Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/8/dhs-extends-protections-dozens-south-sudanese/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Friday extended a humanitarian reprieve for dozens of South Sudanese who have been in the U.S. for years, avoiding the chaos of their home country. Ms. Nielsen granted an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status, meaning 84 people will be able to remain in the U.Sun, 10 Mar 2019 05:30:00 +0100washtimes-5333f7e9eecd44dbea121d07da23b8b9washtimesen13.7014 -89.2002NaturalDisastersMigrationKirstjen NielsenTPSBarack ObamaHomeland SecurityInternational Rescue Committee20190310053000https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/8/dhs-extends-protections-dozens-south-sudanese/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Friday extended a humanitarian reprieve for dozens of South Sudanese who have been in the U.S. for years, avoiding the chaos of their home country. Ms. Nielsen granted an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status, meaning 84 people will be able to remain in the U.Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:45:00 +0100washtimes-5379c46a29ec290e2bd45eaac7272cfawashtimesen13.7014 -89.2002NaturalDisastersMigrationKirstjen NielsenTPSPresident ObamaHomeland SecurityInternational Rescue Committee20190308194500https://ec.europa.eu/echo/aggregator/sources/8_enEuropean Commission - Press release Brussels, 15 February 2019 The European Commission has released an additional €24 million in humanitarian aid for vulnerable Rohingya refugees and host communities living in Cox's Bazar district, in Bangladesh. Part of the funding will also cover disaster preparedness initiatives in the country.Sat, 16 Feb 2019 04:12:00 +0100EC-b7c6d277e657969bf700386457e7b5ccECen23.7099 90.4071AsylumRegionalPolicyHumanitarianAidEnvironmentalProtectionCivilProtectionCrisisResponseECnewsMigrationNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAidChristosStylianidesFRA-EUEU-AfricaEU-PacificEU-LatinAmericaEU-AsiaCivil ProtectionEUEuropean UnionEuropean CommissionThe CommissionCrisis ManagementEmergencyChristos StylianidesEuropean - Press20190216041200https://www.rescue.org/article/behind-headlines-temporary-protected-statusTemporary Protected Status (TPS) is a critical protection tool used to safeguard foreign nationals residing in the U.S. from deportation when conditions in their home countries make it unsafe for return. Nearly 500,000 people have benefited from TPS since it was established.Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:57:00 +0100rescue-511c2d5a237bc732d0808b5ca96fcf56rescueen40.218333 -79.488056MigrationNaturalDisastersTPSHomeland Security20190212175700