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Hammurabi Human Rights Organization - Iraqi Advice Hub of RESPOND
Hammurabi Human Rights Organization - Iraqi Advice Hub of RESPOND

by Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO) | RESPOND

HHRO, founded on April 1, 2005, is a non-profit non-governmental organization with more than 100 volunteers from different regions of Iraq, managed by a board of Directors of seven persons. The organization headquarter is in Baghdad. It has branch offices in Erbil and Nineveh, and has partnerships with local and international organizations. On December 2018, HHRO became a partner in a Consortium called "RESPOND.'' In light of this partnership, the aim was to open service Hubs for Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqis, therefore, since January 2019, Hammurabi has opened two service center…

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Spotlight on RESPOND-ers, Advice Hubs, IraqRESPOND Horizon2020Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO)Comment
A statement by Hammurabi Human Rights Organization on migrants and refugees stranded on the Turkish-Greek border!
A statement by Hammurabi Human Rights Organization on migrants and refugees stranded on the Turkish-Greek border!

by Hammurabi Human Rights Organization | RESPOND

Our organization condemns the use of refugees as an instrument for political purposes. Hammurabi Human Rights Organization calls on all actors to stop using this humanitarian issue for political goals and calls on civil society organizations and the international community to protect these refugees from cold, hunger, illness and other sufferings…

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Spotlight on RESPOND-ers, Greece, Iraq, TurkeyRESPOND Horizon2020Press Release, StatementComment
PRESS RELEASE: The “Hotspot” approach is NOT the solution!
PRESS RELEASE: The “Hotspot” approach is NOT the solution!

by RESPOND Project

The EC-funded international research project “RESPOND: Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond” calls for human-rights responses to the explosive situation at the refugee camp “Moria” and in the Aegean region.

After another fire in which a woman was burnt to death, on Sunday 29 September 2019, the inhuman and volatile situation of the “hot-spot” Moria on the Greek island, Lesbos attracted further worldwide publicity. The woman’s death on Sunday was the third in the last two months.

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Spotlight on RESPOND-ers, Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, UKRESPOND Horizon2020Uppsala Univercity, University of Warsaw, University of Florence, Austrian Academy of Science, Bilgi University, Swedish Research Institute Istanbul, Glasgow Caledonian University, Press ReleaseComment
RESPONDing Migration: Common trends in Migration Governance in Europe and Beyond
RESPONDing Migration: Common trends in Migration Governance in Europe and Beyond

The 2015 Refugee crisis has been one of the most critical challenges the European Union has faced in the past decades. The crisis has revealed a number of criticalities, both at the level of the EU and at the level of member states, which determined severe deficiencies in the migration governance system…

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Hungary, Germany, Austria, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Poland, Lebanon, Turkey, Sweden, UKRESPOND Horizon2020Comment