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AFRICANS IN ISRAEL VOICE CONCERN OVER NEW RESETTLEMENT PLAN
African asylum seekers in Israel have voiced concern over Tel Aviv's agreement with the UN to resettle half of them in Western countries... READ MORE›
ISRAEL RECANTS ON UN MIGRANT DEAL AFTER QUICK BACKLASH
Estimates of the population of African asylum seekers in Israel, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, range from 35,000 to 39,000... READ MORE›
ISRAEL'S DEAL TO RESETTLE AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN THE WEST HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
High Commissioner for Refugees, said a joint working group would come up with a plan for African migrants in Israel... READ MORE›
ISRAEL PM FREEZES UN DEAL AFTER SAYING MIGRANTS WOULD SETTLE IN 'COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA'
Israel PM freezes UN deal to send African migrants to Western countries... READ MORE›
ISRAEL REACHES DEAL WITH UN TO SEND AFRICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS TO WESTERN COUNTRIES
Since 2015, Israel has granted asylum to just four Eritreans out of 6,723... READ MORE›
ISRAELI PM BACKTRACKS ON DEAL TO RESETTLE AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN WESTERN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA
The Canadian government has also committed to bring in 4,000 Eritrean government-assisted refugees by the end of this year... READ MORE›
ISRAEL TO SEND AFRICAN MIGRANTS TO WEST
Israel to send African migrants to West under new UN deal... READ MORE›
ISRAEL SCRAPS PLAN TO DEPORT AFRICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
Many of the migrants and refugees started arriving at Israel's southern border with Egypt after 2005... READ MORE›
CONCERN AS 300 REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS REACH GREEK ISLAND OF LESBOS
At least 13,289 refugees and migrants have reached Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR ... READ MORE›
'IT WAS GONE -- MY NOSE, MY MOUTH, MY EYE, MY TEETH, MY JAW'
Shakila zareen praises canada for accepting her as a refugee after the u.s. turned its back... READ MORE›
REFUGEE GETS LIFE SENTENCE FOR GERMAN STUDENT'S MURDER
A refugee was convicted of murdering a medical student in the southern German city of Freiburg on Thursday after more than six months of trial... READ MORE›
RUSSIA IS USING INTERPOL TO TARGET PUTIN'S POLITICAL RIVALS, SAYS NGO
Interpol, a network of police forces from 190 countries, uses 'diffusion notices' to alert authorities around the world to people that are wanted for crimes elsewhere... READ MORE›
IMMIGRATION: SYRIAN FERAS FAYYAD PREFERS TRUMP'S AMERICA TO EUROPE
Meet the Syrian refugees abandoning Europe for Trump's America... READ MORE›
MYANMAR DEFENDS MILITARY BUILD-UP ON BANGLADESH BORDER
Myanmar troops want Rohingya to leave border region, drawing sharp response from Bangladesh which hosts most refugees... READ MORE›
A FRENCH OUTPOST IN AFRICA STRIVES FOR SAFER AND STRICTER MIGRATION
Indeed, if the refugees pass muster, the rewards are enormous a free plane ticket to France, free housing, hassle-free residence papers and free French lessons... READ MORE›
INSIDE KOFINOU ASYLUM CENTRE, A LIFE OF GRIM UNCERTAINTY
Like almost all Syrians seeking asylum on Cyprus, Mohammed was not granted refugee status but subsidiary protection... READ MORE›
MACRON GOVERNMENT UNVEILS STEPS TO MAKE IT HARDER TO SEEK ASYLUM, EASIER TO EXPEL MIGRANTS
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron's government on Wednesday presented a bill to enforce tougher immigration rules, decried by human rights organizations as repressive toward asylum-seekers... READ MORE›
FRENCH GOVERNMENT UNVEILS TOUGHER ASYLUM RULES IN NEW BILL
