
Linn Biörklund
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Geographies of displacement, violence, humanitarianism, and the everyday I PhD Candidate @YorkGeography @CRSYorkU @DIGHR I Also @MSF and antique silver.
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13-03-2012 08:24:28
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The death toll continues to climb in Turkey and northern Syria following two devastating earthquakes. Executive director of Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières, joe_belliveau joins Candace to discuss the humanitarian aid efforts in the aftermath.



The recent St Lawrence drownings and the Juarez fire are tragedies but not accidents. They're predictable outcomes of restrictive #migration policies, like the closure of #Roxham rd. More... 👇 Linn Biörklund Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières theconversation.com/tragedies-not-… via The Conversation Canada

Juárez fire and St Lawrence drownings are tragedies, not accidents. They are predictable outcomes of anti-#Immigration policies, incl '#SafeThirdCountry' Agreements. The latest is the closure of #Canada's Roxham Rd. The Conversation Canada joe_belliveau theconversation.com/tragedies-not-…

Our Executive Director joe_belliveau visited #Ottawa yesterday. He explained to the Canadian Parliament why a #humanitarian exemption to Bill C-41 is not a want but a need. Full rundown on the potential impact 👉 bit.ly/3KGH85k Watch his statement 🎧👇



Short story: V1 of Bill C-41 would have crippled #humanitarian action from #Canada. V2 just passed into law upholds the right and freedom of humanitarian orgs to act immediately wherever we are needed. BIG WIN today. MSF International . Full story 👇🏼

As we mourn the gut-wrenching loss of life in the #Pylos shipwreck, we join Oxfam International Save the Children International Amnesty International IRC - International Rescue Committee MSF International & others in call for concrete actions to end deaths and violence at EU borders hrw.org/news/2023/06/1…


A message by Executive Director joe_belliveau about the large milestone of the passing of #BillC41 through senate. "It upholds the principle that humanitarianism can never be considered a crime." Thank you to our followers for sharing our advocacy on this issue. #Cdnpoli





The longer version of the video of Egyptian podcaster Rahma Zein confronting CNN reporter Clarissa Ward at the Rafah crossing. It's raw, sincere, and powerful. Much respect for Rahma, she expressed our collective pain at the Western media's dehumanization of the Palestinians.

#CeasefireNow - Sign the Petition! chng.it/9RyTpb7y via Change.org Canada
