Refugees
Guatemala Court Blocks Signing of Migration Deal With US
Opponents say the deal would provoke a humanitarian crisis, as the country is not equipped to welcome large numbers of...
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Israeli Settlers Take Over East Jerusalem Home After Decades-Long Court Battle
Peace Now said in a statement "the settlement in Silwan not only harms the prospects for a conflict-ending agreement and...
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Europe’s Once Biggest Migrant Center Shut Down in Italy
What was once Europe's biggest migrant reception center, in Mineo in Sicily, officially closed on Tuesday in the presence of...
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Latin American Countries Develop Plan to Integrate Venezuelan Migrants
To help integrate the millions of refugees leaving Venezuela, 14 Latin American and Carribean countries adopted a new plan to...
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Dozens of Trafficked Rohingya Muslims Found Stranded in Myanmar
Myanmar's army drove 740,000 of the stateless minority into Bangladesh in a bloody crackdown in 2017. UN investigators have called...
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Pope Francis: Migrants Are a Symbol of Those Rejected by Globalization
"They are persons, these are not mere social or migrant issues!" the pope said.
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UN Rights Chief ‘Shocked’ by Conditions at US Migrant Detention Centers
The U.N. human rights chief said Monday that she was "deeply shocked" by conditions under which migrants and refugees are...
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Migrant Rescue Boat Captain to Sue Italy’s Salvini for Defamation
Italian police last week arrested Rackete, 31, after she defied orders to stay away and forced her way into port...
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HRW Condemns ‘Pressure’ on Syrian Refugees to Leave Lebanon
Human Rights Watch on Friday condemned Lebanon's order for Syrian refugees to demolish their hard shelters as tantamount to "illegitimate...
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Migrants Face ‘Massacre’ at Libya Detention Center
The U.N. refugee agency's pleas to move those held in detention centers away from the fighting fell of deaf ears.
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French Mayor Convicted for Harassing Migrant Helpers
Rights group Amnesty International last month accused French authorities of harassing, intimidating and even attacking migrant helpers in northern France...
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Myanmar to Send Envoys to Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh
Some 740,000 Rohingya fled a brutal crackdown by Myanmar's military in 2017 in Rakhine state and are living in camps...
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Arrest of Migrant Rescue Ship Captain in Italy Fuels Tensions With Germany
Her vessel, banned from docking by Italian authorities, knocked the speedboat while pulling up to the pier on Saturday after...
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Thousands Displaced by Boko Haram in Nigeria Protest Over Food
Thousands of people displaced by Boko Haram violence poured into the streets of the Nigerian city Maiduguri Thursday to vent...
Read moreRights Groups Denounce France’s ‘Punitive Policy’ on Migrants
The groups claimed that two people had committed suicide in the migrant holding centers, also citing cases of hunger strikes,...
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ICC Prosecutor Seeks Full Myanmar Atrocities Probe
U.N. investigators have separately called for the prosecution of top Myanmar generals for "genocide."
Read moreSea-Watch Migrant Rescue Boat Defies Salvini, Heads for Italy
On Lampedusa, a priest has camped in the street to demand those on board - including three minors - be...
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Mexico Will Not Detain Migrants at US Border: President
Mexico's President Lopez Obrador has been pushed into a more hardline stance by Trump, who threatened last month to impose...
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Number of Asylum Applications Grows Only for Certain EU Countries [Report]
Only 665,000 people applied for asylum in the European Union last year, but nearly half of all E.U. states have...
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Climate Change to Create Up to 143Mln Additional Migrants by 2050 [Report]
By 2050, climate change is estimated to create up to 143 million additional migrants in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and...
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