Tag: Refugee
Up to two million Syrians could flee to Turkey if war...
Up to 2 million refugees could flee to Turkey if fighting intensifies in northwestern Syria as aid funds run dangerously low, the United Nations...
How a refugee footballer’s honeymoon turned into an extradition nightmare
BANGKOK: The honeymoon that Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi and his wife had hoped to have in Thailand late last year did not go according...
PM seeks lawmakers’ suggestions on citizenship for refugee children
--Imran Khan says Afghani and Bengali children born in Pakistan have right to citizenship
--Will make final decision after all parties present their recommendations on...
Australia’s High Court denies refugee status to two Pakistanis
CANBERRA: Australia’s highest court rejected the refugee claim of two Pakistanis and a Nepalese asylum seeker on Wednesday citing the reason that they could find...
Uganda probes accusations of refugee aid fraud
KAMPALA: Uganda is investigating allegations that its officials defrauded donors by inflating refugee numbers and diverting food aid, the prime minister’s office said on...
German minister Maiziere defends limits on refugee family reunions
BERLIN: German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere defended in parliament on Thursday Berlin's plans to restrict family reunions for refugees living in the country,...
Angelina Jolie urges NATO to stop use of sexual violence as...
BRUSSELS: UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie has called on NATO to help stop the use of sexual violence as a weapon of...
Merkel-SPD reaches ‘breakthrough’ on refugee family reunion
BERLIN: The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) took one of the most difficult hurdles in its grand coalition negotiations on Tuesday, potentially clearing the way for...
Aid groups slam US for retaining Palestine refugee funds
WASHINGTON: The leaders of 21 humanitarian aid groups wrote to the Trump administration on Wednesday to object “in the strongest terms” to a decision...
No changes to Afghan refugee schools’ textbooks: UNHCR
ISLAMABAD: The UN refugee agency said Monday that there have been no changes to the textbooks currently being used in refugee schools in Pakistan.
The...
Senior State Dept refugee official sidelined
WASHINGTON: A US official who has been a defender of refugees has been sidelined within the State Department in what some advocates and former...
Pro-refugee mayor in Germany injured in knife attack
BERLIN: A knife attacker injured a German town mayor in an assault which officials on Tuesday said appeared motivated by the municipal leader’s pro-refugee...
500 Afghan refugee families returning every day to Afghanistan: UNHCR
Around 500 refugee families are returning to Afghanistan every day, a United Nations High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR) spokesman said on Sunday.
"When refugees return,...
Defiant Merkel defends refugee stance despite attacks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday rebuffed calls to reverse her welcoming stance toward refugees in the wake of a series of brutal attacks...
Turk gets 108 years for refugee sex assaults
A court in Turkey has sentenced a Turkish man to 108 years in jail for sexually assaulting at least eight Syrian children at a...
Palestinian ex-refugee wins $1m Global Teacher Prize
Courtesy The Independent
A Palestinian woman who grew up as a refugee and who now teaches refugee children has been awarded with a $1million (£707,000)...
Norwegian teens ‘role play’ refugees for a day
In a dark snowy forest, two military vehicles thunder by, the wailing sirens waking those who have just dozed off. Exhausted, the group must...
