Refugees
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At least five dead as migrant boat capsizes in Greek waters
Coastguard reports rescue of 39 survivors from boat that set out from Libya, but hopes fade for other passenge…
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Husband and wife to be forced apart by Home Office deportation flight
Man scheduled to depart for Pakistan on Tuesday, leaving wife in UK, but believes his life will be at riskA hu…
- Children's rights, Global development, Global education, Human rights, India, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Education is survival’: parents of Rohingya refugee children fight for their right to go to school in India
Official attitudes are hardening towards the minority group amid an anti-Muslim crackdown, say activistsFor Ro…
- Afghanistan, Court of justice of the European Union, Europe, European Union, Law, Refugees, World news
EU court rules gender and nationality enough to grant Afghan women asylum
ECJ ruling follows Afghan women’s challenge to Austrian court refusal to give them refugee statusThe European …
- Africa, Censorship, Europe, Germany, Global development, Iran, Journalist safety, Kurds, Media, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Syria, World news
‘This is a big chance for all of us’: Germany’s freedom hotel where exiled journalists take refuge
As attacks on the press rise, the House of Critical Voices offers sanctuary for media workers exposing abusesW…
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They fled Afghanistan. In the US, they have freedom – but fear a return
After the fall of the Taliban, more than 21,000 Afghan evacuees submitted asylum applications; 3,100 were able…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Internally displaced people, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers
Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official saysThousan…
- Afghanistan, Culture, Europe, Human rights, Music, Portugal, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
‘The Taliban tried to silence us’: the musicians who escaped to Portugal
With music now a crime in Afghanistan, Braga has become one of the few places where the practice is being pres…
- Afghanistan, Education, Global development, Global education, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Nothing compensates for the stolen years’: the Afghan women rebuilding shattered dreams in Iran
More than 1,000 days after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, women and girls are reluctantly seeking ed…
- Art, Art and design, Asia Pacific, Culture, Global development, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, Thailand, World news
Thai artist gives voice to Myanmar’s Shan refugees at Venice and Bangkok biennales
Themes of displacement and diaspora explored in collaborative textile project as part of The Spirits of Mariti…
- Africa, Egypt, Europe, Greece, Libya, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, World news
Charges dropped against nine Egyptians over 2023 migrant shipwreck off Greece
Greek court says it has no jurisdiction to hear case as disaster happened in international watersA Greek court…
- Afghanistan, Home Office, Immigration and asylum, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban
Families of those who helped British forces could be deported from Pakistan despite promise to resettle them i…
- Art and design, Bangladesh, Culture, Global development, Myanmar, Photography, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I can’t speak but my photos do’: how a mute Rohingya boy talks to the world
In 2017, a crying Asom Khan became the face of Myanmar’s refugees. Now 15, he has discovered his own passion f…
- Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
Dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued from overturned boat in Indian Ocean
Soaked survivors clung to hull overnight before being taken to safety by Indonesian rescue teamDozens of Rohin…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Human trafficking, Migration, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia
Death, abuse and torture: traffickers hold fleeing Rohingya to ransom for up to £3,000 a time
People trapped in the world’s largest refugee camp hope to seek new lives elsewhere despite threats facing the…