refugees

Turkey threatens to scrap EU refugee deal unless visa-free deadline met

Aug 15, 2016 12:26

Turkey has once again threatened to scrap a refugee deal it has struck with the European Union (EU) unless the bloc grants visa-free entry into Europe to Turkish citizens by October.
Child sexual abuse rampant at Greece refugee camps: Charities

Aug 14, 2016 04:28

Charities and human rights groups warn that children as young as seven have been subjected to sexual assault at official European refugee camps in Greece.
Australia denies report of sexual abuse against refugees on off-shore centers

Aug 11, 2016 10:06

Australian authorities have denied a report that detailed alleged cases of sexual abuse against refugees in an Australian-run off-shore detention center, accusing the asylum seekers of making false allegations of sexual harassment.
Refugees clash with police at France-Italy border

Aug 06, 2016 03:26

A group of mostly African refugees have clashed with border police as they attempted to cross from the Italian coastal city of Ventimiglia into France.
Amnesty International censures world leaders over refugee crisis

Aug 04, 2016 09:19

Leading human rights group Amnesty International has denounced world leaders for their failure to tackle the global refugee crisis following the failure of talks for a new UN refugee deal.
Merkel defends Germany's refugees stance

Jul 28, 2016 15:15

Chancellor Angela Merkel defends her country’s open-arms policy toward refugees following a spate of brutal attacks in Germany, some reportedly carried out by newly-arrived asylum seekers.
3,000-plus refugees died trying to reach Europe in 2016: Report

Jul 26, 2016 09:10

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says more than 3,000 refugees have died trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea so far in 2016.
IOM says 2,977 have died in Mediterranean in 2016

Jul 22, 2016 10:30

The International Organization for Migration said Friday that nearly 3,000 refugees have lost their lives in the Mediterranean so far in 2016.
Serbia to launch new police, army teams to beef up border security against refugees

Jul 16, 2016 12:58

Belgrade says it plans to form joint police and army patrols to protect its borders and step up security there against refugees, warning that it would not allow Serbia to become a “parking lot” for EU-bound migrants.
Italy recovers 217 bodies of refugees from sunken ship

Jul 07, 2016 11:34

Italian emergency workers have recovered at least 217 bodies of refugees from the wreck of an overcrowded boat that sank in the Mediterranean last year.