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Aid agencies in Sudan struggle with looting, bureaucracy to deliver relief
Aid workers in Sudan say fierce fighting, rampant looting and reams of red tape are hampering efforts to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the ... Middle East -
Humanitarian group calls for help for refugees impacted by cholera crisis in Kenya
Hundreds of refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camps have been affected by a cholera outbreak as the population in the facilities grows rapidly, a ... World News -
Turkey launches Syria housing project for refugee returns
Turkey has launched the construction of nearly a quarter million housing units to resettle refugees in rebel-held northern Syria, Turkish media said, ... Middle East -
Bangladesh evacuations ahead of ‘very severe’ cyclone Mocha
Bangladesh Saturday moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from “risky areas” to community centers and hundreds fled an island as the most powerful ... World News -
Syrian refugees deported from Lebanon face arrest, conscription, say relatives
Syrian refugees detained by security forces in Lebanon and deported have been subject to arrest and forced conscription upon return to their ... Middle East -
Myanmar arrests about 150 Rohingya fleeing to Malaysia
Myanmar authorities have arrested around 150 Rohingya suspected of trying to flee to Malaysia, an official told AFP on Friday.The group of men, women ... World News -
22 migrants die in boat sinking off Madagascar
At least 22 migrants died when their boat sank off the coast of Madagascar over the weekend, the island nation’s maritime authorities said on ... World News -
Gary Lineker removed from flagship BBC football show after Twitter posts on refugees
Former England captain Gary Lineker was temporarily removed on Friday from his role as presenter of the BBC’s flagship football highlights show in the ... Sports -
US announces $26 million in new aid for Rohingya refugees
The United States announced on Tuesday $26 million in new humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and elsewhere in that region of ... World News -
UN urges resettlement of quake-hit Syrian refugees from Turkey
The UN on Saturday urged countries to speed up taking Syrian refugees from earthquake-hit zones in Turkey, saying they were facing the trauma of loss ... Middle East -
UN chief urges nations to repatriate citizens from Syria camp
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for the swift repatriation of foreigners held in Syria’s infamous al-Hol camp which houses ... Middle East -
Children in quake-hit Syria face ‘catastrophic threats’
The United Nations warned Thursday of grave risks to 3.7 million children in parts of war-wracked Syria affected by last month’s earthquake, as the UN ... Middle East -
Clashes kill one in Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp
One person was killed, and several others wounded in overnight clashes in south Lebanon’s restive Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp, a ... Middle East -
France spent 630 million euros hosting Ukrainian refugees in 2022
France spent more than 630 million euros last year hosting almost 115,000 refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country’s top audit body ... World News -
US stops hundreds fleeing Cuba, Haiti by sea, returns most
The Coast Guard returned another 177 Cuban migrants who were caught at sea off Florida to the island on Thursday, while a group of about two dozen ... World News -
Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia in latest boat arrival
A wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them women and children, landed on Indonesia’s western coast on Sunday, police said ... World News -
Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after month at sea
A broken-down boat carrying 57 Rohingya refugees landed on Indonesia’s western coast on Sunday after a month at sea, police said.For the latest ... World News -
Switzerland temporarily suspends intake of vulnerable refugees
Switzerland has temporarily suspended participation in a UN program aimed at resettling vulnerable refugees, blaming incapacity as it faces an influx ... World News -
Saudi-financed UNRWA health center opens in Jordan-based Palestinian refugee camp
A Saudi Development Fund-financed health center, operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East ... Middle East -
Rohingya refugees discovered off coast of Indonesia
More than 100 Rohingya Muslims who had been traveling in a boat for more than a month were found along the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province on ... World News -
Syrian refugees return home as Lebanese repatriation scheme begins
Hundreds of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon returned home on Wednesday, the first day of repatriations organized by Beirut, amid concerns from ... Middle East -
Saudi Arabia donates $27 million to UN agency supporting Palestinians
Saudi Arabia has contributed $27 million to a UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees.The Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Nayef al-Sudairi handed over ... Gulf -
German police probes Ukrainian refugee housing fire as ‘arson’
A fire broke out at a building housing Ukrainian refugees in eastern Germany, police said Thursday, adding that they were investigating the case as ... World News -
France repatriates 55 from Syria camps, including 40 children
France has repatriated 40 children and 15 women from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected ISIS extremists, the foreign ministry said on ... World News -
Syrian refugees in Turkey plan caravan to reach EU
A group of Syrian refugees in Turkey is planning to form a caravan to reach the European Union, organizers said Saturday.For the latest headlines, ... World News -
Canada agrees to resettle some Afghans housed in UAE facility: Report
Canada will accept some 1,000 Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland and have been housed in a makeshift refugee center in the United ... World News -
‘Break the cycle of poverty’: Northeast Syria facing severe water crisis, UN says
Northeast Syria is facing a severe water crisis which has caused widespread disruption to irrigation systems, food production and power generation, as ... Middle East -
Syrian refugee alleges killings, rapes in Libya
A Syrian English teacher adrift on a small boat between Malta and Italy waiting to be rescued, told an Associated Press photographer of the atrocities ... North Africa -
UK’s Rwanda migrant scheme leaves many in legal limbo, uncertain of future
Housed in a detention center in southern England, Aladeen says he risked his life to travel thousands of miles from his homeland of Syria to escape ... Features -
Refugees restricted from working in at least 32 host countries: Report
Over 50 percent of the world’s documented refugees live in countries with substantial barriers to access work permits or set up their own business, ... World News