Refugees
UN: Number of Displaced People Hits Record 68.5 Million
By the end of 2017, the number of refugees was nearly three million higher than the previous year and showed...
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Trump: US ‘Will Not Be a Migrant Camp’
US President Trump vowed to prevent the United States from becoming a "migrant camp" as he faced mounting pressure to...
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Germany to Refuse Migrants From July if No European Deal Found
Germany's Interior Minister Horst Seehofer vowed to close the border to migrants by July if Angela Merkel fails to find...
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In Iraq, Angelina Jolie Calls for More Aid for Refugees
Hollywood star and UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie called on world nations to increase their aid to refugees during her...
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Finland Jails Asylum Seeker for Life Over First Terror Attack in Country
The district court of Southwestern Finland found Abderrahman Bouanane guilty of two murders and eight attempted murders "with terrorist intent"...
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UN: People Smugglers Make Billions [Report]
People smuggling rings earned some $7.0 billion in 2016, according to the latest report by the U.N. Office on Drugs...
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Matter of Life and Death: Healthcare Costs Skyrocket for Syrian Refugees in Jordan
The majority of Syrian refugees in Jordan are in poverty. With the new legislative changes, they will no longer be...
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Spain Offers to Take in Migrant Ship After Italy, Malta Refuse to Let it Dock
The migrants, including pregnant women and scores of children, were saved in the Mediterranean by the French charity SOS Mediterranee...
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Myanmar Army, Government Hold Rare Meeting Over Rohingya Crisis
The meeting between Myanmar's army and civilian leadership, only the third of its kind since Aung San Suu Kyi's government...
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PM Salvini: Italy Cannot be ‘Europe’s Refugee Camp’
The newly minted deputy prime minister in Italy's populist coalition government Matteo Salvini said "common sense" was needed to stop...
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Foreign Activists on Trial for Helping Migrants Enter France
Three foreigners are being tried in southern France in the latest in a series of trials involving activists trying to help...
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UN: Aid Budget for Syrian Refugees is Four-Fifths Short of Goal
Donors at an April conference in Brussels pledged some $4.4 billion to help civilians affected by Syria's devastating seven-year war,...
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Police Clear Biggest Migrant Camp in Paris
The migrants removed by the police will be housed temporarily at more than 20 sites across the Paris region while...
Read moreMigrants Held in limbo After Police Dismantle Sarajevo Camp
Hundreds of migrants were left in limbo for hours Friday after Bosnian police dismantled a makeshift camp in Sarajevo.
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1Mln People Enter Colombia Amid Venezuela Crisis
At least one million people have entered Colombia from Venezuela since President Nicolas Maduro's government descended into crisis last year,...
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100,000 Migrants Fled to War-Torn Yemen in 2017
Nearly 100,000 migrants fled last year to Yemen, itself gripped by war and impending famine, to escape poverty and violence...
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Hungary Refuses to Sign Euro-African Declaration Mentioning Migration Advantages
Hungary on Wednesday refused to sign a declaration recognising the advantages of migration, despite its adoption by more than 50...
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Far-Right Attack Migrants During Sit-In Protest in Greece
A far-right group launched a violent attack overnight on migrants staging a sit-in protest on the Greek island of Lesbos,...
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500 Syrian Refugees Leave Southern Lebanon to Return Home
Around 500 Syrian refugees left southern Lebanon on Wednesday under an agreement between authorities in Beirut and Damascus that provides...
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Austria to Seize Refugees’ Mobile Phones and Demand Cash
The Austrian cabinet approved new measures on Wednesday requiring asylum seekers to hand over their mobile phones and up to...
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