refugee crisis

The crew of the LÉ Eithne rescued over 700 people yesterday.

9 years ago

An American mom saw Syrian refugees struggling to carry their babies, so she did something amazing. When California mum Cristal Logothetis was watching the news, night after night she was moved to tears by the heartbreaking situation happening on the beaches of Greece. Syrian refugees arriving by the boatload — quite literally. And to Logothetis, […]

11 years ago

As a parent, there are few moments where you feel so utterly grateful and lucky as when you glance at your sleeping children, all safe and snug and warm in their beds. Imagine, then, what it must feel like to see your child sleeping in an environment so very different than the above? When you […]

11 years ago

A stateless child is now born every ten minutes, the United Nations has warned.  According to the latest UN refugee agency report, the conflict in Syria and the global migrant crisis has intensified the problem. As thousands continue to risk their lives in search of a safe future for themselves and their families, children born […]

11 years ago

The body of a baby was found washed ashore on the coastline of Greece, early yesterday morning.  Just one month after young Syrian refugee, three-year-old Aylan Kurdi was found on a beach in Bodrum, Turkey – this is yet another tragedy to silence the world. The child’s body was badly decomposed and is reported by the […]

11 years ago

It’s been a week of harrowing scenes at the Hungarian-Serbian border, but just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, a truly shocking video has emerged, apparently showing a camerawoman purposely tripping a man carrying a small child.  The camerawoman, who worked for Hungarian news site N1TV, has since been dismissed after a German […]

11 years ago