At this very moment — following generations of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and other disruptions to public order — 110 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide,...
The Free Speech Project and the Future of the Humanities Project co-hosted a virtual panel discussion about the international refugee crisis on Jan 24.
The event was part of the two organizations’...
Panelists spoke to Georgetown University community members about Argentina’s humanitarian visa for people displaced by disasters and the example the program sets on the global stage.
The Institute...
In the weeks before Putin launched his brutal invasion of Ukraine, Poland began constructing a new 18-foot-tall border wall designed to shut out thousands of Kurdish and Yazidi refugees stranded in freezing...
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On Aug. 21, four Georgetown University Student Association senators released...
Over the course of his first three years in office, President Donald Trump and the members of his administration have drastically reduced the number of refugees admitted to the United States. Trump’s...
The Georgetown University Faculty Senate, a governing body of 75 full-time faculty members who advise President John DeGioia, approved a resolution last week condemning President Donald Trump’s executive...
On Sept. 6, 2015, Pope Francis declared, "I make an appeal. ... May every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every shrine welcome one [refugee] family, beginning with my diocese of Rome....
At the 11 p.m. Mass in Dahlgren Chapel last week, one of the intentions was for “those who are hungry, homeless, feel unloved or feel like they have no one to love; may they see the face of Christ in...
Five students in the Masters of Arab Studies program course “Refugees in the Arab World” began a fundraiser for Syrian and Iraqi refugees in coordination with the Collateral Repair Project this...
Like many Georgetown students, Indra Acharya (COL ’18) is interested in pursuing a career in public service.
He imagines himself running for the Senate in Vermont someday, or perhaps serving as a...
A dozen Syrian women scheduled to perform the play “Syria: Trojan Women” on campus later this month will no longer be coming to Georgetown, after the U.S. government denied their visa applications.
The...
