Tag: Refugee
I’ll do anything to kill time, says refugee in Germany
In the Berlin gym that now serves as his home, Afghan student Yaza sweeps the floor over and over again, just to keep himself...
German minister warns countries not to push refugee burden onto Germany
Germany’s interior minister warned fellow European Union states on Friday not to take national measures against a migrant influx that would burden Germany and...
Turkish prosecutors demand 35 years jail over refugee toddler’s death
Turkish prosecutors Thursday demanded 35-year jail terms for two alleged people-smugglers blamed for the death of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy whose beached corpse...
Refugee boy drowns near Greek island after boat engine explodes
A three-year-old refugee boy drowned early Saturday near the Greek island of Chios after the engine of the boat his group was sailing in...
Germany expects 40,000 Syrian refugees during the weekend
Some 40,000 Syrian migrants could arrive in Germany over the next two days, officials say - double the number who entered the country last...
Pakistan refugee crisis creates polio challenge
The rugged Pakistani region of North Waziristan emerged as a hotbed of polio infections after Taliban terrorists in the isolated area banned immunizations. Now...
Amnesty condemns abuse of refugee rights
The rights of millions of refugees and migrants have been abused in the past year, Amnesty International has said in its annual report on...
Winter’s deadly bite returns to refugee camps of Kabul
The snow that fell on a refugee camp in Kabul last week left thick powder piled voluptuously on the sagging roofs of huts and...
DR Congo fighting ‘sees refugee numbers rise’
Humanitarian workers have warned of a sharp rise in refugees in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a result of recent...
Australia denies refugee policy failure
Australia denied on Thursday its policies to combat people-smuggling have failed as a decision to release asylum-seekers into the community with little help or...
Syria crisis: Refugee children ‘face winter risks’
International charity Save the Children has warned 200,000 Syrian refugee children are at serious risk from freezing temperatures, as winter sets in the Middle...
Jordan opens first refugee camp for Syrians
Jordan on Sunday opened its first official refugee camp to help host tens of thousands of Syrians who have fled the mounting violence in...
Afghan Mela commemorates World Refugee Day
The Society for Human Rights and Prisoner’s Aid (SHARP) organised a one-day festival for Afghan refugees residing in Lahore as a part of the...
World Refugee Day marked with exchange of flowers
For the first time since 1979 when millions of Afghans fled their motherland following invasion by former Soviet Union, an exchange of flowers amongst...
Murky war in Khyber sparks refugee exodus
Banmaroo stands in the dust, tears rolling down her cheeks as she recalls how her husband was killed in Pakistan’s latest battle zone on...
UN overhauls Afghan refugee strategy
The UN refugee agency is overhauling its strategy to help Afghans returning to the war-torn country in a bid to stop them becoming destitute,...
UN overhauls Afghan refugee strategy
The UN refugee agency is overhauling its strategy to help Afghans returning to the war-torn country in a bid to stop them becoming destitute,...