The number of people filing asylum requests in France hit a record in 2017, topping 100,000, up 17 percent on 2016... READ MORE›
ISRAEL JAILS FIRST ASYLUM SEEKERS REFUSING DEPORTATION
In November last year, the Israeli government announced plans to deport the remaining asylum seekers, without their consent... READ MORE›
MACRON PLANS TIGHTER ASYLUM RULES IN TEST OF PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY
This bill represents a vertiginous drop of refugees' and migrants' rights in France, said Jean-Claude Mas of the Cimade charity, which helps migrants and asylum seekers... READ MORE›
DRC VIOLENCE RISKS 'SPREADING' AS 22,000 FLEE IN A WEEK
More than 22,000 people fled clashes between Hema herders and Lendu farmers in Ituri province last week, according to the UN's refugee agency UNHCR ... READ MORE›
WORSENING ETHIOPIAN DROUGHT THREATENS TO END NOMADIC LIFESTYLE
More than four million people are estimated to live across Ethiopia's Somali region... READ MORE›
FRENCH WOMAN FACES CHARGES FOR 'AIDING' ASYLUM SEEKERS
Martine Landry was charged with 'aiding' two Guinean asylum seekers on the French side of the France-Italy border... READ MORE›
BORIS JOHNSON: LET ROHINGYA RETURN HOME WHEN CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT
UK foreign secretary visits refugee camp and says repatriation requires international oversight... READ MORE›
ANTI-RACISM PROTEST AFTER MIGRANT SHOOTING IN ITALY
He had taken part in regional elections for the anti-immigration Northern League last year... READ MORE›
DOWN AND OUT IN THE RUINS OF MARAWI
Officials point to a Presidential Proclamation issued on December 23, 1953 which declared 6,000 hectares in Marawi as a military reservation as legal justification for the move... READ MORE›
GENDER PERSECUTION THE TOP REASON WOMEN SEEK ASYLUM IN CANADA
The Immigration and Refugee Board IRB decided on nearly 3,000 domestic violence claims between 2013 and 2017, accepting 58 per cent of them... READ MORE›
PLAN TO DEPORT THOUSANDS OF AFRICANS IS NOT ABOUT RACE
Over the past three years, Deri said, thousands of migrants have left Israel willingly, some to those countries... READ MORE›
ISRAEL ISSUES DEPORTATION NOTICES TO AFRICAN MIGRANTS
In December, the Israeli parliament passed a bill authorising the government to force asylum seekers out of the country... READ MORE›
ITALIAN MAN HELD AFTER DRIVING THROUGH CITY SHOOTING AT BLACK PEOPLE
People look at healthcare personnel taking care of an injured person after being shot by gunfire from a vehicle, in Macerata, Italy, February 3, 2018... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Refugee
POPE FRANCIS PUTS FOCUS ON REFUGEES IN CHRISTMAS EVE MASS
Christmas is a time for turning the power of fear into the power of charity, he said... READ MORE›
'I AM ROHINGYA' FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF A YOUNG WOMAN FROM HER HOME IN MYANMAR TO A REFUGEE CAMP IN BANGLADESH.
'I am Rohingya' follows the journey of a young woman from her home in Myanmar to a refugee camp in Bangladesh... READ MORE›
FIRST MUSLIM MISS AUSTRALIA BACKS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Ms Voloder is also a psychology graduate and criminal profiler who has publicly expressed her support for same-sex marriage... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH TO BUILD ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMPS FOR 800,000 ROHINGYA
Bangladesh authorities plan to expand a refugee camp at Kutupalong near the border town of Cox's Bazar to accommodate the Rohingya... READ MORE›
BANGKOK'S SOMALI REFUGEES PERSECUTED AND LIVING IN FEAR
In practice, the future for Bangkok's refugees and asylum seekers remains precarious... READ MORE›
WHY DO 25 PER CENT OF AUSTRALIANS FEEL NEGATIVITY TOWARDS MUSLIMS?
