Refugees

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By AFP     10 hours ago in World A number of people have begun escaping the turmoil in Myanmar into India, some of them police refusing to take part in the violent crackdown on protests against a military coup there, officials and reports said. Myanmar's junta ousted civilian leader…

UNITED STATES: The UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, diplomats told AFP Tuesday. The meeting, requested by Ireland, will be held behind closed doors at midday and is not guaranteed to lead to the adoption of a joint statement, the diplomats…

ROME: A special bronze medal has been minted by the Vatican to celebrate the visit of Pope Francis to Iraq. Vatican sources told Arab News that the medal will be one of the gifts that the leader of the Catholic Church will give to Iraqi representatives whom he will meet…

The coronavirus cabinet approved an outline to partially reopen the skies on Monday, allowing Israelis to enter and leave the country without a permission and allowing those who return to quarantine at home instead of in a hotel. Starting from Sunday, up to 3,000 citizens a day will be able…

The Queensland government has been urged to provide emergency housing for 25 medevac detainees released by federal authorities in Brisbane after years in immigration detention. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says 25 people brought to Australia for medical treatment under now-repealed medical evacuation laws have been released into the community.…

In November 2020, fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia destroyed a secondary school which opened in 2018 in the Hitsats refugee camp. The school was attended by both refugees and Ethiopians. Hitsats was opened in 2013 to accommodate Eritrean refugees. In 2018, it housed over 15,000 refugees, nearly half…

Dhaka expects India or Myanmar to take refugees adrift in Andaman for nearly two weeks Bangladesh Navy personnel help a Rohingya child out of a navy vessel that was taking refugees to be resettled on Bhasan Char island in December. (Reuters File Photo) DHAKA: Bangladesh is under “no obligation” to…

News Grevic Alvarado 16 Hrs AgoVenezuelans wave "adios" to TT as they prepare to board a repatriation flight at Piarco International Airport on Friday. - Sureash CholaiFinally 96 Venezuelans who were refugees in TT returned to their country on Friday on a repatriation flight. At 7.30 pm yesterday, the flight,…

News Paula Lindo 2 Days AgoDavid Abdulah - Movement for Social Justice leader David Abdulah said he is pleased with Dr Keith Rowley's call for the US to lift sanctions on Venezuela. He said this was one of the issues the MSJ and the Assembly of Caribbean People had addressed…