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Bangladesh Arrests Suspect In Murder of Rohingya Leaders

Bangladesh police have arrested a man suspected of murdering two Rohingya leaders in the country's southeast where tens...

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Rohingya Refugees May Stay In Bangladesh ‘for Some Time’

Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in squalid Bangladeshi camps face staying "for some more...

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Fire Kills Child In Syria Refugee Camp In Lebanon

A child died and several people were injured when a fire broke out in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon Tuesday, rescue...

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Barefoot and Alone, Children Flee Brutal S. Sudan War

Her feet bare and her hometown in flames, Nyadet walked east alone, eating food given to her by strangers and following...

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UN Refugee Cash Card Scheme Boosts Lebanese Grocers

In three years, Lebanese grocer Ali Khiami hired six staff, invested in property and funded his children's university...

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Somali Refugees Regret Returning Home From Kenya

As a teenager, Aden Hussein chose to become a refugee to get an education. With Somalia in collapse, he left his family...

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At Refugee Summit, UN Chief Urges ‘solidarity’ With Uganda

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for international solidarity with Uganda at a fundraising summit...

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EU Pledges 85 Mn Euros To Uganda For S.Sudan Refugees

The EU pledged 85 million euros ($95 million) to Uganda Thursday, ahead of a summit to raise twenty times that amount...

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UN Warns Against Refugee Returns To Nigeria From Cameroon

The UN voiced alarm Wednesday at the many Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon to Banki, a border town clouded by...

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Home Beckons Across the Border For Exiled Ivorian Children

Hurbain Souomi was only five years old, but he still remembers the day he trekked 50 kilometres (30 miles) across the...

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Lack of Jobs For Refugees In Ghana Should Be A National Concern

Head of the Ghana Refugee Board, Dr. Kofi Anane has expressed worry at the lack of support for refugees especially in...

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Palestinian Violinist Brings Music To Young Refugees

As a boy, Ramzi Aburedwan found himself caught up in the first Palestinian uprising, a well-known photo at the time...

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South Sudan Child Refugees Top One Million

War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the...

International

Europe Migrant Centres ‘concentration Camps’

Pope Francis has described some of Europe's holding centres for migrants and refugees as concentration camps. The Roman...

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South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy

Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese...

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Over 6,000 Flee ‘terrifying’ Violence In S.Sudan Town

More than 6,000 people have fled fighting in southern South Sudan, with refugees recounting the slaughter of civilians...

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Lebanon At ‘breaking Point’ With Syria Refugee Influx

Lebanon's prime minister warned Friday that his country has reached "breaking point" by hosting more than one million...

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Syrian Refugee Tent Find Life As Dress With A Past

Once home to a family of Syrian refugees, a UN tent has found a new life as a dress still bearing the marks and stains...

International

Tanzania Refugee Camps ‘overstretched’

A health crisis is looming in Tanzania’s refugee camps following an increase of refugees arriving in the country,...