Refugees

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…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) A key architect of the long-awaited U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace warned Wednesday that "nothing can be meaningfully fixed" until Gaza's Hamas rulers and Palestinian Islamic Jihad renounce their vows to destroy Israel and stop ca…

Almost one million Rohingya refugees are living in camps in Bangladesh. For years, government-run schools have quietly welcomed Rohingya refugee children. But recently, scores of children have been expelled. Al Jazeera's Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Cox's …

"Many ppl are shocked & upset about the election result," the Sudanese refugee tweeted. "The question is what are we going to do to help the forgotten ppl... their lives (are) in danger." Manus Provincial Police Commander David Yapu told AFP that he was…

Thousands of North Korean women and girls are sold and trafficked into sexual slavery in China, generating millions of dollars for local crime syndicates, according to a new report by London-based rights group Korea Future Initiative published Monday. The …