Refugees

In her News Feature “An unequal blow” (15 May, p. 700), L. Wade discusses the vulnerability of poor people and members of minorities during both past and present pandemics. However, the article overlooks recent immigrants, who have also been particularly vulnerable to pandemics in the past and are threatened now…

Nearly 80 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide by the end of last year as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations, according to the United Nations. Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, released its annual report on displacement on…

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency expressed concerns Thursday about impact of the coronavirus pandemic from Africa’s Sahel region to Latin America and beyond, warning that millions fled upheaval at home and could face hardship abroad among lockdowns and other restrictive measures to fight the outbreak.…

The suicide of prominent Egyptian LGBTQI rights activist Sarah Hegazi (30), while in exile in Canada, has focussed attention on the plight of queer refugees in Australia and across the world. For Renee Dixson, researcher and co-founder of the Forcibly Displaced People Network – an advocacy group for LGBTQI refugees…

For the average person, a government order to shelter in place or stay at home comes with some adjustments. Many changes are cerebral: we navigate vast expanses of togetherness with our families while figuring out how to balance work, life, and newfound teaching roles. Other changes are physical, like giving…

by Laura McEnaney | June 3, 2020 In March 1943, Kaye Kimura left the “Manzanar War Relocation Center” in California and boarded the same train that had brought her there in 1942, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt had sent 120,000 Japanese Americans to wartime prisons. During her first trip on the train,…

The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on refugees around the world. Preventive measures such as physical distancing and frequent hand-washing are often difficult to implement in crowded camps. The aid agencies helping the refugees are struggling as well. Wealthy nations in Europe, North America and the Middle East…

Afghan refugees are contributing to Turkey's fight against the coronavirus, producing soap and 1,000 face masks a day to protect people from the pandemic. A group of about 12 refugees living in the Turkish city of Kayseri have teamed up with local volunteers to produce and deliver these essential supplies…

A boat carrying suspected ethnic Rohingya migrants is seen detained in Malaysian territorial waters, in Langkawi, Malaysia April 5, 2020.. File photo   | Photo Credit: REUTERS Malaysian marine officials intercepted the vessel Monday off the northern resort island of Langkawi Malaysian authorities detained 269 Rohingya refugees and found a…

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