refugees

‘Racist and baseless’: Haiti rejects Trump’s latest rant against migrants

Oct 10, 2021 05:49

Haiti has rejected as "racist and baseless" claims made by former US President Donald Trump that the Caribbean nation’s migrants entering the United States would put Americans at risk of contracting AIDS.
Iran unable to take new refugee burden without external support: Official

Oct 06, 2021 02:11

An Iranian government official has told the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) that the country would no longer be able to resettle Afghan migrants without proper assistance from the international community.
Racist US immigration official calls Afghans 'worms'

Oct 03, 2021 04:56

Afghans who collaborated with American forces in the 20-year war on Afghanistan and were evacuated to US military bases for protection have been described as "worms" by a racist American immigration official.
Trump says Biden's border crisis turning US into ‘cesspool of humanity’

Sep 20, 2021 03:14

Former US President Donald Trump has slammed the administration of President Joe Biden over tense situation on the southern border with Mexico, saying that the United States is becoming a “cesspool of humanity“.
Intl. community, Taliban must reconcile to restore stability in Afghanistan: UN refugee chief

Sep 16, 2021 05:30

The UN refugee chief has urged the international community and the Taliban to come to a common ground to help restore the desperately-needed stability in Afghanistan and to prevent a humanitarian crisis there.
Tens of thousands of US-bound migrants stuck in Mexico's 'open-air prison'

Sep 16, 2021 05:03

Tens of thousands of US-bound refugees have been stranded in what they describe as a huge open-air prison in southern Mexico.
France says UK must stick to commitments on migrant crossings

Sep 09, 2021 10:07

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday that he had clearly told his British counterpart Priti Patel that the United Kingdom must stick to its commitments on migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach Britain.
Supreme Court orders Biden to revive Trump's 'remain in Mexico' immigration policy

Aug 25, 2021 03:34

The US Supreme Court has denied President Joe Biden’s effort to rescind an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the United States.
Erdogan says Turkey not ‘Europe's migrant storage unit’ as EU guards against Afghan refugees

Aug 20, 2021 10:40

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on European governments to take responsibility for refugees coming from Afghanistan, insisting that his country has no intention of becoming "Europe's migrant storage unit" after the Taliban’s takeover triggered a new wave of refugee outflow.
Biden under fire for deportation of vulnerable migrants at southern border

Aug 12, 2021 04:21

The administration of US President Joe Biden is ramping up deportations and prosecutions of migrants crossing the southern border, under a Trump-era order, that left vulnerable asylum-seekers subjected to sexual abuse and murder at the he hands of drug cartels and human traffickers, right organizations warn.