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Syrian refugees launch legal bid to try Assad for crimes against humanity
International criminal court asked to rule in case brought by 28 people who fled civil war Syrian refugees who fled to Jordan after being tortured and witnessing massacres have submitted dossiers of evidence to the international criminal court in a novel attempt to prosecute President Bashar al-Assad. Although Syria is not a signatory to the court, based in […]
Refugees in Libya ‘tortured’ for breaking out of detention centre
Nearly 150 detainees broke out of their cell in Tripoli’s Triq al Sikka earlier this week to protest against abuse. As many as 30 refugees and migrants, including minors, are believed to have been brought to an underground cell and allegedly tortured in Libya for breaking out and holding a protest earlier this week. An estimated 150 […]
Lebanon’s Syrian refugee camps battered by winter storms
Lebanon's Syrian refugee camps battered by winter storms Bekaa Valley, Lebanon – Syrian refugees in Lebanon are struggling with the aftermath of a storm that drenched the country's eastern and northern regions, delivered floodwaters and damaged hundreds of makeshift camps. Storm Norma, which last week brought with it incessant rain and snowfall, affected more than 22,000 refugees, […]
Refugees face deadly winter on Greek islands as charities call on government to prevent deaths
As winter approaches, the Greek government is being urged to act to prevent the possible deaths of refugees trapped in squalid camps. A dozen human rights organisations, including Oxfam and Human Rights Watch (HRW), have united to highlight the issue, stressing Greece needs the support of EU leaders to end the policy of “containment”, which restricts asylum-seekers to the islands […]
Theresa May condemns ‘what looks like ethnic cleansing’ of Muslim refugees in Myanmar
Theresa May has strongly condemned the crisis in Myanmar which ‘looks like ethnic cleansing’ of Muslims. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have poured over the border into Bangladesh, with harrowing stories of starvation, rape, and loss of their homes. The Rohingya people who live in western Rakhine state are a minority in the mainly Buddhist […]
Irma: Syrian refugees respond to Hurricane by cooking feasts for displaced victims
A group of Syrian refugees has responded to Hurricane Irma by cooking feasts for victims. Abeer and Nora al-Sheikh Bakri, two sisters, fled their homeland in 2012 and settled in Georgia four years later. After witnessing the destruction, they drove an hour to the Hamzah Islamic Centre in the city of Alpharetta, where they were told 39 […]
Refugee Hamed Shamshiripour found dead on Manus Island
An asylum seeker being held at an Australian detention camp on Manus Island has been found dead, hanging from a tree. Hamed Shamshiripour, a 31-year-old Iranian national, was found near the East Lorengau refugee transit center on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island on Monday. The Australian immigration department said it was aware of the death […]
How refugees are helping others in their situation as social entrepreneurs
By Jarrod Ormiston, Maastricht University While on the run from war, persecution and natural disasters, refugees are actually helping others in their situation. They are creating organizations and enterprises that train and offer jobs to fellow refugees, giving them a fresh start. And it's these enterprises that are also helping countries to overcome some of the challenges of economic […]
Trump travel ban suffers fresh setback as Hawaii judge rules more refugees must be allowed into US
A court decision on President Donald Trump's travel ban has reopened a window for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the United States, and the government is looking to quickly close it. The administration said on Friday it would appeal directly to the US Supreme Court after a federal judge in Hawaii ordered it to allow in refugees formally working […]
Nearly 250 refugees dead or missing after shipwrecks off Libyan coast
The final toll of dead and missing from two refugee shipwrecks off Libya at the weekend has risen to 245, the United Nations high commission for refugees (UNHCR) has said. Tuesday’s revised estimate is partly based on horrific accounts from hospitalised survivors, and raises the death toll in the two incidents by about 50 people. The revised […]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 […]
