カテゴリー: Refugees
People who fled genocide in Myanmar for the world’s biggest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are finding their lives devastated by diseases such as cancer and diabetesThe tumours that kept growing in her chest were cut out three times before No…
Gun Ufuk, 29, sentenced to 20 years in prison over deadly sinking that occurred metres from shoreAn Italian court has sentenced a people smuggler to 20 years in prison for involvement in a shipwreck last year that killed at least 94 migrants.The court …
Boat drivers from former Soviet republics often have very little experience and no idea what they are doing is illegal, say NGOsPeople smugglers are increasingly recruiting people from former Soviet republics in central Asia to pilot boats carrying mig…
As Indonesia’s presidential election approaches, a campaign of disinformation against Rohingya is spreading across social mediaIn early December, hundreds of Rohingya refugees walked along the shore of Aceh province in Indonesia, with nothing to guide …
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crisesHuman rights across the world are in a parlous state as leaders shun their obligations to uphold international law, accordi…
A diplomatic breakthrough has allowed 62 refugees to start a new life in America. Yet a million still remain in fear and poverty in the Bangladeshi campsAfter 23 hours on his first international flight, it was only after stepping off the plane in the U…
Calls for drastic overhaul of funding as conflicts and climate crisis drive surge in humanitarian needs and appeals fall shortThe queue for water at Metche, a camp of 40,000 refugees on the Sudan-Chad border, starts at dawn and lasts until sunset. The …
UN warns of possible tragedy unless people are rescued from two boats on Andaman SeaAbout 400 Rohingya refugees have been adrift in two boats on the Andaman Sea for about two weeks, according to the United Nations, which called on regional governments …
In camps on the border with Thailand, thousands of people displaced by the military are subsisting on meagre rationsIt has been months since Naw Eh Wah has had a proper meal. The 15kg of rice she, like others living in the camp, was receiving every fou…
Fears South Korean court will impose harsh penalty on Kwon Pyong to appease BeijingThe father of a Chinese dissident detained in South Korea said his son will die if he is sent back to China, a country he escaped from on a jetski in a life-threatening …
Afghans waiting to be resettled in the UK and other western countries face steep charge in ‘unprecedented’ movePakistan’s decision to impose hundreds of dollars in exit fees for every Afghan refugee who fled the persecution by the Taliban has been cond…
Australian-funded humanitarian program has not funded housing, food and medical services for over a year, providers sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRefugees and asylum seekers held by Australia in Papua New G…
Security Force Monitor finds 64% of senior army officers led units allegedly committing killings, rapes, torture and disappearancesNew research into alleged war crimes in Myanmar has concluded that the majority of senior commanders, many of whom hold p…
Authorities go ‘door to door’ to round up and return thousands – many who fled from the Taliban – on first day of nationwide crackdownPakistan has begun arresting and deporting Afghan refugees who missed Wednesday morning’s deadline for them to leave, …
Papua New Guinea’s immigration minister John Rosso says whistleblower’s ‘serious allegations’ revealed by the Guardian have prompted auditFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…