Refugees

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopia plans to shutter a camp for Eritrean refugees and resettle thousands of its inhabitants in other camps that the UN considers already full, an official said, despite concerns this could make them more vulnerable to COVID-19.Hitsats camp is one of four in the northern Tigray…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's coast guard has rescued 396 starving Rohingya refugees who had been drifting at sea for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia, officials said Thursday.The U.N. refugee agency received them from the authorities, UNHCR said in a statement.The refugees, including many women and children, were attempting…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption This boat carrying Rohingya refugees was detained in Malaysian waters earlier this month The coast guard of Bangladesh says it has rescued at least 382 starving Rohingya refugees who had been drifting at sea for nearly two months. More than two dozen people died on…

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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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