カテゴリー: Refugees
‘Mothers won’t die, babies can survive’: new maternal hospital opens in world’s largest refugee camp
As aid cuts strip back food and supplies, the facility offers a rare hope for Rohingya women who previously faced frightening and risky conditions to give birthKutupalong camp is at its quietest just before dawn. A thin grey light over the hills of Cox…
Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowdingAbout 250 people are missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, according to the UN’s ref…
Aid cuts mean the ethnically-cleansed refugees from Myanmar face a return to cooking over toxic flames, or keeping children out of school to spend all day scouring for firewoodFour years ago the US recognised the genocide of my people, and nations arou…
Journalists and activists who fled Taliban rule are living in fear as Pakistani police hunt and deport refugees after escalating cross-border clashesAt midnight on Saturday, Alma* stood at the check-in counter at Karachi airport in Pakistan with her hu…
Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocide allegations“Finally, I feel like our voices are being heard, and like something is going to happen that is positive for the community,” says…
Over four years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Claudia Janke’s photographic series features 7 Afghan women who have found safety in the UK after escaping at great personal risk. She worked using an Instant Box Camera, t…
British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in LondonAppeal court judges have backed a decision that dozens of asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on one of the world’s most remote islands, rej…
Barred from work and school in Bangladesh, thousands of refugees are making the perilous voyage to Malaysia by boat – with some beaten en route to extort even more moneyMajuma Begum stayed awake until 3am waiting for her son to return from the market b…
In Bangladesh, over a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp depend on aid – and cuts mean new arrivals are not even given shelterThe light of a single lightbulb powered by a backup generator lasts just long enough for Noor and Sowkat to s…
Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to elections’Myanmar’s junta applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for halting a scheme that protected its citizens from deportation from the …
In newly translated excerpts of a February interview, David Adeang wrongly stated the people Australia has begun deporting to his country are not refugeesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or dai…
Binod Shah, a refugee from Bhutan, went to church, got married and started an auto shop in Twin Falls, Idaho. But an arrest record got him caught in the ICE dragnetStephanie Shah kept her eyes on the winding road as rain streaked across the windshield….
The move, welcomed by UN, will allow thousands of people living in camps to support themselves and their familiesThailand is setting a global precedent this month by giving refugees permission to work in the country in an effort to tackle aid cuts and …
Ayoub Heidari of the Iranian embassy contests the claim that hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees may be released into neighbouring countriesFor more than four decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has hosted millions of Afghan refugees, providing …
Tehran considers move as part of multi-pronged offensive after bombing of nuclear sites and restoration of sanctionsIran is considering releasing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees across its western borders with Iraq and Turkey. It would be part…