UFSC’s ‘Without Borders’ Project Offers New Hope for International, Refugee and Migrant Students

Naeem AkhtarJune 28, 202602 mins

SANTA CATARINA:(PNP) The Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) is strengthening its commitment to internationalization and social inclusion through its Without Borders project, an initiative aimed at welcoming, integrating and supporting international, refugee and migrant students throughout their academic journey. According to project team member Déborah Bertelhe, the initiative provides a comprehensive support system…

Iraq should secure its borders, disarm Kurdish rebels, Iranian general

PNP DeskJuly 12, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

Iran-Iraq border, file photo Iran’s military has warned Iraq to secure its border and disarm Kurdish rebels in the Kurdistan Region by September 22. “We will wait until September because the Iraqi government has promised until then,” says Major General Mohammad Bagheiri, the chief of Iran’s armed forces. He said that if this deadline passes…

Beyond borders: Why new ‘high seas’ treaty is critical for the world

PNP DeskJune 19, 2023September 14, 202407 mins

1. Fresh protection beyond borders While countries are responsible for the conservation and sustainable use of waterways under their national jurisdiction, the high seas now have added protection from such destructive trends as pollution and unsustainable fishing activities. Adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), the “high seas”…

Keep Sudan borders open UNHCR urges, amid alarming rise in child deaths

PNP DeskMay 5, 2023September 12, 202406 mins

Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection said their first request was that countries allow civilians fleeing Sudan on “a non-discriminatory manner to access their territory”. She said this applied to Sudanese nationals, foreign nationals, and refugees who are being hosted in Sudan, “stateless persons, as well as those who do not have a passport…

Power struggle imperils Sudan’s future, ‘lights fuse that could detonate across borders’

PNP DeskApril 25, 2023September 12, 2024012 mins

António Guterres was addressing an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York, and again demanded an end to the fighting between troops loyal to Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) leader Fatttah al-Burhan, and his deputy on the so-called Transitional Sovereign Council, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo “Hemedti”. “It is incumbent…