refugees
UN agency for Palestinian refugees has urgent budget crisis
Middle East
October 3, 2021
UN agency for Palestinian refugees has urgent budget crisis
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees is facing an “existential” budget crisis and appealing for urgent…
Officials: Libyan forces round up 500 migrants in crackdown
Middle East
October 2, 2021
Officials: Libyan forces round up 500 migrants in crackdown
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan security forces on Friday detained at least 500 African migrants, including women and children, two officials…
Refugees in fear as sentiment turns against them in Turkey
Middle East
September 26, 2021
Refugees in fear as sentiment turns against them in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Fatima Alzahra Shon thinks neighbors attacked her and her son in their Istanbul apartment building because…
Children dying every week in Syrian camps: report
Middle East
September 24, 2021
Children dying every week in Syrian camps: report
Children are dying every week in overcrowded camps in northeast Syria, NGO Save the Children said on Thursday. The charity said…
Mayorkas says images from US border ‘horrified’ him
World
September 21, 2021
Mayorkas says images from US border ‘horrified’ him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday images of what appeared to be Border Patrol agents on…
Two Afghans who trekked to France have lessons for evacuees
Middle East
September 19, 2021
Two Afghans who trekked to France have lessons for evacuees
PARIS (AP) — One slept on the streets of Paris, the other in a massive makeshift migrant camp in northern…
Syria violence worsening, not safe for refugee return, UN investigators say
Middle East
September 14, 2021
Syria violence worsening, not safe for refugee return, UN investigators say
GENEVA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Syria is still unsafe for the return of refugees a decade after its conflict began,…
Amnesty: Syria refugees suffered abuse, torture upon return
Middle East
September 7, 2021
Amnesty: Syria refugees suffered abuse, torture upon return
BEIRUT (AP) — A number of Syrian refugees who returned home have been subjected to detention, disappearance and torture at…
Rescue groups: US tally misses hundreds left in Afghanistan
World
September 5, 2021
Rescue groups: US tally misses hundreds left in Afghanistan
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Veteran-led rescue groups say the Biden administration’s estimate that no more than 200 U.S. citizens were…
Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US pullout
Middle East
August 30, 2021
Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US pullout
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar played an outsized role in US efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of…