Oxfam International
Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. Oxfam works directly with communities and that seeks to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.
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Newswire article Friday, April 15, 2016 Deportations of Refugees and Migrants from Greece Must be Halted as Fears of Human Rights Violations Grow Deportations of refugees and migrants from Greece to Turkey must be halted immediately and people wanting to seek asylum should not be kept in detention, said Oxfam, Norwegian Refugee Council and Solidarity Now today in Greece. Refugees could be returned to Turkey without having had a proper asylum... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Commission’s Selective Tax Transparency Proposal Leaves Most of the World in the Dark The European Commission has missed yet another chance to effectively end tax havens, campaigners say. Today’s proposal on tax transparency limits public country-by-country reporting to the EU and an arbitrary list of tax havens. This makes it impossible to effectively combat tax havens which have... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, March 29, 2016 Rich Countries have Resettled Just 1.39% of Syrian Refugees, Need to Step up Efforts Rich countries have resettled only 1.39 percent of the nearly five million Syrian refugees, a fraction of the 10 percent of people who need to be urgently offered a safe haven. As wealthy states meet in Geneva on 30 March to discuss the Syria refugee crisis, Oxfam urges them to redouble their... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, March 29, 2016 Recent Western Sahara developments pose a threat to regional stability Oxfam today expressed deep concern that recent events could exacerbate Western Sahara tensions and put the region on the brink of armed conflict. These developments include the expulsion from Western Sahara of 73 civilian peacekeepers and the closure of the Dakhla liaison office to the Western... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, March 24, 2016 Oxfam Suspends Aid Operations in Moria Camp in Protest to the Suspension of Migrants’ Rights by the EU and Turkey Oxfam has today suspended all of its operations in the Moria camp, on the Greek island of Lesvos, in response to the deteriorating treatment of migrants due to the recent deal struck between the EU and Turkey. Over the last few days, there has been a jump in the number of people on the move... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, March 18, 2016 EU and Turkey Deal Trades Human Beings for Political Concessions EU leaders today are set to strike a deal with Turkey that will see all people entering Greece irregularly via the Aegean Sea returned to Turkey. In exchange, the EU will resettle one Syrian refugee for each one returned. Oxfam’s migration policy lead, Sara Tesorieri, said: "EU and Turkish leaders... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, February 22, 2016 Fiji Government Trying to Contact Tropical Cyclone Winston Blackspots as Death Toll Rises The Fijian Government is still trying to contact areas that haven’t been heard from since being struck by Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston on the weekend. Oxfam in the Pacific Regional Director Raijeli Nicole said communication blackspots were making it very hard to assess damage and determine the... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, February 17, 2016 The World’s Poorest Should Not Pay for the Security and Defense of Europe Governments across Europe are planning to divert scarce development aid budgets to cover security and defense costs, anti-poverty campaigners understand. Proposals that aid money can be used for ‘preventing violent extremism’, police training and financing security costs are being mooted behind... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, February 09, 2016 UN Report Places Correct Emphasis on Need for Political Solutions to Crises On the publication of the UN Secretary General's, Ban Ki Moon, report in advance of the World Humanitarian Summit , Oxfam's Humanitarian Representative, Charlotte Stemmer, said:; "The UN Secretary General's report places emphasis on the need for political solutions to solve some of the world’s... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, February 01, 2016 Flatlining Support for Syrians Needs Jolt at London Conference Rich countries meeting in London this week must commit to real changes that will improve the lives of millions of Syrians, said Oxfam. The aid funding and resettlement places offered so far have often been so low as to be little more than token gestures. Syrians in need are waiting for actions not... Read more |