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In a Syrian refugee camp: I would tell President Trump ‘to come and see’ us
Families crammed into ramshackle tents. Children playing amid garbage. Their parents, bewildered and fearful — with no place to go. That is life in Jdita, a settlement center for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. “What you see now is how we live every day,” says Hana Khalaf, surrounded by a half-dozen young children, her […]
Greensboro toddler mauled by pit bulls son of Syrian refugees; GoFundMe started
The toddler mauled in a pit bull attack Tuesday morning is the son of Syrian refugees who moved here in August. A male and female pit bull on Valley View Street attacked the 19-month-old boy about 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, police said. A responding Greensboro police officer shot the male pit bull. Animal control captured the […]
Australian foreign minister says U.S. refugee swap proceeding
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Saturday that a controversial refugee resettlement deal with the United States would go ahead, despite U.S. immigration officials postponing interviews with asylum seekers. Reuters reported on Friday that U.S. officials had pulled planned second-round interviews with detainees in an Australian camp on the Pacific island of Nauru, suggesting […]
Turkish gov’t to set up new refugee healthcare centers, employ Syrian medical staff
Turkish gov’t to set up new refugee healthcare centers, employ Syrian medical staff Hosting more than 3 million Syrian refugees despite lack of global support, Turkish institutions and authorities are doing everything in their power to make Syrians feel at home and to provide them with necessary basic needs. Speaking at an exclusive live program […]
Bureaucrats Bring 500 Refugees Into Country One Day Before Trump’s Expected Ban
Bureaucrats at the State Department brought 500 refugees into the country on Tuesday, one day before President Trump “is expected to order a multi-month ban on allowing refugees into the United States except for religious minorities escaping persecution, until more aggressive vetting is in place,” according to Reuters. The temporary ban on refugees will be one of […]
Cold weather reignites fears for refugees poorly sheltered in Greece
A new bout of cold weather across southern Europe has reignited fears for thousands of refugees and migrants sheltered in deplorable conditions in Greece. Forecasts of freezing temperatures have also been met with trepidation by international agencies, aid groups and local mayors on islands. “Thousands of people are poised to suffer needlessly in conditions that are becoming […]
Trump to Sign Orders Limiting Immigration, Refugees
President Donald Trump is poised to sign executive orders as soon as Wednesday that would limit immigration and the flow of refugees into the United States, restricting access from some predominantly Islamic countries, according to media reports. Citing congressional aides and immigration experts, Reuters initially reported Tuesday that Trump plans to sign orders Wednesday at the Department […]
European countries mistreating refugees in cold weather, says UN
Refugee agency claims people being pushed back over borders, beaten by police and having phones and clothes confiscated Refugees and migrants at risk of dying in the severe cold weather sweeping across Europe are being moved back over borders and subjected to violence and confiscations, the UN’s refugee agency has said, as it calls on […]
Lost at sea: The search for missing refugees
The last time Gholam saw his wife and two children was in the brief moment before a high wave split their boat in half and catapulted the dozens of people on board towards the sea. In the chaos of October 16, 2015, Gholam, an Afghan refugee from Kabul, held his eldest son's head above water […]
Syrian Refugees Flee from War…and Into Risky Earthquake Areas
Syrian Refugees Flee from War…and Into Risky Earthquake Areas Syrian refugees fleeing civil war have flooded into areas of Turkey that are riven with dangerous earthquake faults, new research shows. As a result, traditional seismic hazard maps may underestimate by 20 percent how many people could die in a cataclysmic quake, according to research presented here […]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 […]
