Refugees

LONDON: A British-led group of European countries said on Friday it would provide about 90 million pounds ($115 million) of air defense equipment to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian attacks. This includes a 56-million-pound contract with the Norwegian defense company Kongsberg to provide vehicle-mounted Cortex Typhon systems, which are…

Clashes resumed between Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary force after a three-day cease-fire expired Wednesday morning, a protest group and residents reported. The fighting has killed thousands of people and forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes to safer areas in Sudan and neighboring countries, according…

Thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey are returning home following last week's earthquake. Yasin AKGUL/AFP News This week, Monday 19 June to Sunday 25 June, is Refugee Week. Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival that sets out to celebrate the contributions, creativity, and resilience of displaced people and refugees. Refugee…

‘We were here’ emerges from a partnership between YouTube and the United Nations. by Daniel Farey-Jones Sign in to continue Register Limited free articles a month Free email bulletins Register Now Subscribe to The Knowledge To receive full access to Campaign's content including: Unrestricted access to all The Information and…

PRESS RELEASE: London 21 June: SocialBox.Biz, a UK-based social enterprise that takes unwanted tech to re-home it for those in need, is appealing for support from businesses during Refugee Week which falls between the 19th - 25th of June 2023. Refugee Week is a week-long celebration of refugees' contributions, creativity,…

The Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) says budgetary constraints are impeding its efforts to renovate an alternative camp in the Western Region to evacuate over 150 Liberian refugees from the Gomoa Buduburam camp. Following an intended evacuation of refugees at the Buduburam camp in the Central Region...Read More

Some Ukrainian refugees feel they have found “a second family” in Ireland as the country marks its first Refugee Week.  Refugee Week is a festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.  Upon the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 20,000 Irish people volunteered their homes to…

The countries bordering Sudan, which has been shaken by fighting for the past two months, must "keep their borders open", urged the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, in an interview on Tuesday, after announcing that more than half a million people had fled the country. "My…

Philippe Lazzarini says it’s ‘likely or highly likely’ that UN agency for Palestinian refugees will not be able to deliver some services or pay salaries by fall The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday that without a new injection of funding, it is “likely or highly…

Published on June 20th, 2023 at 09:00am EDT Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated its policy regarding the collection of biometrics for permanent resident applicants. As of June 14, anyone applying for permanent residence (PR) must submit biometrics, regardless of if they have previously submitted them for a…