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
Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up