Refugees
- Afghanistan, Calais, Europe, France, Global development, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Iran, Migration, Migration and development, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
‘They can’t grieve’: families in limbo as Channel boat victims left unidentified
French authorities accused of failing to investigate the fates of refugees who have gone missing at sea while …
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‘Life is meaningless’: despair for Rohingya refugees as chronic illness blights camps
People who fled genocide in Myanmar for the world’s biggest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are findi…
- Afghanistan, Europe, Human trafficking, Iran, Italy, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Syria, Turkey, World news
Italian court jails people smuggler over shipwreck that killed at least 94 migrants
Gun Ufuk, 29, sentenced to 20 years in prison over deadly sinking that occurred metres from shoreAn Italian co…
- Azerbaijan, Europe, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Migration, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, World news
People smugglers recruiting skippers from central Asia on Turkey to Italy route
Boat drivers from former Soviet republics often have very little experience and no idea what they are doing is…
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The online hate campaign turning Indonesians against Rohingya refugees
As Indonesia’s presidential election approaches, a campaign of disinformation against Rohingya is spreading ac…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Egypt, El Salvador, Europe, European Union, Global development, Human rights, India, Israel, Law, LGBTQ+ rights, Middle East and North Africa, Protest, Refugees, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Taliban, United Nations, US foreign policy, US news, Vietnam, World news
Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid…
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‘I can ride the bus. I can walk the streets’: the joy of freedom for Rohingya resettled in the US
A diplomatic breakthrough has allowed 62 refugees to start a new life in America. Yet a million still remain i…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Business, Chad, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, Food security, Global development, Humanitarian response, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Middle East and North Africa, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, United Nations, World news
‘We’re playing Whac-A-Mole’: why the aid system is broken
Calls for drastic overhaul of funding as conflicts and climate crisis drive surge in humanitarian needs and ap…
- Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, Thailand, World news
Fears grow for hundreds of Rohingya refugees adrift for two weeks
UN warns of possible tragedy unless people are rescued from two boats on Andaman SeaAbout 400 Rohingya refugee…
- Asia Pacific, Global development, Migration, Migration and development, Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Thailand, World news
‘I have no idea how I’ll survive’: Myanmar villagers who fled airstrikes face food shortage
In camps on the border with Thailand, thousands of people displaced by the military are subsisting on meagre r…
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Xi critic who fled on jetski to South Korea will die if sent back to China, says father
Fears South Korean court will impose harsh penalty on Kwon Pyong to appease BeijingThe father of a Chinese dis…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Human rights, Migration and development, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan under fire for ‘shocking’ $830 exit fee for refugees who fled Taliban
Afghans waiting to be resettled in the UK and other western countries face steep charge in ‘unprecedented’ mov…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Australian politics, Migration, Papua New Guinea, Refugees
Refugees in PNG told they will be evicted next week after Australian-sponsored housing bills not paid
Australian-funded humanitarian program has not funded housing, food and medical services for over a year, prov…
- Global development, Human rights, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Most top Myanmar officers responsible for rape and torture – war crimes report
Security Force Monitor finds 64% of senior army officers led units allegedly committing killings, rapes, tortu…
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Pakistan starts mass deportation of undocumented Afghans
Authorities go ‘door to door’ to round up and return thousands – many who fled from the Taliban – on first day…