Refugees

MOHAMMED RAHIMEH left Damascus in December 2015, rather than be conscripted into the Syrian army. His journey to London took him through Lebanon and Greece and included 11 months in the notorious Jungle camp in Calais. Despite leaving Syria with no cooking qu…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Former Vice President Al Gore kicked off a series of climate presentations on Wednesday evening that will continue around the globe over 24 hours, a lively talk espousing political and U.S. policy changes. The event, called 24 Hours of …

Greece will shut down overcrowded refugee camps on islands facing Turkey and replace them with more restrictive holding facilities, according to officials. The three centres to be closed - on the islands of Chios, Samos and Lesbos, including its notorious Mo…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBethany Bell's recent visit to the house where Adolf Hitler was born The building where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born in Austria will be turned into a police station, officials have announced. …

Onboard the Ocean Viking - Ninety-four refugees and migrants, including four pregnant women, have been rescued by a charity ship off the coast off Libya. The Ocean Viking, operated jointly by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), carried out Tu…

Nearly eight months after US president Donald Trump issued an edict to restore integrity to the American immigration system, authorities are attempting to make it more difficult for asylum seekers to earn a living. Presently, refugees can apply for a work pe…

As well as the cast of familiar characters including the crew of the Rocinante, Bobbie, Drummer and Chrisjen, there are some new faces including Burn Gorman of Torchwood and Pacific Rim fame, plus Lyndie Greenwood who you may remember from Sleepy Hollow. Ther…

Next month brings the return of The Expanse, the show that SyFy axed last spring, but was saved by Amazon for a new season. In season 4, the crew of the Rocinante is being sent through the Ring Gate to explore a new world. A group of refugees has already…

Nov 17th 2019 MOHAMMED RAHIMEH left Damascus in December 2015, rather than be conscripted into the Syrian army. His journey to London took him through Lebanon and Greece and included 11 months in the notorious Jungle camp in Calais. Despite leaving Syria wit…

Michael Bernstein weighed 155 pounds on a full belly, but at 36 he was a storied prosecutor at the Department of Justice’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) who spent long afternoons in the records room, a lone figure hunched under the fuzzy glow of fluo…