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Under Trump plan, refugees from 11 countries face additional U.S. barriers
The Trump administration will temporarily delay the processing of most refugees from 11 countries identified as high-risk while resuming refugee admissions for other countries, government officials said on Tuesday. Most of the affected countries are in the Middle East and Africa, according to documents seen by Reuters. The administration also will place on hold […]
Why It’s Far Too Early to Talk of Return for Syrian Refugees
While several states might want a quick solution to the plight of Syrian refugees, returns are not a realistic option until the conflict comes to an end, writes Chatham House Associate Fellow Jeff Crisp. SINCE 2011, SOME 5 million Syrians have fled from the armed conflict in their homeland and sought refuge abroad, the largest numbers of […]
Watch The Movements Of Every Refugee On Earth Since The Year 2000
In 2016, more refugees arrived in Uganda–including nearly half a million people from South Sudan alone–than crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. While the numbers in Africa are increasing, the situation isn’t new: As the world continues to focus on the European refugee crisis, an equally large crisis has been unfolding in Africa. Watch The […]
Germany’s Merkel to press Saudi Arabia on refugees’ rights
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, where she is expected to press royals on a number of sensitive issues, including taking in refugees, while also boosting important business ties in her first visit to the country in seven years. Merkel met King Salman in the Red Sea city of Jiddah and […]
EU calls for urgent protection of 23,000 child refugees left stranded in camps
Urgent action is needed to help at least 23,000 unaccompanied child refugees stranded in squalid and unsafe Greek and Italian refugee camps, an official EU audit has warned. Camp life in Greek and Italian “hotspots” – holding centers set up at migrant arrival points – is plagued by a lack of security safeguards, water, decent […]
U.N. Calls on Gulf Countries to Do More to Help Syrian Refugees
A senior United Nations refugee official on Sunday called on Gulf Arab states to give more to help Syrians displaced by six years of civil war, saying she saw little sign that the crisis would end anytime soon. Speaking during a visit to Kuwait to sign a $10 million aid agreement for Syrian refugees in […]
IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FIND HOMETOWN IN RUINS
Large parts of the once thriving Christian community of Quaraqosh in Northern Iraq have been left in ruins. The church in the town, which lies near Mosul, was destroyed by ISIL. Now liberated from the extremists, those Christians who have returned, are struggling to deal with the new reality. Marie Sabri a displaced resident said: ‘‘What […]
Refugee crisis cannot be solved by building higher walls
The refugee crisis is a “global issue” and to solve it we need greater cooperation among all international powers, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Saturday. When asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent visa ban against seven Muslim-majority countries during a news conference with British PM Theresa May in Ankara, Yıldırım said the refugee […]
Syrian, Iraqi refugees dive into first Queensland summer with beach swim
Refugees who fled war-torn Syria and Iraq have been given a taste of a classic summer tradition, with their first swim at an Australian beach. More than 100 of Queensland's newest residents dove headfirst into the surf adventure at Caloundra, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Refugee agency MDA brought the group to the beach, including 13-year-old […]
‘Deplorable’: Disabled refugees ‘overlooked’ and ‘underserved’ in Greece – HRW
Disabled refugees and migrants are not identified, and receive neither the medical assistance they require nor access to essential facilities like toilets, showers, and food, according to the latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report was based on 40 interviews with refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrants, and uncovered quite a few issues of concern over the […]Donate Now
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It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]
