refugees
130 Europe-bound migrants feared dead off Libyan coast
Middle East
April 24, 2021
130 Europe-bound migrants feared dead off Libyan coast
CAIRO (AP) — More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a boat wreck off Libya, independent rescue groups…
Minorities in Myanmar borderlands face fresh fear since coup
World
April 5, 2021
Minorities in Myanmar borderlands face fresh fear since coup
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Before each rainy season Lu Lu Aung and other farmers living in a camp for internally…
Syrian Kurdish forces end sweep in camp housing IS families
Middle East
April 3, 2021
Syrian Kurdish forces end sweep in camp housing IS families
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Kurdish-led forces on Friday ended a five-day sweep inside a sprawling camp in the country’s northeast…
Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria’s crisis
Middle East
March 31, 2021
Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria’s crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union, the US and dozens of other nations pledged $6.4 billion in aid Tuesday to…
Syrian who fled to Germany drops out of race for parliament
Middle East
March 30, 2021
Syrian who fled to Germany drops out of race for parliament
BERLIN (AP) — A Syrian man who came to Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2015 and was running for a…
Thailand denies forcing fleeing villagers back to Myanmar
World
March 30, 2021
Thailand denies forcing fleeing villagers back to Myanmar
MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister denied Tuesday that his country’s security forces forced villagers back to…
Kenya orders closure of two refugee camps, gives ultimatum to UN agency
World
March 25, 2021
Kenya orders closure of two refugee camps, gives ultimatum to UN agency
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya on Wednesday ordered the closure of two sprawling camps that host hundreds of thousands of refugees…
Bangladesh probes fire at Rohingya refugee camp that killed seven
World
March 23, 2021
Bangladesh probes fire at Rohingya refugee camp that killed seven
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladeshi officials began investigating the cause of a massive fire that killed at least seven and displaced…
Fleeing coup, Myanmar refugees in India seek asylum
World
March 21, 2021
Fleeing coup, Myanmar refugees in India seek asylum
MIZORAM, India (AP) — Police officers who defied the Myanmar army’s orders to shoot opponents of the coup and escaped…
For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight
Middle East
March 13, 2021
For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight
BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (AP) — Mohammed Zakaria has lived in a plastic tent in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for almost…