Refugee

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Kenyan Closure of Dadaab Refugee Camp Blocked By High Court

The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government's bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world. A directive to...

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Ghanaian Gay Denied Asylum In Canada

.. he walked across USA-Canadian border Immigration and Refugee Board questions legitimacy of birth certificate A...

International

US Justice Department Defends ‘lawful’ Trump Travel Ban

The US Department of Justice has defended President Donald Trump's travel ban and urged an appeals court to reinstate...

International

Angelina Jolie Speaks Out Against President Trump’s Controversial Immigration Ban

An activist on behalf of refugee rights, Angelina Jolie, 41, has finally spoken out against President Donald Trump's...

International

Debate Over What To Call Travel Ban Is Irrelevant

President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that debate about what to call his executive order preventing travelers from...

International

Five Iraqis, One Yemeni Barred From Cairo-New York Flight After Trump Ban

Five Iraqi passengers and one Yemeni were barred from boarding an EgyptAir flight from Cairo to New York on Saturday...

International

World Leaders Condemn Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’

European leaders, the United Nations and international groups have condemned US President Donald Trump's measures...

International

U.N. Agencies Urge Trump To Allow Refugees Entry

he United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration...

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Trump Closes Borders To Syria Refugees

President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice. He has also halted the...

Politics

Trump Closes Borders To Syria Refugees

President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice. He has also halted the...

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Trump Suspends US Refugee Programme and Bans Syrians Indefinitely

President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice, as part of new...

International

Trump Signs ‘extreme Vetting’ Order To Limit Immigration

US President Donald Trump has announced new vetting measures to "keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US". He...

International

26,000 Tourists Flee Gambia Over Political Crisis

Thousands of tourists have left Gambia, following the declaration of a state of emergency in the country. Jammeh’s...

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26,000 Tourists Flee Gambia Over Political Crisis

Thousands of tourists have left Gambia, following the declaration of a state of emergency in the country. Jammeh’s...

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Gay Ghanaian Refugee Survives Extreme Cold to Reach Canada

A man from Ghana expects to lose most of his fingers after nearly freezing to death last month while trudging from...

International

Trump Attacks Somalis

Republican party presidential candidate Donald Trump has attacked the Somali community in the US state of Minnesota,...

International

Tent Cities Rise In Paris After ‘Jungle’ Evacuation

The number of migrants sleeping rough on the streets of Paris has risen by at least one-third since the start of the...

International

France Begins To Clear ‘Jungle’ Camp

More than 1,200 police and officials in France have begun an operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais....

International

Rich Nations ‘shirking’ Responsibility To Refugees

Amnesty International has accused the world's wealthiest nations of shirking responsibility towards refugees, saying...