Conflicts and Disasters Archives - Page 114 of 138

Massive departures at the Salloum border camp

23/03/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Egypt, Emergencies, Labor exploitation, Libya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Peacebuilding, Tunisia by Caritas Communications

Yesterday, a lot of people had to pack their stuff at the Salloum border camp. Salloum looked like a crowded, badly-organised coach station. Dozens of buses were obstructing the access to the camp. There has been a lot of movement here in the last days. A lot of people could finally leave.

The story of Samer and Maryam, Palestinian migrants fleeing from Libya

23/03/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Labor exploitation, Libya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration by Caritas Communications

Two weeks ago, Samer started his journey back home. From Bengazi in Libya, he left for Egypt. Walking is difficult for the old man, but he wanted to leave Libya while it was still possible, before the city would be surrounded by the government’s troops.

Japan earthquake and tsunami

18/03/2011 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Japan by Caritas Communications

An earthquake, a tsunami and now a nuclear meltdown. The people of Japan are facing their most difficult moment in recent history. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan on 11th March 2011. The resulting tsunami was powerful enough to sweep away buildings, cars and infrastructure in coastal communities. It was ...

Growing tension among migrants in the Salloum border camp

18/03/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Egypt, Emergencies, Libya, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding, Tunisia by Caritas Communications

Credits: Fred Lauener/Caritas Switzerland Fred Lauener from Caritas Switzerland arrived in Salloum on the Libyan-Egyptian border on Thursday to support the ongoing Caritas emergency aid distributions for migrants fleeing the violence in Libya. Here are some of his accounts from the last days. (Read his original blogs in German) “Today, there have hardly been any ...

‘Ganbaro’ – the Japanese answer to earthquake tragedy

18/03/2011 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Japan by Caritas Communications

By Fr Daisuke Narui, Executive Director of Caritas Japan In Sendai City, there are people sleeping in shelters whose houses didn’t collapse in the 9.0 magnitude earthquake on 11 March. The people come to the shelters because they’re afraid and they don’t want to be alone. They go back to the house sometimes in the ...

Tensions rise in Sudan’s Abyei region

18/03/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

by Sara Fajardo, CRS communications officer The March 2 and 5 attacks in the contested oil rich region of Abyei, Sudan, have led to estimates of more than 100 dead and 20,000-25,000, nearly half the population, deserting Abyei town. Abyei is proving to be one of the most difficult areas to resolve between northern and ...

Caritas Japan visits earthquake-hit Sendai City

16/03/2011 Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Japan by Caritas Communications

By Fr Daisuke Narui, Executive Director of Caritas Japan Today we visited Sendai City to discuss the Caritas response to the massive earthquake and tsunami. The city was very calm and there was no sense of panic despite every that has happened and the uncertainty that has taken over people’s lives. People were in orderly ...

Caritas Japan on earthquake and tsunami

11/03/2011 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Japan by Caritas Communications

The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began 140 years ago has devastated the country’s northeast coast and triggered a tsunami warning for the whole of the Pacific basin. Caritas Japan is mobilizing to respond to the 10 metre tsunami that struck in the region of the Diocese of Sendai today. “A tsunami has ...

“Staying in Libya far too dangerous”

9/03/2011 Asia, Bangladesh, Conflicts and Disasters, Egypt, Emergencies, Libya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Tunisia by Caritas Communications

Migrants can call their families for free on arrival through Caritas and its partner OKUP. Credits: OKUP Caritas Bangladesh and its partner organisation OKUP are providing assistance to Bangladeshi migrant workers fleeing the social unrests in Libya on their arrival at Dhaka airport. Returnees are given some money, food and transport facilities to reach bus ...

A surge of solidarity at the Tunisian-Libyan border

8/03/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Libya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees, Tunisia by Caritas Communications

Available in French Caritas staff Suzanna Tcalek and Sébastien Dechamps met Hassen and his family during their evaluation mission at the Tunisian-Libyan border. (See an account of the mission and view more pictures) “Hassen runs a little commerce in the city of Mansura some three hundred kilometers from the border. He has mobilized a collection ...