Refugees

Like many across the world, Rejwan grows anxious as he scans the news on his cellphone, his mind taking in the rocketing numbers of people contracting the coronavirus and the mounting death toll. But for 21-year-old Rejwan, the pandemic is particularly scary because of where he lives: Kutupalong refugee camp…

Exercise social distancing, shield the vulnerable.  It’s the enduring message from clinicians and experts the world over. It’s how we beat coronavirus. But for some, it’s just not possible.  Crammed into dismal, overflowing camps, refugees arriving in Europe have little hope of adhering to coronavirus containment measures. On the Greek…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Alan Kurdi, operated by German group Sea-Eye, has been refused entry by Italy and Malta Italy has ordered 156 migrants on board a German rescue ship off the western coast of Sicily to be transferred to another vessel and quarantined. The migrants, mostly…

Image copyright AFP Image caption There are concerns that overcrowding in the camps could exacerbate a coronavirus outbreak Bangladesh has imposed a lockdown on a southern district, home to refugee camps housing more than a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing from Myanmar, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.Officials said no-one was…

As the western world battles deadly waves of coronavirus, the first cases have been reported in Syria where hundreds of thousands of refugees are crammed into makeshift camps and bombed-out houses near the Turkish border. Neighboring Iraq is nearing a thousand cases, with the virus almost sure to spread to…

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Teddi Jallow’s clients often call her “mama,” or “Mama Dream.” Or sometimes just “sister.”In many ways, she and her husband, Omar Bah, are like family to the 300 refugees they serve at the Refugee Dream Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 2015, the center provides case management services to people…

A photo made available by the MMEA on April 5 shows the wooden boat carrying more than 200 Rohingya off the island of Langkawi Malaysian authorities have detained more than 200 ethnic Rohingya, including five children, after they intercepted a boat off the coast of the northwestern island of Langkawi.…

MADRID (Reuters) - In a complex of holiday bungalows to the east of Madrid, Venezuelan refugees and homeless people have replaced the tourists, business meetings and wedding parties that usually fill the premises. The owner of the La Ciguena resort has turned the facility over to some of Madrid’s most…

A refugee camp in Greece is under a 14-day quarantine after residents tested positive for the coronavirus. The 20 people initially tested had no symptoms.All 2,700 residents will be tested during the 2-week lockdown, NPR reported. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The Ritsona refugee camp near Athens was placed on…