BitNation’s Emergency Refugee Responds to Europe’s Lack of Union
The recent refugee crisis has led many to question the European nations and the role they play within the agreed upon “union.” It would seem that when a time of crisis has come upon such nations, the role they have to play is somewhat questionable and nonparallel to their agreed responsibility as a unified network. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made a comment that highlighted this directly, as he was giving his speech to the European parliament that was addressed by BBC. He opened his speech by admitting the European Union was “not in a good situation. There is a lack....
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The Syrian refugee crisis in several parts of Europe has been going on for months, as tensions in the country continue to escalate. While some European nations have pledged to accept thousands of refugees, border countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan are approaching "a dangerous saturation point" according to the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. Throughout all this, BitNation has been carrying out its BitNation Refugee Emergency Response (BRER) program to facilitate the distribution of emergency services and humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees. The group....
BitNation, which is a collaborative platform for do-it-yourself governance, just launched an emergency response program using blockchain tech to aid refugees. Currently, thousands of refugees are fleeing Syria and nearby countries due to the ongoing turmoil. Several governments, including that of Britain and Australia, have pledged to accept and resettle several refugees. Roughly 400,000 refugees have arrived in Europe so far this year and many more are expected to come within the next months. BitNation Refugee Emergency Response (BRER). According to its website, the BRER is a humanitarian....
A decentralized project called Refugee Emergency Response (BRER) was recently launched by Bitnation to help resolve the current refugee crisis in Europe by registering undocumented individuals on the blockchain. Bitnation founder Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof is seeking various ways to build cooperation with NGO’s and activists to help refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn and destabilized regions. Tempelhof explained to CoinTelegraph: “The refugee crisis in Europe is massive, and will last for years to come with millions of stateless people who can’t open bank accounts, or even take a....
In response to the military crisis in Ukraine, Binance Charity has committed $10 million to major Intergovernmental Organizations and local NGOs, including UNICEF, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, iSans and People in Need. They also launched a crypto-first crowdfunding site, Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund to allow people to donate crypto to help provide emergency relief to refugees and children and to support logistics on the ground such as food, fuel and supplies. Helen Hai is the Head of Binance Charity. She recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about organization’s....
In what could probably be called the surprise of the century, financial services company Western Union says Bitcoin just isn't quite ready for international money transfers - Western Union's big business. A huge surprise, indeed. It all went down at a Western Union conference that took place recently. "We're a long, long way from sending momma in Mexico $240 each month or a Somali family in a refugee camp $200 each month in bitcoin that is held in a wallet for conversion to local fiat currency and spending as needed," said MSB Compliance president Jay Postma. "The infrastructure and market....