refugees

Eight dead, 20 missing in refugee shipwreck off Tunisia coast: UN migration agency

Oct 09, 2017 16:21

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least eight people lost their lives and 20 others went missing after a refugee boat collided with a Tunisian ship off the coast of the North African country.
Stop sending Afghan refugees back to danger: Amnesty to EU

Oct 05, 2017 10:15

Amnesty International says the European Union is “brazenly” violating international law by forcing thousands of Afghan refugees back to their war-torn homeland, where they face the risks of death, torture and other “horrors.”
Libya’s Haftar requests helicopters from Europe to curb migration

Sep 29, 2017 12:51

Powerful Libyan military commander General Khalifa Haftar has requested helicopters and drones from Europe to curb rampant migration on Libya’s southern border.
EU plans to accept 50,000 refugees from Africa, Mideast

Sep 27, 2017 14:22

The EU unveiled plans Wednesday to take at least 50,000 refugees directly from Africa, the Middle East and Turkey to discourage refugee boats from making the risky Mediterranean crossing.
Germany restarts deportation of Afghan refugees

Sep 13, 2017 11:49

Eight Afghans expelled from Germany arrived in Kabul on Wednesday as Berlin resumed deportations of rejected asylum seekers from the war-torn country months after suspending the process when a huge truck bomb hit the Afghan capital.
Court obligates Australia to pay damages to refugees

Sep 06, 2017 06:47

Australia has been obligated by Victoria State’s Supreme Court to pay billions in compensation to hundreds of asylum seekers it has been illegally keeping in dire conditions on a remote island.
African, EU leaders meet in Paris to discuss migrant crisis

Aug 28, 2017 12:14

Seven African and European leaders are meeting in Paris to discuss ways to stem the flow of migrants into Europe from northern Africa.
Chancellor Merkel says liberal refugee policy was right from beginning

Aug 27, 2017 10:05

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her 2015 decision to admit hundreds of thousands of refugees into the country, saying protests and demonstrations would not change her liberal approach to the issue.
Armed Libyan militia halting refugee boat departures to Europe

Aug 22, 2017 08:19

A local armed group in a Libyan coastal city west of the capital Tripoli has reportedly been halting refugee boats from setting out across the Mediterranean, leading to a rapid drop in the risky sea voyage over the past month.
Canada working to handle surge in refugee arrivals from US

Aug 19, 2017 06:18

Soldiers busily assemble tents with wooden floors, lighting, and heating in Canada's Quebec Province near the US border to temporarily house a surge in asylum seekers from the United States.