Tag: Refugee
Discussion forum held on rights of refugees
The Society for Human Rights and Prisoner’s Aid (SHARP) on Saturday organised an Open Discussion Forum for the students of Punjab University, Quaid-e-Azam Law...
UN concerned over Australian refugee plans
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he had concerns about Australia’s approach towards refugees, even as he praised the “model” nation for its...
25 people found dead on Italy refugee boat
Italian coast guards found 25 dead bodies in the hold of a refugee boat with 271 people crammed on board that arrived on the...
Tunisia finds 150 bodies from refugee vessels
The bodies of 150 African refugees fleeing turmoil in Libya have been recovered off the Tunisian coast after the vessels carrying them illegally to...
Fire in Indian refugee camp kills 21
GUWAHATI - At least 21 people in a refugee camp in northeastern India, mostly women and children, died on Saturday after a kitchen fire spread rapidly through huts of bamboo and plastic sheets, a police officer said. The fire destroyed one of six camps in the Kanchanpur area, about 170 km (105 miles) northeast of Tripura state's capital Agartala. The camps house over 14,000 people from the Reang or Bru tribes out of around 40,000 who fled the neighbouring state of Mizoram in October
Spanish judge to probe Iraq refugee camp killings: lawyer
MADRID - A Spanish judge will probe a raid by Iraqi police and soldiers on a camp for Iranian refugees in July 2009 that killed 11 people, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Tuesday.
A Spanish National Court ruling in favour of an investigation into the events at Camp Ashraf, near the Iraqi border with Iran, became effective Tuesday after a five-day waiting period for possible appeals, said a lawyer for victims' relatives.
In December 2009 National Court judge Fernando Andreu
A Spanish National Court ruling in favour of an investigation into the events at Camp Ashraf, near the Iraqi border with Iran, became effective Tuesday after a five-day waiting period for possible appeals, said a lawyer for victims' relatives.
In December 2009 National Court judge Fernando Andreu
UN refugee agency signals more fighting in Myanmar
GENEVA: The UN refugee agency said on Friday that most of the 15,000 people who fled from Myanmar earlier this week have returned from Thailand despite renewed post-election fighting near the border.
A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Adrian Edwards said fighting reportedly erupted again overnight after the Thai army cleared their return, with the potential for more clashes around the Myanmar villages of Maekata and Halokani.
"As of today most of the
A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Adrian Edwards said fighting reportedly erupted again overnight after the Thai army cleared their return, with the potential for more clashes around the Myanmar villages of Maekata and Halokani.
"As of today most of the
