Refugee

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UN Praises Iran’s ‘exemplary’ Refugee Efforts

While Iranians would bear the brunt of Donald Trump's visa ban, which has been blocked on the orders of a US court,...

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Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Denounced By Over 130 Experts

Over 130 US foreign policy experts have denounced President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying it undermines...

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Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Dealt First Court Setback

A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday,...

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German MPs Reject Declaring N.African States ‘safe’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a setback Friday when the upper house of parliament rejected a proposal to...

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Hong Kong ‘Snowden Refugees’ Seek Asylum In Canada

Refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are formally seeking asylum from the Canadian...

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Trump Travel Ban: Targeted Nations Condemn New US Order

Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the...

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Sudan, Somalia Condemn US Travel Ban

Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the...

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Targeted Nations Condemn New US Order

Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the...

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Trump Signs New Travel Ban Directive

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations....

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Trump Signs New Travel Ban Directive

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations....

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Refugees Make Up Bulk of Crossings From US To Canada

Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from...

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Cameroon ‘expels’ Nigerians

Most of the refugees are at the Minawao camp in north-eastern Cameroon Cameroon has expelled 517 Nigerians, including...

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Germany To Send Home More Rejected Asylum Seekers

Germany will speed up expulsions of rejected asylum seekers under measures agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet...

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Syria Crisis Still ‘appalling’

The head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and former British foreign secretary David Miliband on Thursday...

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Refugees Serve Up Coffee and Life Lessons In California

A coffee shop that recently opened in California is serving customers more than just steamy cups of latte or espresso,...

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US To Give Uganda $25 Mn In Aid For Refugees

The United States will give over $25 million in humanitarian aid to Uganda, to help the nation cope with a huge influx...

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Tunisia PM Rejects German Criticism On Migrant Returns

Tunisia's prime minister on Tuesday rejected German claims that his country has been blocking the return of rejected...

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Rights Group Raps Pakistan For ‘forced’ Repatriation of Afghans

Pakistan is conducting the mass repatriation of Afghan refugees through coercion, threats and abuse, Human Rights Watch...

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Burundians March To Dispute UNHCR Figures

Hundreds of Burundians took to the streets on Saturday to protest against a UN report Hundreds of Burundians took to...