Norwegian Refugee Council [to 26 March 2016]

Norwegian Refugee Council [to 26 March 2016]
http://www.nrc.no/
Somalia
New trend for Somali youth
By: Oda Lykke Mortensen (24.03.2016)
Children out of school in Somalia face challenges and risks that may threat their future. With the Go to School project, funded by UNICEF, 450,000 children have been given education.

Refugee Crisis
Says no to police-run detention facilities
(23.03.2016)
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has decided to suspend a number of activities at the refugee and asylum seeker so-called ‘Hotspot’ facillity, Vial, on the island of Chios. “We cannot work independently and safely in a police-run detention facility. Now that it is a detention centre we no longer have adequate access to provide assistance to vulnerable refugees,” said Alain Homsy, Head of NRC operations in Greece.

Yemen
War in Yemen spikes displacement six-fold in one year
(22.03.2016)
The escalation of war and de-facto blockade in Yemen have resulted in the country’s largest ever displacement of civilians and unprecedented levels of poverty. Within one year alone, there has been a six-fold increase of people forced to flee their homes, raising the number to 2.4 million.