Refugees

The United Nations says conditions are dire for the remaining Syrian refugees in Rukban camp near the border with Jordan. Most have left for Syrian government-controlled areas but the UN says it can't guarantee the safety of those who want to go to oppositio…

MILAN (Reuters) - A second migrant rescue boat is heading towards the south Italian island of Lampedusa, potentially creating another stand-off with Italian authorities who are banning non-governmental organizations from bringing migrants ashore. Italy's out…

Image caption Zareeka Gardner says she's reconsidering her decision to live in Thailand Thailand has long been an attractive destination for Western expats - where money goes further and can buy a good quality of life. But the revival of an arcane immigrat…

Tanzania says it has reached an agreement with neighbouring Burundi to begin sending back all Burundian refugees from October, adding that the repatriation will take place in collaboration with the United Nations. However, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said …

Almost 2,500 Syrian refugees have been "forcibly deported" from Lebanon to their war-torn country over the past three months, a rights group has said, urging authorities to "immediately" halt the expulsions. In a statement on Tuesday, Amnesty International c…

GAZA (Reuters) - The head of a U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees, which is under a corruption investigation, said on Tuesday it still needed $150 million in donations to keep it operating until the end of this year. Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner…

On August 25, 2017, more than 740,000 Muslim-majority Rohingya fled Rakhine State for Bangladesh, fleeing Myanmar after its armed forces launched a brutal crackdown following attacks on security posts. On Sunday, thousands of Rohingya refugees marked the sec…

“The Red Sea Diving Resort,” a new film on Netflix, is based on the true story of Mossad agents who took over an abandoned holiday resort in Sudan to smuggle Jewish Ethiopian refugees out of the country. As we explain in the latest episode of the Original Co…

Conservation 'tusk force': The Rohingya and the elephants

It was exactly two years ago today, on August 25 2017, that the Myanmar military launched a murderous “clearance operation” in Rakhine State. In the space of a few months, the security forces and their proxies killed thousands of Rohingya people, torched vill…