Refugees

Before the civil war, Mogadishu was a paradise, said Mr. Awow, whose parents died in the war. But after it started, everything changed. Everyone was killing each other. It took Mr. Awow eight days to reach Mombasa, Kenya, where he spent a year in a refugee c…

LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees urged the Greek government on Wednesday to improve living conditions in migrant camps and said Europe must do more to protect unaccompanied children. Greece’s new conservative gove…

Angelina Jolie says her feelings about the Trump impeachment inquiry don't matter; her father Jon Voight discusses his support of the president. (Oct. 1) AP Entertainment Jon Voight says President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry is "a lie." During an i…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that all refugee colonies on Central government and private lands up to 3 acres will be regularised. The displaced people will also be given land rights by the Trinamool Congress government, Ms.…

Minorities make up the majority of the latest group of U.S. college students to be named Rhodes Scholars, and the class includes the first transgender woman selected for the prestigious program. The Rhodes Trust announced the 32 selections late Saturday afte…

Planet SOS: Where will climate refugees go when the tide rises?

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) earlier this week promoted a far-right influencer with a history of Holocaust denial and anti-immigrant bigotry, who once tweeted, “Hitler had some good points. I think the Holocaust never actually happened.” The post King highlighte…

Susan Sarandon just shared some pretty shocking photos from "a little slip" she recently had. The Academy Award-winning actress posted two photos of her injuries on Friday, describing that she sustained a "concussion, fractured nose, banged up knee."…

The past two weeks of public impeachment testimony before the House Intelligence Committee produced indelible scenes of drama and confrontation. The photographs here are images that will fill American textbooks for generations, whatever the outcome of the pro…

Faith leaders and members of human rights groups protest outside of the U.S. Capitol during a demonstration calling on Congress not to end refugee resettlement programs on Oct. 15, 2019, in Washington. Trump officials announced in September that it would allo…