by Agency Reporter | Jan 5, 2022 | Briefing
THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY (UNHCR) has commended the Government of Pakistan for its country-wide campaign to verify and update the data of some 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees, and to issue them with smart identity cards. Following a short pilot, the campaign,...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 5, 2022 | Briefing
THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS has called on the UK government to change tack following Lord Frost’s departure, and finally deliver on its promise to protect and enhance workers’ rights post-Brexit, one year after the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement came into place....
by Agency Reporter | Jan 4, 2022 | Briefing
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’S Ministry of Home Affairs has confirmed that Oxfam India’s registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) has not been renewed. This means that Oxfam India will not be able to receive foreign funds for any of its...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 3, 2022 | Briefing
SIX TRADE UNIONS representing the majority of education staff have issued a joint statement prior to the return of schools and colleges for the spring term in England. The statement is from the Association of School and College Leaders, the National Association of...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 3, 2022 | Briefing
WEALTHY COUNTRIES and pharmaceutical companies have catastrophically failed to ensure equal access to vaccines, leaving billions of people without life-saving medicines, says Amnesty International. Despite repeated calls from Amnesty and bodies such as the World...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 2, 2022 | Briefing
IN A LETTER to all Catholic parishes in Scotland for the Day of Prayer for Peace (Sunday 2 January 2022), Bishop William Nolan contrasts the enormous scale of global military spending with the plight of millions of displaced people facing persecution and poverty. He...
