Tag: Refugees
Rights official calls for refugees’ direct relocation to EU
A top European human rights official called on Friday for refugees to be resettled in Europe directly from camps near conflicts zones to prevent...
Obama Thanksgiving message likens refugees to pilgrims
US President Barack Obama Thursday urged Americans to open their hearts to refugees in his Thanksgiving message to the nation, likening them to the...
Refugees sew lips together in Greece border protest
Refugees stranded at the Greece-Macedonia border have stripped down and sewn their lips together to protest against the restrictions placed on their movement.
A group...
Pakistan calls for unified approach to tackle refugee crisis
Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi stresses the need for political solutions to halt conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere
Pakistan has called for a clear, resolute...
Turkey detains 8 Europe-bound Islamic State suspects ‘posing as refugees’
Turkish police detained eight suspected members of the Islamic State, state media said Wednesday, adding they were planning to sneak into Europe posing as...
Are extremists hiding among refugees? Unlikely, say analysts
Warnings that extremists bent on violence may be sneaking into Europe disguised as refugees are growing louder, but analysts say extremists do not need...
Fleeing war, Syrian refugees bike across Arctic border into Norway
"I looked at the map and I decided to give it a go": Ahmad Taleb is one of a number of crafty refugees who...
Hungarian photojournalist faces criminal charges for kicking refugees
Hungarian prosecutors said Thursday they had opened a criminal investigation for breach of peace against a photojournalist caught on film as she tripped and...
Brazil welcomes Syrian refugees with ‘open arms,’ president says
Brazil will welcome Syrian refugees with "open arms", President Dilma Rousseff said Monday, amid a tidal wave of people fleeing the war-torn country.
In a...
Britain, France join Germany to pledge help with migrant wave
Britain and France on Monday joined Germany in pledging to accept tens of thousands of refugees as Europe’s record influx of people fleeing war and misery sparked warnings that one Greek migrant chokepoint was “on the verge of explosion”.
Finland’s PM Sipila offers his home to refugees
Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipila said on Saturday he would offer his home to refugees.
As EU leaders struggle to agree policies to cope with...
Egyptian billionaire offers to buy an island off Italy or Greece...
If Greece or Italy sell him an island, Naguib Sawiris, the 10th richest man in Africa, says he will host the migrants and offer them jobs in the new country
Standoff between refugees on train, police enters second day in Hungary
Refugees who had hoped to move on from Hungary stubbornly remained on a stalled train Friday, refusing to go to a center where authorities...
Thousands petition UK govt to accept more refugees
Tens of thousands of British people petitioned their government to do its part to help an unprecedented influx of refugees fleeing war and violence...
550 Afghan refugees return home
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday assisted a group of 550 registered Afghan refugees in returning to Afghanistan’s Herat.
The repatriation...
55,000 Afghan refugees have returned home since beginning of 2015
Every day, more than 30,000 people cross the Torkham border.
Afghan families flee ‘persecution’ in Pakistan after APS attack, says IOM
The flow of undocumented returnees has increased steadily in January, rising from around 350 in the first week to around 1,400 in the final week of the month.
