Refugees

Image caption Unaccompanied children who come to Spain are often known as "Menas" Maria was 15, according to her paperwork, when she fled Cameroon by plane to Madrid. She had suffered domestic sexual abuse and was about to be forcibly married to an older man.But Spanish authorities did not believe…

By Nidal al-MughrabiGAZA (Reuters) - The interim head of the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees on Thursday accused pro-Israel groups of lobbying foreign parliaments to stop donations, even as it struggled to recover from losing United States funding in 2018.Christian Saunders, in an interview with Reuters in his Gaza…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks with newly-elected Conservative MPs at the Houses of Parliament, London, Britain December 16, 2019. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS Boris Johnson's government branded "disgraceful" and…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Norway says it will take 600 asylum seekers recently evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers as the Scandinavian country wants to stop the sometimes deadly smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. For me it is im…

There is a huge abyss within every mind. When we belong, we have an outside mooring to prevent us from falling into ourselves, the late, great Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue wrote as he channeled ancient Celtic wisdom on belonging. But given this m…

(BEMIDJI, Minn.) — A northern Minnesota county on Tuesday night banned the resettlement of refugees within its boundaries, becoming the first in the state and the second in the nation to do so. By a 3-2 vote, the Beltrami County board of commissioners voted …

Early last year, Google launched interpreter mode, a way for Google Assistant to step in and help you converse with people in up to 29 different languages without actually knowing their native tongue. It then rolled the feature out to smart speakers and phone…

The Trump administrations plan to collect DNA evidence from migrants detained in U.S. Customs and Borders Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities will commence soon in the form of a 90-day pilot program in Detroit and Southwe…

Researchers plan to excavate a trail that World War II refugees once trod. Thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa now use the trail. In the foothills of Croatia’s Dinaric Alps, only a dozen miles inland from the tourist-trafficked Adriatic coast, evidence…

You can, of course, donate some gifts to those in need, as I do, but many arent practical, useful items that charities will accept. The fancy set of salt and pepper shakers currently in the box, awaiting their new home, were declined by a group helping refuge…