refugees

IOM to fly 10,000 refugees out of Libya in 2017

Mar 31, 2017 16:41

Up to 10,000 refugees stranded in Libya will be flown back to their home countries this year, but the returns can only play a limited role in tackling migrant flows toward Europe, the head of the UN migration agency's Libyan office said.
Number of Syrian refugees passes 5 million: United Nations

Mar 30, 2017 10:10

The United Nations says the number of refugees, who have fled the foreign-backed militancy in Syria, has now gone beyond the five million mark.
About 146 feared dead after boat capsizes in Mediterranean: UN

Mar 29, 2017 13:26

A rubber boat packed with refugees has sank in the Mediterranean, with the presumed sole survivor saying that he believes all other passengers drowned, the International Migration Organization (IOM) says.
Saudi attack on Somali refugee boat likely war crime: HRW

Mar 27, 2017 12:10

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says a recent deadly aerial aggression on a boat carrying Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen, “apparently” carried out by the Saudi-led military coalition, likely amounts to “war crime.”
Egyptian court jails 56 over refugee boat shipwreck

Mar 26, 2017 09:57

An Egyptian court sentenced 56 people to prison terms of up to 14 years on Sunday over the capsizing of a boat that killed over 200 people, one of the deadliest disasters in the dangerous Mediterranean crossings of migrants to Europe.
Refugee boat capsizes off Turkey, 12 killed

Mar 24, 2017 14:42

A boat carrying 22 Syrian refugees has capsized off Turkey's Aegean coastal town of Kusadasi, leaving at least 12 people dead and three others unaccounted for.
Hundreds feared dead as refugee boat sinks off Libya

Mar 24, 2017 03:56

Around 250 African migrants are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean after a charity's rescue boat found five corpses and two partially submerged rubber dinghies off Libya, a spokeswoman has said.
Turkey threatens to cancel refugee deal in row with EU

Mar 16, 2017 16:35

Turkish President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan has threatened to end a contentious agreement with the EU, aimed at halting the refugee influx into the continent as tensions between the two sides continue to escalate.
About 1,300 rescued refugees arrive in Italy's Sicily

Mar 05, 2017 17:14

About 1,300 refugees have arrived in the island of Sicily on rescue ships over the weekend after crossing the Mediterranean, Italian authorities say.
Pro-refugee rally eclipses far-right demo in Germany

Mar 05, 2017 10:43

Scores of anti-refugee demonstrators have staged a rally in western Germany to denounce the country’s asylum policy but have been dwarfed in numbers by a massive group of counter-protesters.