Nativity scene shows ‘most well-known refugees’ Jesus, Mary and Joseph in cages
A nativity scene by the Claremont United Methodist Church's questions the US administration's separation policies at their southern border. The post Nativity scene shows ‘most well-known refugees’...
View ArticleRelief group: 216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria
BEIRUT — More than 200,000 men, women and children fled their homes in northwest Syria in buses, trucks and cars in recent weeks, amid intense air and ground bombardment by government forces, a Syrian...
View Article1st COVID-19 case detected in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh — The first coronavirus case has been confirmed in the crowded camps for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees are sheltered. The person from...
View ArticleTrump slashes US refugee admissions to record low
WASHINGTON, United States — President Donald Trump’s administration said the United States will admit a record low of no more than 15,000 refugees over the coming year despite surging global...
View ArticleBangladesh begins transfer of Rohingya to controversial island
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Bangladesh began transferring several hundred Rohingya refugees on Thursday to what the UN and rights groups worry is a dangerous low-lying island prone to cyclones and...
View Article‘Pray floods don’t kill us’: A day on Rohingya’s remote Bangladesh island
BHASAN CHAR, Bangladesh – As a Bangladeshi naval ship anchored off a remote Bay of Bengal island, some of the Rohingya Muslim refugees aboard clapped in anticipation of starting a new life on a piece...
View Article‘Arson’ destroys four Unicef schools in Rohingya camps
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Four Unicef schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been destroyed in a fire, officials said Tuesday, with the UN children’s agency calling it arson....
View ArticleSenior North Korean diplomat defected to South—reports
SEOUL — A senior North Korean diplomat who was acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to the South with his family, reports said Monday. Ryu Hyun-woo reached South Korea in September 2019 and sought...
View ArticleBiden set to accept more refugees after years of Trump restrictions
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden will issue an executive order to build up the country’s capacity to accept refugees, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said during a White House briefing on...
View ArticleBiden ramps up US refugee admissions to 125,000 per year
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his intention to massively increase the cap on annual refugee admissions to the United States, which fell to a historical low under Donald Trump....
View ArticleDozens of Rohingya refugees caught arriving in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Dozens of Rohingya, mostly women and children, were caught as they arrived by boat in Malaysia last month after fleeing a refugee camp in neighboring Indonesia, police said...
View ArticleScores of Myanmar citizens waiting to enter India—officials
GUWAHATI, India — Scores of Myanmar nationals have gathered at the border with India waiting to join about 50 who have already crossed the frontier to flee the country’s coup turmoil, Indian officials...
View ArticleBangladesh locks down Rohingya camps after virus spike
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — Bangladesh authorities on Thursday imposed a lockdown in five Rohingya refugee camps in the country’s southeast after a spike in coronavirus cases in recent days, officials...
View ArticleRohingya on Bangladesh island feel trapped, fear monsoons – HRW
Dhaka, Bangladesh — Rohingya refugees kept on a Bangladesh island fear they will be exposed to torrid conditions during the upcoming monsoon season, and are struggling with “inadequate” health and...
View ArticleCanada vows to nearly double intake of ‘protected persons’ as refugee family...
TORONTO – Canada will admit more refugees and their families this year as part of its effort to tackle a global crisis, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino said on Friday....
View ArticleCanada to accept 20,000 vulnerable Afghans such as women leaders, human...
OTTAWA – Canada plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters to protect them from Taliban reprisals, Immigration Minister Marco...
View ArticleU.S. Ex-presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees
Three former U.S. presidents – Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in...
View ArticleIndigenous protestors seek Norwegian ‘asylum’ for Brazilian tree
BRASILIA – Indigenous activists delivered a Jatoba tree to Norway’s embassy in Brasilia on Tuesday, seeking “refugee” status for it in a symbolic protest against the destruction of Brazil’s Amazon...
View ArticleAustralia, PNG to end asylum seeker offshore processing
SYDNEY — A longstanding deal that saw Australia detain asylum seekers in an offshore camp in Papua New Guinea will be scrapped, the two countries announced Wednesday. Under Australia’s hardline...
View ArticleSomalia accuses Somaliland of forcibly evicting hundreds
MOGADISHU — Somalia on Tuesday accused Somaliland, a breakaway state not recognized by other nations, of forcibly evicting hundreds of people from a border town, as the UN’s emergency response agency...
View ArticleAfghans flock to Iranian border, but few can cross
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — The number of Afghans attempting to cross the border to Iran has soared since the Taliban swept to power almost two months ago, but few make it across, an official said. Before...