The number of Australians who felt immigration was too high also increased in the past year from 34 per cent last year to 37 per cent this year... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S NEW SUSPENSION OF REFUGEES LEAVES SOME AT RISK OF DYING, DOCTORS SAY
The United States is among the few countries in the world that gives priority to refugees with urgent medical conditions... READ MORE›
DR CONGO CHILDREN FIND REFUGE IN ZAMBIA
Out of the 3,360 refugees who have fled into northern Zambia since August 30, at least 60 percent are children, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR ... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH: TRAFFICKING OF GIRLS RIFE IN ROHINGYA CAMPS
Noyona's story is not uncommon in the Rohingya refugee camps... READ MORE›
WORLD FAILING MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA MUSLIMS, TOP RED CROSS OFFICIAL SAYS
A top Red Cross official has described the humanitarian crisis affecting Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as unprecedented and said the world was failing in its response... READ MORE›
ISRAEL TO AFRICAN REFUGEES: YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE
Thousands of African asylum seekers can stay in confinement in IsraelA or agree to be relocated to Rwanda or Uganda toA face new persecution and danger... READ MORE›
GERMAN NEWSPAPER CATALOGS 33,293 WHO DIED TRYING TO ENTER EUROPE
German Newspaper Catalogs 33293 Who Died Trying to Enter Europe... READ MORE›
HOW EUROPE'S FAR RIGHT FELL IN LOVE WITH AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY
Signatories to the UN refugee convention are, however, obliged to assess the claims of asylum seekers reaching their shores... READ MORE›
'LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT': REFUGEE WHO MET HIS WIFE ON MANUS PLEADING TO STAY
Refugee Alex Rashid met the love of his life on Manus Island, now he's fighting to stay with her and his family... READ MORE›
ISRAEL TO TELL AFRICAN MIGRANTS: LEAVE OR FACE INDEFINITE IMPRISONMENT
There has been often heated debate about the presence of around 40,000 African migrants in Israel, many from Eritrea and Sudan... READ MORE›
RATS, MOULD AND BROKEN FURNITURE: THE SCANDAL OF THE UK'S REFUGEE HOUSING
The Home Office says that asylum seekers deserve 'safe, habitable' homes. What too many of them get is filth and squalor... READ MORE›
DEVASTATING CLIMATE CHANGE COULD LEAD TO 1M MIGRANTS A YEAR ENTERING EU BY 2100
Climate change will drive a huge increase in the number of migrants seeking asylum in Europe if current trends continue, according to a new study... READ MORE›
'HUMAN DISASTER': AUSTRALIANS OF THE YEAR PLEA FOR MANUS REFUGEES
Former Australians of the year have penned an open letter urging the nation's political leaders to address the unfolding 'human disaster' on Manus Island... READ MORE›
CAREFUL, MR DUTTON, DONALD TRUMP MIGHT HEAR YOU
So it was a nasty, jarring note when Immigration Minister Peter Dutton marked their departure with a derogatory spray... READ MORE›
CHOLERA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF IN ROHINGYA CAMP
Although no cases of cholera have been officially recorded, the vaccination campaign is a precautionary measure to prevent a full-on breakout... READ MORE›
PLEASE HELP US TACKLE URGENT PROBLEMS OF HOMELESSNESS AND DESTITUTION
Youth homelessness and extreme poverty among asylum seekers are overlapping and compelling issues which cuts to services are making worse... READ MORE›
ISRAEL PUSHES TO DEPORT ASYLUM SEEKERS TO RWANDA
Asylum seekers in Israel would then be forced to choose between indefinite detention in an Israeli prison, or deportation to a third country in Africa... READ MORE›
DOES AUSTRALIA RUN THE MOST GENEROUS REFUGEE PROGRAM PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD?
In addition to offshore resettlement, in 2016, 6,567 people arrived in Australia seeking asylum who were recognised as refugees... READ MORE›
ALL MANUS REFUGEES REMOVED FROM DETENTION CENTRE
All Manus refugees removed from detention centre PNG police... READ MORE›
DR CONGO VIOLENCE DRIVES THOUSANDS INTO ZAMBIA
A full 60 percent of those arriving in Zambia are children, including many showing signs of malnutrition, the UNHCR said... READ MORE›
'I MISS MY FAMILY. ANGELIKA'S LIKE AN AUNT.' THE OLDER GERMANS TAKING IN SYRIAN REFUGEES
It has promised to welcome 20,000 Syrian refugees in this way by 2020... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEAS POLICE STORM MANUS ISLAND REFUGEE CAMP
The Papua New Guinea authorities' aggressive move, which Australia's immigration minister confirmed was taking place, represented an escalation of the conflict over the Manus center... READ MORE›
THESE ORPHANED ROHINGYA BROTHERS ESCAPED A MASSACRE. NOW THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE A REFUGEE CAMP.
Shamsul, left, and Jafar stand outside their home in the Thaingkhali Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh... READ MORE›
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TELLS TURNBULL GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE SERVICES TO MANUS IMMEDIATELY
He called on the Australian Government to restore services immediately... READ MORE›
'URINE ON STREETS AND RIOTS': PARISIANS THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE OVER MIGRANT CAMPS
Parisians are up in arms over hundreds of migrant asylum seekers, who camp on the streets while waiting to be processed... READ MORE›