Forced migration
Greece, Germany Agree To Slow Refugee Family Reunification
Greece and Germany have agreed to slow the reunification of refugee families divided between the two nations during...
Funding Shortfall Hits Starving In NE Nigeria
Lack of funding is forcing aid agencies to cut feeding programmes for starving people in northeast Nigeria, the UN said...
Greece To Clear Last Makeshift Refugee Camp In Athens
Efforts are underway to remove hundreds of refugees from an unhygienic makeshift camp at an ex-Olympics facility in...
Jordan Has ‘hit Limit’ Hosting Syrian Refugees
Jordan said Monday it has hit the limit of its ability to host Syrian refugees as Washington's United Nations envoy...
China, DR Congo Most Affected By Displacements In 2016
More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with...
UN Refugee Chief Urges Libya To Free Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and...
Australia Declares Game-Up For ‘fake Refugees’
Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boatpeople until October to prove they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the...
5,000 Refugees Rescued On Route To Italy From Libya
About 5,000 refugees bound for Italy were rescued in waters off the coast of Libya between Thursday and Saturday...
Children In War Zones Need Education, Say Campaigners
Campaigners Friday pleaded for more help for millions of children in conflict zones who are missing years of school,...
Ghanaian Asylum Seeker Wins Case To Stay In Canada
A Ghanaian asylum seeker who lost his fingers to frostbite while crossing into Manitoba from the U. S. on Christmas Eve...
Snowden Lashes Out At Hong Kong For Rejecting Refugees
Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government Thursday for rejecting the protection bids...
Washington’s UN Envoy To Travel To Jordan, Turkey
US Ambassador Nikki Haley will make her first trip overseas this week as Washington's envoy to the United Nations,...
Solar Power Brings Relief To Syrian Refugees In Jordan
Before solar power came to the Jordan desert camp she now calls home, life was tough for Syrian refugee Racha Hadar and...
UN Wants More Than $1bn To Help With South Sudan
Neighbouring countries are struggling to cope with the refugees crossing over from South Sudan UN aid agencies are...
South Sudanese Refugees Need $1.4 Bn This Year
The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two...
Hong Kong ‘Snowden Refugees’ Face Deportation
A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the...
Angola Feels Pressure of DR Congo Refugees
Hundreds of people from Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region have been pouring into neighbouring Angola...
Austria Convicts Asylum Seeker of Syria War Crimes
The suspect is said to have claimed responsibility for 20 deaths in Homs An asylum seeker has been sentenced to life...
UN Warns of Massive Displacement In Yemen
A UN official warned Wednesday that up to half a million people could be displaced as conflict escalates and the...