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UNHCR in Lebanon under fire for not addressing Syrian refugees demands
The UN Commissioner for refugees is failing Syrian refugees in Lebanon, according to civil society organizations in the country, amid growing protests ... Features -
World needs to prepare for ‘millions of refugees’ due to climate change - UN
The world needs to prepare for a surge in refugees with potentially millions of people being driven from their homes by the impact of climate change, ... Features -
Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home
Hundreds of Syrian refugees have headed home in the first batch to leave Lebanon since protests broke out in more than a month ago.Since the early ... Middle East -
Jordan says 153,000 Syrians returned home since last October
Around 153,000 Syrians have returned to their country from Jordan since the reopening of a key border post last October, the interior ministry said ... Middle East -
116 migrants missing off Libyan coast, says navy
At least 116 migrants are missing and another 132 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat capsized off Libya, ... North Africa -
UN: Some 250,000 Rohingya refugees receive first ID cards
The UN said Friday it has registered more than 250,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, providing many with their first ever identification cards and ... World News -
South Sudan refugees flood into DR Congo
Refugees are flooding into the remote northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo from South Sudan as a September 2018 peace deal hangs in the ... World News -
Dozens of migrants drown off Tunisia coast after leaving Libya
At least 65 migrants drowned on Friday when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian coast after they had left Libya hoping to ... North Africa -
UN begins evacuating refugees from Libya to Niger
The UN said on Friday it had evacuated 163 refugees from war-ravaged Libya to neighboring Niger, but more than 3,000 others were still trapped in ... North Africa -
About 1,500 migrants trapped in Tripoli, lives at risk - UNHCR
About 1,500 refugees and migrants are trapped in detention centers by the Libyan conflict and the risks to their lives are growing by the hour, the ... North Africa -
250,000 Syrian refugees could return home next year - UNHCR
Up to 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to their devastated homeland in 2019, while many others face problems with documentation and property that ... Middle East -
Human rights and the ‘flawed’ UN council
If you park your car in Washington DC and exceed your parking meter limit, you will get a ticket.Ten or 15 years ago, you could have decided to leave ... Middle East -
WATCH: Child recruited by Houthis tells his story
The 13-year-old Yemeni boy Riad is a former-child soldier recruited by the Houthi militias in Yemen and was forced to fight and undergo military ... Gulf -
UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie visits West Mosul
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visited West Mosul on Saturday, less than a year after the city’s liberation from the Islamic State group. ... Variety -
Lebanon FM says will take ‘measures against’ UN refugee agency
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said on Thursday Lebanon would take measures against the United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR starting ... Middle East -
Cambodian journalist charged with incitement flees amid crackdown
A Cambodian journalist charged with “incitement to commit a felony” over his election coverage said on Tuesday he had fled the country ... Print -
Qatari tribe files new UN complaint against ‘crimes committed by Doha’
Members of a Qatari tribe named "al-Ghofran" have filed a second complaint against the Gulf state to the United Nations Human Rights Council ... Gulf -
Arab quartet blasts ‘misleading’ UN report on boycott of Qatar
A joint statement was issued by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt accredited to the United Nations in Geneva in response to the ... Gulf -
Rohingya refugees still fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh - UNHCR
Rohingya refugees continue to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh even though both countries set up a timetable last month to allow them to start to return ... World News -
UN official praises Saudi role in Rohingya relief efforts
As 145 million people, are in immediate need humanitarian assistance around the world the United Nations has appealed this year for the record funding ... Features -
Complaint over Ghufran tribe violations presented to UNHCR
The Arab Federation for Human Rights (AFHR) presented the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) a complaint against Qatar’s ... Gulf -
Chibok mediator wins UN prize for educating victims of Nigeria's Boko Haram
A Nigerian lawyer who helped to secure the release of dozens of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 was on Monday announced the ... World News -
India says to deport all Rohingya regardless of UN registration
All of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India are illegal immigrants, even those registered with the UN refugee agency, and the ... World News -
Over 80 missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya: Survivors tell UNHCR
At least 80 migrants including women and children were missing after a boat sank off the Libyan coast, survivors told the UN’s refugee agency ... North Africa -
Nearly 9,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean over weekend: IOM
Nearly 9,000 mainly African migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this past long weekend after being put by smugglers in Libya onto unseaworthy ... Middle East -
Syrian refugee numbers in the region surpasses 5 million: UNHCR
The number of Syrians who have fled their country after six years of war has surpassed the 5 million mark, the UN refugee agency said Thursday. UNHCR ... Features -
Syrian refugee tent finds life as dress with a past
Once home to a family of Syrian refugees, a UN tent has found a new life as a dress still bearing the marks and stains of its past. “Dress for ... Fashion and beauty -
Greek businessman opens his own hotel to suffering refugees
The UNHCR program has facilitated 18,200 stays for asylum-seekers in apartments, hotels or with host families Features -
Hundred migrants feared dead off Libya coast
At least 110 people are feared drowned off Libya after a migrant shipwreck and more may have died in another stricken vesse World News -
What are the humanitarian needs in wake of Mosul offensive?
The US predicted ISIS would suffer “a lasting defeat” as Iraqi forces mounted their biggest operation since US troops withdrew in 2011 Features