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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 […]
Cuddles, not bombs: how one woman helped children in Syria
Fatima, a jolly-looking woman in a sparkly grey jumper and tightly wrapped headscarf that accentuates her round, smiley face, laughs as she shows me into her living room in Manchester, which is comfortable even though the family moved in just a fortnight ago. She offers me nuts and biscuits, but then her demeanour changes. She shifts […]
MIGRANT CAMP BLAZE: ‘Refugees set light to mattress’ in huge fire
FIVE people have been arrested after a huge blaze broke out at a refugee centre in Germany that houses hundreds of migrants. Around 80 firefighters and police officers rushed to the scene at Hoevelhof-Staumuhle refugee facility in North Rhine-Westphalia at around 3.30pm yesterday afternoon. Pictures posted on social media showed thick, black smoke billowing from a one-storey […]
80 refugees to be accommodated in Co Roscommon hotel
There has been a mixed reaction to the news that 80 refugees will be located at a hotel in Ballaghaderreen in Co Roscommon. Several local people have criticised the Department of Justice, saying there was no consultation with the local community and no information until the announcement yesterday. One local businessman said while he would […]
Lack of jobs, housing: why some of Canada’s Syrian refugees are relocating
A year ago this December, the first wave of Syrian refugees to Canada arrived in their new homes across the country. But for some, home is still another big move away. In what's being called a second migration, many refugees from Syria are packing up their lives once again in an effort to find work, […]
Actor Kal Penn donates MasterChef prize to Palestinian refugees
Penn, movie star and former White House official, also called on his Twitter followers to donate to UNRWA Actor Kal Penn has donated his $25,000 prize for winning MasterChef Showdown to the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA. But supporters of the Palestinian cause say that the movie star also made a priceless contribution to the […]
Refugees Resettled In Chicago Help Make Its Most Famous Cheesecake
“People who come as refugees have great skills,” says Marc Schulman, the president of Eli’s Cheesecake, which has sold cheesecakes and other baked desserts since 1980. One-third of adult refugees arriving in the U.S. have college degrees, according to the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, a think tank that tracks the movement of people worldwide. […]
Syrian refugee who asked ISIS for €180,000 for bombings in Europe detained in Germany
The 38-year old man was detained early Saturday by German special forces in his flat in the city of Saarbrucken in the Federal State of Saarland. Official confirmation of the operation and further details emerged only on Monday. The Syrian refugee was arrested after Saarland police received a tip off from the Federal Criminal police. According […]
Ailing Vermont Town Pins Hopes on Mideast Refugees
They hustled into the church on a biting winter evening, unburdened themselves of scarves and gloves, and settled into pews to sound out words in Arabic. “Ahlan fii Rutland,” said Fran Knapp, a retiree who lives about 20 minutes away, one of two or three dozen people who have attended a class here on rudimentary […]
How are Australia’s Syrian refugees coping?
Australia has resettled about half of the 12,000 refugees it agreed to take in over the past 13 months from the conflict in Syria, but how are they adapting to life in their new country? It is a year since Iymen Baerli, a refugee from Syria, arrived in Sydney with his wife and three young children. Within […]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 […]
