Farhan Ahmed hoped to find refuge in the United States after fleeing death threats in Somalia, but fear over a US crackdown on immigration sent him on another perilous journey -- to Canada. The...
Refugees crossing into Canada from US on foot despite freezing temperatures Uncertainty caused by Trump’s policies has pushed asylum seekers to take long, risky routes that in one case cost two...
Kenya’s high court has blocked the government’s bid to close one of the largest refugee camp’s in the world at Dadaab near the border with Somalia and to repatriate Somali refugees. The judge...
The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government's bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world. A directive to shut the Dadaab camp and forcibly repatriate about 260,000 Somali refugees...
Actress and human rights advocate Angelina Jolie on Thursday said U. S. President Donald Trump's executive order barring travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries hurts vulnerable refugees and...
U. N. human rights experts said on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority states contravenes international law and could lead to people denied...
Refugees who make the harrowing journey by sea to Australia might want to think twice about that perilous voyage. They won't be allowed to settle if a new law gets passed. Australian Prime Minister...
Nairobi (AFP) - As Kenya prepares to close the world's largest refugee camp, a rights watchdog said the repatriation of Somalis from the sprawling Dadaab camp is based on misinformation and violates...
There are no people more disrespected, oppressed, alienated, despised and castigated than the refugees no matter where they are. What is surprising is the amount of money allocated to the welfare and...
The repatriation of Somali refugees from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya fails to meet international standards for voluntary return, a Human Rights Watch Report has found. The organisation says many...
A camerawoman who was filmed kicking and tripping up refugees near the Hungary-Serbia border has been charged with breaching the peace. Petra Laszlo was caught on camera kicking a young girl and boy...
Today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Nairobi that the United States is providing more than $146 million in additional U. S. humanitarian assistance to support refugees, voluntary...
There are close to a million refugees in the Great Lakes region. Another 1.61 million living in camps in South Sudan. But there is no money. And when the United Nations High Commission for Refugees...
The Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) Secretariat is emerging as a thought leader in providing “jobs solutions” to tackling refugee-induced displacement, and the recent decision by the Government of...
The Ghana Refugees Board has told AccraReport.com, it has so far registered about ninety six Syrian refugees since the war started.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry announced a few weeks back that Ghana...
The Italian navy has recovered another 24 bodies from an overturned fishing boat during rescue operations for the thousands of would-be refugees who are fleeing Libyan shores for Europe.
The navy...
