Tag: refugees

As Venezuela is enduring one of the worst political and economic crises in its history, more and more people try ...

EU Court Rejects Refugee Sexuality Tests

2018/01/25

The E.U.'s top court ruled that psychological tests to determine sexuality are illegal for aslyum seekers fleeing countries where homosexuality ...

Officials: 10 Syrians Die of Cold Trying to Flee into Lebanon

2018/01/19

Ten Syrians have died trying to flee their war-torn country into neighbouring Lebanon after they were caught in a fierce ...

Germany to Cap Yearly Refugee Arrivals at About 200,000

2018/01/12

Germany will limit the number of asylum seeker arrivals to around 200,000 annually under a draft coalition agreement sealed Friday.

Moroccan Court Probes Spanish Activist for Saving Drowning Migrants

2018/01/10

Spanish activist Helena Maleno was questioned by a judge in Tangiers, Morocco over accusations she is involved in facilitating illegal ...

Myanmar Army Admits for First Time to Killing 10 Rohingya

2018/01/10

Myanmar security forces took part in a massacre of 10 Rohingya in September, the army chief's office said Wednesday, admitting ...

Bangladesh Court Upholds Ban on Rohingya Marriage

2018/01/08

A Bangladesh court on Monday upheld a government ruling banning marriage between its citizens and refugees from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya ...

Israel’s Netanyahu Calls for Closure of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency

2018/01/07

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for the closure of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.

Women and children living in the Rukban camp along the Syria-Jordan border in 2016.

Jordan Agrees to Send Aid to Syrians Stranded Near Rukban Border Crossing

2018/01/07

Jordan on Sunday said it had agreed to a U.N. request to deliver humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of ...

'Refugees Welcome' banner in Berlin, Germany

German Minister Supports Age Tests for Young Refugees

2018/01/03

Germany's interior minister on Wednesday advocated medical tests to estimate the age of undocumented young asylum seekers.

Bangladesh Plans to Send 100,000 Rohingya Back to Myanmar

2017/12/29

Bangladeshi authorities said Friday that the country wants to send some 100,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar in the first batch ...

Iraqi Refugee Travels Five Hours Hiding Under Bus in Balkans

2017/12/28

A young Iraqi refugee sneaked under a bus in Serbia and traveled for five hours clinging to its axle before ...

Jerusalem Pope Francis refugees Christmas

Pope Urges Catholics not to Ignore Plight of Refugees

2017/12/24

Pope Francis in his Christmas eve mass urged the world's 1.3 billion Catholics not to ignore the plight of migrants ...

‘10,000 Refugees’ to Be Relocated from Libya to EU in 2018

2017/12/24

Up to 10,000 people stranded in refugee camps and detention centres in Libya could be relocated to Europe in 2018, ...

‘Humanitarian Corridor’ Opened from Libya to Europe

2017/12/22

A group of 162 "vulnerable" refugees were flown directly from Libya to Italy on Friday for the first time.

Rohingya families arrive at a UNHCR transit centre near the village of Anjuman Para, Cox’s Bazar, south-east Bangladesh, on October 19 after spending four days stranded at the Myanmar border with some 6,800 refugees.

Quarter of Rohingya Refugee Children Acutely Malnourished

2017/12/22

A quarter of Rohingya children under age 5 who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar suffer from potentially life-threatening malnutrition levels, ...

Lebanon Conducts First-Ever Census of Palestinian Refugees

2017/12/21

More than 174,000 Palestinian refugees live in Lebanon, authorities announced after the first-ever census of its kind in the country.

France Takes in First Refugees Screened in Africa

2017/12/18