Refugees

From January 2015 to October 2016, a refugee camp that came to be known as the Calais Jungle housed more than 8,000 migrants. Located near the French port of Calais, the encampment’s conditions were notoriously poor —Human Rights Watch described the environme…

The logic behind labeling drug cartels as terrorists is debatable but not outrageous. They do carry out widespread murder of innocent civilians. The massacre of nine dual Mexican and American citizens in Sonora on Nov. 4 inspired family members of the decease…

YANGON (Reuters) - Bangladesh is blocking hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children from accessing meaningful education, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, urging authorities to lift restrictions on schooling in refugee camps. In a report called ‘Are we n…

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…