refugees

Refugee chief slams UN for failing to resolve conflicts

Nov 03, 2017 08:54

The head of the UN refugee agency has warned about the growing plight of refugees worldwide, blasting the Security Council and global leaders for failing to avert and resolve the conflicts that have caused massive displacement.
Libyan coast guard rescues 299 refugees

Nov 01, 2017 14:24

Libya's coast guard has rescued 299 refugees including dozens of women and children from unseaworthy boats as they tried to reach Europe, a navy official said Wednesday.
Hundreds march in Sydney to support detained refugees

Oct 15, 2017 11:01

Hundreds of people have staged a protest rally in the Australian city of Sydney, demanding that the refugees held at notorious Australian detention camps on remote Pacific islands be allowed into the country.
Detained migrants in Libya ‘in disastrous conditions’

Oct 13, 2017 09:46

Thousands of previously Europe-bound asylum seekers held in Libyan detention centers are said to be in dire conditions and in need of urgent medical help.
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.