World Refugee Day & Our Silence - "Too Foreign For Here// Too Foreign For Home//Never Enough For Both"

June 20th, 2018 came and passed with few of us saying much about World Refugee Day.

Lately, the conversations on refugees have been centred around the United States, who has been separating Mexican parents from their children, as part of President Trump’s zero tolerance policy on illegal immigrants. These are a people leaving Mexico because of the violence from gangs and other organized criminal groups.

Shortly before the United States, there were stories on our timelines about Syrians. Since 2016, it has apparently been reported that from a population of 22million, the United Nations identified 13.5million Syrians requiring humanitarian assistance, with more than 6 million being internally displaced and an estimated 5million being refugees outside of Syria. In March 2011 there was a civil war outbreak in Syria, following a conflict arising after a forceful crackdown on peaceful student protest against the government of Bashar al-Assad.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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