カテゴリー: Migration and development
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…
Rewards offered for turning in ‘illegal Afghans’ as refugees pay price for tensions between Pakistani government and TalibanAamir Muhammad has barely left his house for weeks; neither have his neighbours. In his ramshackle neighbourhood on the outskirt…
Doctors say high stress, heat and harsh living conditions may be the cause of low sperm counts in men returning from the GulfOn a cluster of metal benches outside the infertility unit at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s hospital in Kathmandu, a dozen ma…
Women aiming to reach UK or Ireland realised lorry was heading in wrong direction and contacted BBC journalistSix women have been rescued from the back of a refrigerated lorry in France after a panicked text message to a BBC reporter set off a frantic …
Images of the struggle for human rights and freedoms around the world this week, from a women’s march for justice in Brazil to an attack on churches in Pakistan Continue reading…
War in Ukraine and Pakistan’s ‘monsoon on steroids’ among events driving surge on ‘scale never seen before’ as 71m people displacedThe number of people around the world who were forced to flee their homes leapt by a fifth last year, as a “perfect stor…
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…
Catch-22 system leaves people facing eviction upon being granted refugee status – yet unable to claim rent subsidies without accommodationMohammad Ashraf Rasooli, 70, looks at his five-year-old granddaughter, sitting on the floor next to him watching c…
UNFPA head urges countries to focus on helping women, children and marginalised people most vulnerable to demographic changeThe world must not engage in “population alarmism” as the number of people living on Earth nears 8 billion, a senior UN official…
International Rescue Committee points to unequal treatment, saying welcome for Ukrainians proves integration and support is possible for allIt is 3.30pm and Suna Hamanawa, 25, is doing what she and dozens of other Afghan mothers do most days: whiling h…
Early end to migrants’ contracts leaves many owing large sums to recruiters and unable to support their families• World Cup hotel shields England team from fans – and Qatar’s labour abusesThousands of poorly paid migrant workers in Qatar are being forc…
Myanmar’s crackdown in 2017 forced a vast wave of refugees across the border into already crowded and unsafe camps – the result of decades of international political paralysis In the 31 years since Anuara Begum’s family moved into their bamboo shelter …
Separated in March, Hasina Begum’s family have now settled in Bangladesh as India continues to deport Rohingya despite UN refugee statusA Rohingya woman deported to Myanmar from Indian-administered Kashmir in March has been reunited with her family in …
Hasina Begum was separated from her family and forced return to Myanmar despite her refugee status. Hundreds of others now face expulsionThe deportation of a Rohingya women back to Myanmar has sparked fears that India is preparing to expel many more re…
Second adjournment prolongs agony of Afghans Amir Zahiri and Akif Rasuli, serving 50-year sentences for piloting a migrant boatMEPs appalled by “shocking” legal proceedings against two Afghans convicted of people smuggling in Greece have vowed to raise…