カテゴリー: Refugees
Tracking data indicates two vessels stood by or circled around stationary refugee boat for several hoursTracking data suggests an overcrowded fishing boat that sank off the Greek coast last week with the feared loss of hundreds of lives had not moved f…
Suspected people smugglers to appear in court in Kalamata, as police in Kashmir announce 10 arrestsNine suspected people smugglers are to appear before a Greek court accused of piloting the fishing trawler that sank off the coast of Greece last week le…
Witnesses say some groups were forced into the most hazardous part of the vessel that sank, leaving hundreds feared deadPakistani nationals appear to have been singled out on the trawler that sank off Greece last Wednesday with hundreds of passengers f…
Horrors at sea will continue until the west faces up to its responsibilities and recognises its part in the plight of refugeesThe nationalities of the several hundred people assumed to have drowned in the latest, terrible migrant boat tragedy in the Me…
Downing Street crisis meeting hears that about 8,000 who arrived under Operation Warm Welcome will be evicted this summer with nowhere to goThousands of Afghan refugees in the UK face homelessness this summer, the government was warned last week at a s…
Prevented by Bangladeshi authorities from working, refugees in the Cox’s Bazar camp are dependent on food aid, which is being cut again and again. We cannot carry on like thisFor a Rohingya refugee, food rations are everything. We are not allowed to wo…
Many in need of permanent protection remain stuck in ‘prison-like’ camps on Greek islands, leading refugee charity saysJust 271 Afghans were resettled in the EU in 2022, 0.1% of the 270,000 identified as in need of permanent protection, it has emerged….
Special rapporteur Olivier De Shutter calls for action on neglected crisis after finding ‘absolutely terrible’ conditions on visit to Cox’s Bazar camps in BangladeshRohingya refugees in Bangladesh are at risk of becoming “the new Palestinians”, accordi…
UNHCR says Myanmar government has refused to allow it to distribute health supplies in Sittwe, where an estimated 90% of Rohingya homes have been destroyedUN staff say they have been denied access to help thousands of Rohingya living in displacement ca…
Predicted to make landfall on Sunday, preparations are under way for a partial evacuation of the camp in Cox’s BazarThe plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya explained in 30 secondsTropical cyclone Mocha intensified to become “very dangerous”, the World Meteoro…
The Urdu-speaking ethnic group was stateless for many years after the partition of India – and even now remain marginalised, living in cramped settlement camps and struggling to find formal workOn his first day at high school, Khalid Hussain was accuse…
‘Plinth’ settlements built on raised ground above the country’s flooding rivers are providing permanent homes and emergency refugesHamida Khatun is sick of moving. The 60-year has been displaced about 20 times during her life, always as a result of cli…
Two people, from group rescued by Royal Navy and held on Diego Garcia, made offer while receiving medical attention in RwandaPolitics live – latest updatesTwo Tamil asylum seekers receiving medical treatment in Rwanda after being rescued from the India…
Despite MoD assurances, applicant and former British Council worker still being asked for Taliban-stamped papersAn Afghan who worked with the British Council and is applying to come to the UK has been told to retrieve documents from the Taliban or risk…
Opponents claim that bill put forward by Labour government amounts to fear-mongering in an election yearLarge groups of asylum seekers arriving to New Zealand by sea could be detained in prison for up to 28 days without a warrant, under a law change th…