Music therapy is well-placed to provide support in addressing trauma and promoting wellbeing.
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Music therapy offers a flexible and accessible way of supporting wellbeing and addressing traumatic experiences.
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Glasgow welcomes the world’s most famous graffiti artist, drawn to the city by the much-loved ‘Coneheid’ Duke of Wellington statue outside his exhibition.
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Gay and gender-diverse people have historically faced enormous obstacles finding refuge abroad.
Paul Kagame at a commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda in April 2023.
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The circumstances, challenges and history of Rwanda are intertwined with Paul Kagame’s own life story.
People fleeing war-torn Sudan on 13 May 2023.
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A spiralling Sudan will affect peace and security in the Lake Chad Basin region, of which Nigeria is a member.
Rohingya girls share a laugh in Kutupalong, the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh.
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As conflicts last longer, the number of refugees and other displaced people is on the rise.
Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, home to one million Rohingya refugees, is prone to flooding.
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Refugee settlements are particularly affected by high temperatures and extreme rainfall, even more so than the rest of their host countries.
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Problems in finding suitable housing will make it even more difficult for migrants to integrate successfully in Australian society.
Former South African constitutional court judge, Yvonne Mokgoro.
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Justice Mokgoro’s advocacy for group solidarity and reconciliation is discernible in several of her judgments.
Immigrants and teachers of English for speakers of other languages protest at Parliament Square in 2015.
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Although English to speakers of other languages (Esol) is treated like any other subject, it can offer far more to those learners.
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Research shows uncertainty and delays in visa processing have a terrible affect on applicants’ mental health, and the government must be mindful of this.
The Burundian flag flies at the head of a convoy of buses moving refugees back home from Tanzania in 2019.
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Tanzania’s refugee policy in the 1990s is a good example of how geopolitics affects ordinary refugees.
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Creating a school environment that is welcoming to everyone is important.
Refugees who crossed from Sudan to Ethiopia wait in line to register at the International Organization for Migration at Metema on May 4, 2023.
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The number of refugees leaving Sudan is particularly high because Sudan was itself host to a million refugees.
Saudi security officers stand guard off the seaport of Port Sudan in April 2023.
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There is a risk that Sudan’s conflict could spill over into neighbouring countries.
Research shows that uninsured people are more likely to get care later in pregnancy, and less care overall. This increases risks for mothers and babies.
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Discontinuing expanded health-care funding will result in less prenatal care for uninsured patients, more health risks, higher costs to the health system, and moral distress for health-care providers.
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to take place from July 26 to Aug. 11 in France.
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The IOC has an opportunity to disavow the violence and illegality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by extending the platform and status of refugee athletes to Russian and Belarusian athletes.
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Over time, Armidale locals had more positive attitudes towards refugees and the regional settlement program.
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The UK can count asylum seeker housing for 12 months as international aid.
RCMP officers approach a woman as she enters Canada via Roxham Road near Hemmingford, Que., on March 25, 2023. Asylum-seekers at the unofficial crossing will now be turned away following amendments to the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the U.S.
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The renegotiated Safe Third Country Agreement was politically expedient for Justin Trudeau’s government, but poses real policy and programming challenges.