Refugees

FILE PHOTO: A UN worker monitors Congolese refugees who fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo by boat across Lake Albert, upon arrival at United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in settlement camp in Kyangwali, Uganda March 19, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena/File PhotoKAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Wednesday it…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: "We're mobilizing all means at our disposal." STEPHANIE LECOCQ/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock "Whatever it takes." That was the motto of the former head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi. Meanwhile, it's become a standard mantra for all European politicians, though most of them only pay…

Weimar in l.A.Alex Ross’s piece about German writers and composers who fled to Los Angeles during the Second World War is fascinating (“Exodus,” March 9th). He brings to life the émigrés’ sense of dislocation, dissatisfaction, residual despair—and their infighting. As Ross mentions, many were rescued by Varian Fry, who helped…

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency and Rohingya community leaders in Malaysia are stepping up efforts to get refugees who attended a Muslim gathering to come forward for coronavirus checks, after cases linked to the event jumped across Southeast Asia. More than 670 infections in the region have…

Athens, Greece - For most people living in crowded refugee camps on the Greek islands, following the measures recommended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection is just not possible. In the Vial refugee camp on the island of Chios, even if they wanted to, people cannot keep a…

Greece has imposed restrictions on the movement of refugees and migrants living in overcrowded camps on its islands to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Over the next 30 days, people living in camps will be allowed to temporarily exit the facilities only in small groups, every hour between 7am…

(SAN DIEGO) — The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the president has during pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak to mount what would be one of the most aggressive…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland/TORONTO (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration will temporarily suspend sending refugees on to resettle in new permanent homes abroad because of travel disruptions caused by the coronavirus, the agency said Tuesday. The agency said the suspension would begin to take effect within…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - European border restrictions imposed due to coronavirus will affect plans to transfer hundreds of children out of “dire and dangerous” refugee camps in Greece, a senior official for the United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. “The temporary shutdown of cross-border movement within the EU…

Sina Kalan, 36, walks out of the bathroom feeling like a new man. His beard is gone and drops of water trickle down his freshly-shaved skin. He has been waiting for this moment for 12 days. On the last Friday of February, Sina packed his bags and, together with his…