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Danish Demining Group (DDG) is the Human Security Unit under the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), specialised in clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance and reducing armed violence. DDG’s mission is to recreate a safe environment where one can live without the threat of landmines, unexploded ordnance and small arms and light weapons. [ 1 ]
The Danish Refugee Council is one of the key humanitarian actors in Syria and its neighboring countries, as more than 500,000 persons receive emergency relief from DRC each month in the region. The situation in and around Syria is the largest humanitarian crisis the world is facing and 30% of the population have left their homes as a ...
These NGOs are from Switzerland , Denmark (DRC – Danish Refugee Council), Italy (Cooperazione Internazionale or COOPI and Cesvi), Canada (Oxfam Quebec, Terre Sans Frontières), the United States (Mercy Corps) and the United Kingdom (Oxfam Great Britain); the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an international sovereign ...
Caritas Denmark (Danish: Caritas Danmark) is a Danish nonprofit organisation.It is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Denmark [3] and implements some social services in the country, while the core of its work are humanitarian and development programmes abroad.
The Danish Immigration Service (Danish: Udlændingestyrelsen or Udlændingeservice) is a directorate within the Danish Ministry of Refugees, Immigration and Integration Affairs. The service administrates the Danish Aliens Act ( Danish : Udlændingeloven ), in other words, it handles applications for asylum, family reunification , visas, work ...
Samaritas, formerly Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, [1] is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, human services organization that serves the entire Lower Peninsula of Michigan with more than 70 programs sites, including adoption, a community center, foster care, family preservation, independent, assisted living and rehabilitation centers for seniors, skilled nursing centers, refugee resettlement and ...
In 1996, the Danish Refugee Council opened an operation for the refugees. [6] From 1997 to 2004, Denmark provided 14 million dollars to the Azerbaijani refugees. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] During the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy , some Azerbaijanis took to the streets and protested against the cartoons.
Many Danish immigrants became homesteaders, contributing to the agricultural development of regions such as Alberta and Saskatchewan. In the 20th century, the reasons for Danish immigration to Canada diversified. Some sought economic opportunities, while others came for family reunification or to escape political turmoil in Europe.