Refugees

Pakistan and the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, are holding a conference to highlight the challenges facing Afghan refugees. It is estimated more than two million are sheltering in Pakistan, with some displaced since the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Continuing violence makes returning home dangerous. But a repatriation programme…

Islamabad, Pakistan - The United Nations has thrown its weight behind a peace process aimed at ending almost 20 years of devastating war in Afghanistan, with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling it an opportunity that "cannot" be missed. Guterres was speaking at a high-level international summit in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, held on Monday to…

In the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard, Picard and crew take a detour to the planet Vashti, where Picard and Raffi relocated Romulan refugees 14 years ago. Join Chastity and Greg for a breakdown of the plot, Star Trek references, and The Next Generation Easter eggs from Episode 4,…

It’s been a shaky week in German politics after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s handpicked successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (also known as AKK), resigned as leader of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) on Monday. Her decision to step down came after a controversial local election on Feb. 6 that led members of her…

Snow has arrived in Lebanon's mountains, making life harder for the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees living in the Bekaa Valley. Just under half of the refugees rely on cash assistance from aid agencies, but Lebanon's economic crisis has made it difficult for them to access those funds. And…

For Samar, 24, life has all been about survival. She was still a teenager seven years ago when, with the war in Syria raging, she decided to flee her country in the hope of a better future. She first sought refuge in Lebanon, then in Egypt and Turkey, before embarking…

They are sometimes described as the people of a forgotten war. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees are either living in Syria or have sought refuge in Lebanon or Jordan since the Syrian war began in 2011. And the so-called "right of return" of Palestinians to their homeland remains as…

Around 200 refugees and migrants have amassed at Serbia's border with Hungary asking to be let through as they seek entry into more prosperous Western European countries. But Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban ordered a fence to be put up five years ago, saying they were not welcome. Thousands of…

Madrid, Spain - When, as a 13-year-old in 1939, Lina Arconada became one of half a million Spanish Civil War refugees fleeing the troops of the victorious General Franco, she had no idea it would be more than four decades before she could return from France to her home country.…

The restrictions are set to take effect next month. January 31, 2020, 11:42 PM5 min read President Donald Trump on Friday signed an order to impose travel restrictions on a new group of six countries, adding to the current travel ban, according to three senior administration officials. The U.S. will…