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We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a growing proportion of refugees finding jobs in Germany, Kurds staging a walk-out at a Greek island camp, and Rohingya refugee women seeking justice at the International Criminal Court.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including France evacuating hundreds of people from a canal-side migrant camp, Israel giving humanitarian visas to Darfuris, and the U.N. refugee agency warning over Hungary’s proposed anti-migrant laws.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a deadly mass escape from traffickers’ captivity in Libya, a Malian man honored in France for saving a toddler’s life, and Austria’s plans to condition welfare on a German-language test.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including protests in Greece, the Trump administration nominating a new migration bureau chief and prosecutions for trafficking in Egypt.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Toronto planning emergency shelters for asylum seekers, a widening scandal at Germany’s asylum and refugee authority, and a U.S. vote opening the way for sanctions on Myanmar military.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including the U.N. criticizing Algeria’s mass deportations and migrant pushbacks, the death of a refugee on Manus Island, and a new survey of Rohingya refugees shows their concerns about repatriation.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Russia’s hold on U.N. sanctions for Libyan people traffickers, the rescue of a migrant boat adrift in the Atlantic for 5 weeks and the number of Commonwealth Games athletes seeking asylum in Australia nears 200.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Berlin mulls rollout of asylum detention centers, Germany’s asylum authority faces probe over ‘wrongful’ granting of asylum and Chatham House questions motives of those calling for Syrian refugee returns.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a new investigation into the killing of migrants in Gambia, the U.S. pushing for a safe third country agreement with Mexico and Bosnia reinforcing its border as a new Balkan route grows.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including 60 births per day in Rohingya camps, displacement in sub-Saharan Africa doubling in 2017, and a U.S. gubernatorial race being poisoned by scare tactics over immigration.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a Greek law to speed up asylum claims, a deadly shipwreck off Turkey’s coast and Ireland’s family reunification scheme.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a group of African athletes seeking asylum in Australia, the bodies of eight Syrians washing ashore in Cyprus, and Austria charging anti-migrant activists with incitement to hatred.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Greek plans to expand mainland refugee camps, a regional body warning against further Afghan refugee returns and the World Bank considering making a grant to support Bangladesh over the Rohingya crisis.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including the arrival of two boats of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia’s return of Yemenis and the resolution of a standoff between an NGO boat and Italian authorities on the Mediterranean Sea.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including more than half of Britons saying refugees deserve more support, UNHCR resuming evacuation flights from Libya, and Greek police rescuing migrants from kidnap gang.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a case brought against Italy at the European Court of Human Rights by shipwreck survivors, the separation of children from families at the U.S. border, and Germany approving resumption of family reunification.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including the U.S. ending temporary protected status for Hondurans, Australia warning of ‘few prospects’ for offshore refugees rejected by the U.S., and a Greek court dropping charges against European rescue volunteers.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a Spanish rescue highlighting increased sea arrivals, Viktor Orban saying the E.U. should not give money to support states taking in refugees and a quilt exhibition honoring migrants who died in the Arizona desert.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a German police raid on a migrant shelter, more uncertainty over aid access to Myanmar’s Kachin state and Canada’s cooperation with U.S. to curb Nigerian asylum claims.
We review the latest refugee issues, including the U.S. Teacher of the Year silently protesting at the White House, the E.U. consolidating aid fund concerning aid groups, and Israel possibly renegotiating UNHCR deal.
We review the latest refugee issues, including Rwandan police arresting Congolese refugees following a deadly protest, U.K. legislators backing post-Brexit family reunification for child refugees and a protest amid renewed displacement in Myanmar’s Kachin state.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Rohingya refugees’ demands to a visiting U.N. Security Council delegation, the first migrant caravan arrivals seek refuge in the U.S. and reports that Canada wants to amend the U.S. Safe Third Country agreement.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including the British home secretary’s resignation over deportation targets, a deadly shipwreck off the coast of Algeria and Germany speaking out over the Assad regime’s planned confiscation of refugees’ homes.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a decline in U.S. funding hitting aid budgets, Germany’s review of thousands of asylum cases and U.S. authorities’ failure to keep track of unaccompanied migrant children.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including the U.S. Supreme Court being unlikely to overturn Trump’s travel ban, a Greek border guard revealing mass pushbacks and ICRC saying it’s ‘flooded’ with Syrians missing family members.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Israel abandoning plans to deport thousands of African refugees, an Italian court rejecting an NGO’s appeal to release its rescue ship, and flooding in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a Syrian aid conference opening in Brussels, German plans to resettle refugees and return Iraqis, and a Greek decision reinstating restrictions on asylum seekers leaving the islands.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Rohingya refugees found after 9 days adrift at sea, far-right attacks protesting refugees on Lesbos and increasing number of Swedes want fewer refugees.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including the displacement of Colombians by gang turf wars, the arrest of Rohingya in India and thousands trapped in a Palestinian camp near Damascus amid a Syrian regime offensive.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Afghans trekking to Turkey before a border wall is completed, a group of Syrians returning home from Lebanon, and Greece saying it will abide by a court ruling opening the islands.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a Greek court lifting island confinement for newly arrived refugees, Mali violence sending refugees into Burkina Faso, and Yemeni officials being accused of appalling abuses of migrants.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including Israel’s release of refugees after failing to reach a deal with Uganda, Italian authorities releasing an impounded NGO rescue ship and a Syrian man stuck in a Malaysian airport for over a month.
We review the latest refugee-related issues, including the U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh disputing a claim that Rohingya returns have begun, Syrians from Ghouta recalling years of deprivation and UNHCR questioning Australia prioritizing white South African farmers.
We review the latest refugee-related issues, including an Eritrean teenager winning a landmark family reunification case, a black list of Soros ‘mercenaries’ published in Hungary and Germany extending checks on its border with Austria.
We review the latest refugee-related issues, including the U.S. resettling 11 Syrian refugees in past five months, calls for new U.S. secretary of state Pompeo to face questions on refugee policy, and majority of Syrian refugees in the U.K. shown to be studying or working.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including the U.K. stepping up spending on Syrian refugees, a Myanmar minister to visit Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, and the ILO launching ‘Glassdoor’ for migrant workers.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a dip in rich countries’ spending on refugees in 2017, Orban allies planning to pass a ‘Stop Soros’ bill after their election win and the U.S. deploying the National Guard to the Mexico border.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including a sweeping win for Orban in Hungary, a U.N. envoy warning against Rohingya returns, and an Afghan refugee on Manus being stabbed with a screwdriver.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including an updated death toll from the cholera outbreak in Uganda’s camps, the U.N. humanitarian advisor for Syria decrying mass displacement in Idlib and aid workers being charged with theft in Uganda.
We review the latest issues related to refugees, including U.N. human rights experts warning about conditions in northern France, Israel’s release of African migrants slated for deportation, and Nauru stopping the right of appeal to Australia’s high court.
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