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Poverty, migration and disability in India: from challenges to change

6th October 2016 by Global Disability Watch

People with visual impairment crossing the railway track in India

By Shikha Gupta & Atul Jaiswal Globally, approximately 285 million people of the world’s population live with visual impairment, out of which 39 million are blind. In India, there are around 62 million people with visual impairment, of who which 8 million are blind and 54 million with low vision. India is home to the world’s […]

Filed Under: Asia, Write Inside Tagged With: India, Migration, Poverty, Vangani train station

My last chance: the story of Qusai, a disabled Syrian refugee

9th July 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Qusai recovering in bed. Photo credit: Darrin Zammit Lupi/JRS Europe)

Published by JRS Europe Author: Danielle Vella Go to Original Source Refugees who face a terrifying journey to seek life over death deserve praise for their courage. This came to me powerfully in recent weeks when I met so many travelling the Balkan route to find asylum in Europe. And especially when I listened to […]

Filed Under: Disability and Migration, Middle East Tagged With: Migration, Refugees, Syria

Malta: high number of suicide attempts among migrants

5th April 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Times of Malta 5 April 2016 Mental health support arrives “very late” for migrants, a human rights’ advocate believes, as figures show high numbers of attempted suicide by Somalis and Nigerians. The highest number of suicide attempts by non-Maltese between 2010 and 2015 were committed by British nationals, which is, however, closely followed by that […]

Filed Under: Disability and Migration, Europe Tagged With: Malta, Migration, Suicide

Girl in wheelchair sits silently at shut Macedonian border for hours

29th February 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Published by Reuters by Yannis Behrakis Feb 26 2016- Go to Original Source IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters)- Wheelchair-bound Zhino Hasan, 17, sat silently and alone for most of Friday in front of a closed border gate, hoping that Macedonia would relent and allow her and her family to resume their northward trek through the Balkans to Germany. Her […]

Filed Under: Europe, Middle East, News Tagged With: Greece, Iraq, Macedonia, Migration

Disability and forced migration: the experience of a Syrian Doctor

18th February 2016 by Global Disability Watch

by Ayman Mostafa* Over the years, migration from the South to Europe, across the Mediterranean, has been the prerogative of the young and healthy; those who can withstand the long and arduous journey. Smuggling networks were well established and offered their services to those who could afford the trip, monetarily and physically. For Syrians, this […]

Filed Under: Africa, Disability and Migration, Europe Tagged With: Mediterranean, Middle East, Migration, North Africa, Refugees, Syria

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