Refugees

A majority of photos depicting the 2015 Syrian refugee crisis portrayed the refugees as victims, research shows. This finding has implications for how the public perceives migratory events, including the influx of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border. T…

Afghan United: Hope through Football for Refugees in Iran

A so-called Canadian ISIS bride who is stuck in a Syrian refugee camp with her newborn baby has been given no indication of coming home, despite the increasingly dangerous living conditions her family is facing. Aimee, whose last name CTV News has previously…

House Democrats appear likely to try again to pass a long-overdue $19 billion disaster aid bill that's a top priority for some of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies on Capitol Hill. A GOP conservative blocked an attempt late last week to pass the mea…

Venezuela's crippling economic spiral is having a negative impact on an unlikely group in society: criminals, who are struggling to afford bullets, and unable to find things to steal as the country's wealth declines rapidly. The Associated Press (AP) spoke…

A Maltese armed forces patrol boat picked up 216 migrants and refugees from two dinghies in the Mediterranean Sea and was bringing them to Malta on Saturday, a spokesman said. At least one pregnant woman and a number of children were believed to be among the…

Lebanese security officials on Saturday denied allegations by human rights groups that they have forced Syrian refugees to sign documents saying they agreed to return to their home country,  Human Rights Watch (HRW) and four other groups alleged in a report …

The head of UNRWA, the United Nations agency that has supported Palestinian refugees for seven decades, has rebuffed a US proposal to have host countries take over the services it provides across the Middle East. The suggestion, from US Middle East envoy Jas…

Dublin, Ireland - On the doorsteps of Stoneybatter, an increasingly gentrified patch of inner-city Dublin, Ellie Kisyombe is making her case to be the neighbourhood's newest local councillor. She fields questions on vandalism, public housing and how to fight…

Melbourne, Australia - Refugees on Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Manus Island say there is increasing desperation on the Pacific island and at least 10 people have attempted suicide or committed self-harm following the reelection of Australia's conservative govern…