Refugee Crisis

Swedish govt announces campaign to discourage refugees entering country

'The main objective of the campaign is to inform about the Swedish migration policy so that fewer people will come here'

Kuki-Chin refugees continue to flee violence in Bangladesh hills

With more batches of refugees escaping violence in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, the number of ethnic Kuki-Chin tribals from the neighbouring country who have sought sanctuary in Mizoram has risen to nearly 300, a local leader familiar with the issue said on Saturday. Refugees from the Kuki-Chin tribe numbering 21 crossed the border from Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) late on Friday night, local refugee organising committee chairman Gospel Hmangaihzuala told PTI. The organising committee was formed recently by village authorities and NGOs at Parva village in Lawngtlai district to deal with Kuki-Chin refugees, who have fled to Mizoram after facing alleged violence in CHT. The Kuki-Chin tribe is spread over hilly areas in Bangladesh, Mizoram as well as in Myanmar. The new entrants were shifted to Parva village, about 21 km from the border village, by Border Security Force (BSF) soon after they crossed the border, Gospel said. He said that a total of 294 people from

Helter-skelter shelter: Why are Rohingya refugees in the news again?

No sooner did the union minister Hardeep Puri hail giving Rohingyas a permanent shelter than the MHA denied any such order

UN official to discuss and resolve Afghan refugee crisis with Taliban

A visiting UN official will meet leaders of the Taliban-led government and discuss ways to resolve the Afghan refugee crisis and establish grounds for their return

Inflation, Russia-Ukraine war, refugee crisis draw G7 leaders' focus

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the meeting's host, told reporters ahead of the meeting that Ukraine will likely need a number of double-digit billion euros over the coming months

Over 113,000 Syrian immigrants gain right to vote in Turkey elections

Turkey hosts the highest number of Syrian refugees in the world, according to the migration authorities

Over 58,000 Sri Lankan & 72,000 Tibetan refugees living in India: MHA

In its recently submitted annual report for 2020-21, the MHA said that as on January 1,2021, there were 58,843 Sri Lankan refugees staying in 108 refugee camps in Tamil Nadu and 54 in Odisha

Afghan delegation to visit Iran to talk border tension, refugee challenges

Afghan students and refugees residing in Iran said that they have always faced visa issues as well as residence and employment problems across Iran

US authorities reverse course, allows Ukrainian family to seek asylum

US authorities allowed a Ukrainian woman and her three children to seek asylum Thursday, a reversal from a day earlier when she was denied entry under the Biden administration's sweeping restrictions for seeking humanitarian protection. The 34-year-old woman and her children ages 14, 12 and 6 entered San Diego for processing after authorities blocked her path hours earlier, triggering sharp criticism from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats. Blaine Bookey, legal director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, was returning to San Diego Wednesday from Tijuana, where she was helping Haitian migrants. She saw the Ukrainian woman crying with her children, looking "very uncomfortable" with a reporter "in her face". Bookey's tweets and media coverage sparked renewed criticism of a Trump-era order to deny people a chance to seek asylum under an order to prevent spread of COVID-19 known as Title 42 authority. Schumer raised the Ukrainian woman's case as he ...

In Russia's invasion of Ukraine, here are the good, bad and ideal refugees

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already caused two million refugees to flee the country. The UNHCR predicts that another four million will be displaced if the conflict continues

Ukraine refugee count reaches 1.45 million: UN migration agency

The International Organisation for Migration says the number of people who have left Ukraine since fighting began has now reached 1.45 million

Possible Afghan refugee crisis could cost Pak $500 mn annually, says IMF

IMF has said that a possible refugee crisis in Afghanistan is likely to increase the burden of Pakistan and other countries and Islamabad will have to bear a burden of 500 million dollars annually

California governor seeks $16.7 million in aid for Afghan refugees

California's governor and legislative leaders on Friday requested USD 16.7 million in state money to help resettle Afghan refugees in the state.

Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban's takeover

Haunted by a 2015 migration crisis fuelled by the Syrian war, European leaders desperately want to avoid another large-scale influx of migrants and refugees from Afghanistan

After outcry, White House says Biden will lift refugee cap in May

Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House on Friday said President Joe Biden plans to lift in the next month his predecessor's historically low cap on refugees

UN agencies urge European Union to give asylum policy a 'fresh start'

The arrival in Europe of well over 1 million migrants, most of them refugees fleeing the war in Syria, in 2015 sparked one of the EU''s biggest political crises

World Refugee Day 2020: Importance, images, rights of refugees and more

World Refugee Day 2020 theme is "Every Action Counts", All Lives Matter

US judge blocks Trump's order allowing states to shut doors on refugees

The Trump order required agencies to get written consent from state and local officials before resettling refugees in their jurisdictions

Can low-wage industries in the US survive without immigrants and refugees?

Business leaders fear President Trump's policies will create a labor shortage

22 migrants flee US, brave bone-chilling cold to claim refuge in Canada

Twenty-two migrants fled the United States and braved bone-chilling cold to walk across the border into Canada in order to make refugee claims over the weekend, police said. Many of them -- mostly from Somalia -- had already made long and dangerous journeys to get to the United States, after fleeing violence back home. But they told local media they felt apprehensive about the United States after President Donald Trump ordered a stop to refugees, as well as nationals from seven Muslim-majority nations, including Somalia, from entering. Seeing images of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcoming Syrian refugees last year and his appointment of Somali-born Ahmed Husse as immigration minister last month reportedly gave them hope. Once in Canada the group called federal police for help, and were taken to a border outpost in Emerson, Manitoba. "They usually call us if they're cold or lost, and we find them on the side of the highway," RCMP Corporal Paul Manaigre told AFP ...