View Article‘Cold will kill us’– Yemen’s fleeing families face desert winter
MARIB, Yemen — Forced to flee fighting in Yemen’s brutal war, Yehya Hayba and his family find themselves crammed into a desert tent with dozens of others, fearing the onset of winter. Hayba, his wife...
View ArticleDon’t exploit migrants for politics, pope says on refugee island
LESBOS, Greece — Pope Francis condemned the exploitation of migrants for political purposes on Sunday during a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, lamenting that Europe had entered “an era of walls...
View ArticlePope ends Mediterranean trip defending refugee rights
ATHENS — Pope Francis heard from young people, including children of migrants who have fled war or poverty, at a school in Athens on Monday as he wrapped up a trip to the Mediterranean in which he...
View ArticleStuck at the US-Mexican border, two migrants find solace in love
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — As they linger, trapped at the US-Mexico border, the young Nicaraguan man and Guatemalan woman say it is love that has helped them hang on to their American dream despite the...
View ArticleRomania becomes refuge for Ukrainians on Nato’s frontline
ISACCEA, Romania — Stepping off a ferry onto Romanian soil, Olga was relieved to have whisked her three children across the Danube river to safety after Russia invaded her country Ukraine. “My husband...
View ArticleUkrainian refugees flood Poland where warm soup and solidarity await
PODKOWA, LEŚNA, Poland — Yelena Kleban’s life was turned upside down in a matter of minutes when Russian bombs fell near her hometown of Lviv, but the Ukrainian refugee says the welcome she has...
View Article‘Another war’: Afghan flees Russian bombs in Ukraine
MEDYKA, Poland — After leaving Afghanistan a year ago, Ajmal Rahmani believed he had found a haven of peace in Ukraine. This week, he and his family had to flee again — this time to Poland to the...
View Article‘Peace donut’ a sweet way to support Ukraine
BERLIN — A German bakery is selling a “peace donut” to support Ukraine in a sweet way, with the pastries decorated in Ukrainian national colors to raise money for children forced to flee after Russia’s...
View ArticleTop US diplomat Blinken in Moldova amid Ukraine refugee crush
CHISINAU, Moldova — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Moldova Saturday to show US support as it faces a surge of refugees from Ukraine and fears it too could come under threat from...
View ArticleSpain takes in 25 Ukraine children with cancer
MADRID — Spain on Friday took in 25 Ukrainian children with cancer who will be able to continue their treatment after it was halted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the government said. “A defense...
View ArticleUkraine tries to get supplies to people ‘being suffocated’ in Mariupol
LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine planned to make a new attempt to deliver supplies to the besieged city of Mariupol on Tuesday as the first convoy of civilians allowed out by Russia reached safety and the Red...
View ArticleEU sees high risk of child trafficking as 3.3 million Ukrainians flee to Europe
The European Union’s migration commissioner warned on Monday that Ukrainian children were in danger of being trafficked as they flee their country from the Russian invasion. Ylva Johansson told a news...
View ArticleUS to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing war amid broader aid effort
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON — The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion and is pledging $1 billion in new humanitarian aid, the Biden administration said on Thursday...
View Article2.9 million Ukrainian refugees move on from border states – UN
Geneva, Switzerland — The United Nations (UN) said Friday that of the more than 6.6 million Ukrainian refugees who have fled to neighboring countries, 2.9 million have moved on to other European...
View ArticleExplainer: Why Venezuela’s refugee exodus to the US has been accelerating
U.S. and Mexican authorities recently announced a new policy that would expel Venezuelans entering the U.S. land border back to Mexico, but allow up to 24,000 people from the country to apply for...
View ArticleDeadliest year for Rohingya at sea in years as 180 presumed drowned
NEW DELHI/DHAKA — The possible sinking of a boat with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board will make 2022 one of the worst years for the community as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in camps in...
View ArticleNearly 200 starving Rohingya reach Indonesia after month at sea
LAWEUENG, Indonesia — Some died of sickness. Others of dehydration. But after more than a month adrift on the Andaman Sea without much food, medicine or a working engine, nearly 200 Rohingya reached...
View ArticleMyanmar jails 112 Rohingya for traveling ‘without documents’
YANGON — Myanmar authorities have sentenced 112 Rohingya, including a dozen children, to between two and five years in prison for attempting to travel to Malaysia “without legal documents”, state media...
View ArticleSurging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Mohammed Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between April and October last year. He recalls the September...
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