UN urges US to stop forced returns to Haiti after latest deportation flight Haitians may face ‘life threatening risks’ and further displacement if returned to Haiti, UN refugee agency says. Al Jazeera · May 17, 2024
Tunisia: The migration trap Asylum seekers from across Africa are becoming stranded, unable to return home and persecuted by authorities. Al Jazeera · May 10, 2024
‘If they see a Syrian, they beat them up’: the refugees living in fear in Lebanon The death of a Christian political leader has sparked a wave of vigilante attacks on Syrians, fuelled by political scapegoating The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
Tunis police raid sees refugees abandoned near the border with Algeria Tunisia’s sub-Saharan African refugees and migrants describe being victims of vilification and kidnapping nationwide. Al Jazeera · May 6, 2024
Children, infants missing after Tunis police clear makeshift refugee camps Police cleared two of the Tunisian capital’s irregular Black migrant camps, busing residents to an unknown location. Al Jazeera · May 3, 2024
Essential supplies running out as RSF paramilitary encircles Darfur’s largest city The population of El Fasher, which includes thousands of displaced people, is in ‘dire need of food, medicine and water’ The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2024
UN Launches Fund To Shield Displaced People From Climate Shocks The United Nations said Wednesday it was launching a new Climate Resilience Fund aimed at boosting protections for "refugees and displaced communities" threatened by climate change. International Business Times · Apr 24, 2024
Stumbling blocks that could still impede Rwanda deportations Legal and logistic battles await the UK government’s untested asylum plan now that is has reached the parliamentary finishing line The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024
The EU’s new migration pact is intended to neutralise the far right – it risks empowering it With a heavy focus on deterrence, the agreement shows how far Europe’s centre has shifted to the right, says author Daniel Trilling The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2024
Sudanese refugees in Chad unable to access medical care for war injuries Some people in Ambelia camp waiting for treatment to wounds resulting from ethnic violence last year The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2024
EU parliament approves landmark overhaul of asylum rules The EU parliament on Wednesday adopted a contentious reform of Europe's asylum policies that will harden border procedures and force all the bloc's 27 nations to share responsibility. Radio France Internationale · Apr 11, 2024
Court finds UK Children Act protections apply to children stranded in Diego Garcia Supreme court of British Indian Ocean Territory rules in favour of Tamil asylum seekers on island The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024
CAR refugees face hardship and uncertainty both at home and abroad Of the 300,000 refugees who have fled to Cameroon from the Central African Republic, most arrived with painful memories of their lives in the CAR. But displacement has added to their trauma, say those living in the Gado-Badgere refugee camp. Rife sexual violence and poor living conditions have left many… Radio France Internationale · Mar 31, 2024
‘Children were dying. We didn’t even have aspirin’: the Indigenous Venezuelans forced far from home Economic crisis has driven Warao communities from their traditional life in lush forest to a Brazilian slum The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024
International Business Times · Mar 27, 2024 Rohingya Rescued Off Indonesia Relocated After Local Anger Dozens of Rohingya refugees saved after their boat capsized off Indonesia's westernmost coast last week have been forced from their temporary shelter due to local protests, a United Nations refugee agency official said Wednesday.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024 ‘Pushed to the limit’: the tiny Greek island in people smugglers’ sights Fears of a new migration route grow as more than 800 people land on Gavdos, population fewer than 70, in a few months
Al Jazeera · Mar 27, 2024 India says new law saves persecuted refugees. Rohingya ask ‘Why not us?’ As New Delhi claims to help persecuted minorities in South Asia, mainly Muslim refugees from Myanmar face deportation.
International Business Times · Mar 22, 2024 Indonesia Ends Search For Rohingya Refugees After Boat Capsized Indonesian rescuers called off the search for Rohingya refugees missing at sea after their boat capsized, despite reports from some of the survivors that dozens of people were swept away.
Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2024 At least 69 Rohingya refugees rescued after boat capsizes off Indonesia Those rescued include 42 men, 18 women and nine children after boat capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province.
Al Jazeera · Mar 13, 2024 UN seeking more than $850m for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh Bangladesh hosts more than a million Rohingya people, many of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar.
Al Jazeera · Mar 8, 2024 Why are refugee deaths at an all-time high? Last year was the deadliest for people fleeing violence, war and persecution, according to the UN’s migration agency.
Al Jazeera · Mar 6, 2024 Refugees, migrants held in ‘violent, squalid’ Malaysian detention centres Human Rights Watch report accuses Malaysia of subjecting detainees, including children, to torture.
The Guardian - US · Feb 27, 2024 Venezuelan migrants boost economies of South American countries, studies find Benefits for Latin American host nations could be greater still if access to jobs for migrants were increased, research shows
France 24 · Feb 20, 2024 How a wave of disinformation is endangering Rohingya refugees in Indonesia Dozens of photos and videos that have been either "doctored" or taken out of context so as to negatively portray Rohingya refugees have been circulating on Indonesian social media. This wave of disinformation has become so intense that the United Nations is worried about the refugees’ safety – even in…
Top News · Feb 20, 2024 US Aid Vital For Ukraine Refugees Returning Home UNHCR stresses the critical role of US aid in supporting Ukraine refugees' successful reintegration post-crisis.