refugee camps in Greece, the new EU legislation proposal to amend the Dublin Regulation, as well as the crossings over the Mediterranean Sea / in...
World Food Day 2020: Food insecurity in Yemen
On the 16th of October each year, World Food Day is commemorated with the aim of promoting global awareness and action on issues relating to food security, hunger, and nutrition. This year, the...
Season 3 Podcast 1: Disaster Risk Reduction
In honour of the occasion of the International Day For Disaster Risk Reduction, in this edition of our podcast, we are exploring the topic of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This...
International Day of Older Persons 2020: Elderly Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
On the 1st October each year, the International Day of Older Persons is celebrated to highlight the important contributions that older people make to society, and raise awareness of the...
3rd October: National Day in Memory of the Victims of Immigration in Italy
On 3 October 2013, a boat sank off the coast of Lampedusa, causing the death of 368 migrants who were on board. They were men, women and children fleeing war,...