Refugees

Several government agencies had reservations over the United States government’s request for the Philippines to temporarily house Afghan refugees in the Philippines, citing security risks and the possible response of some terrorist groups in Mindanao. At a Senate hearing, Senator Imee Marcos, who sought an inquiry into the matter, asked…

The Government has been urged to speed up the building of modular homes for Ukrainians.  The Irish Examiner has reported 2,800 Ukrainians will be offered 12 month leases in modular housing units around the country.  Speaking to The Hard Shoulder, trade unionist Brendan Ogle said it was exactly the right…

Lawyer Kateryna Bolotova couldn't wait to get back to Odessa with her two dogs. AFP News/Christophe ARCHAMBAULT Since February 2022, more than 12 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the Polish border to reach other states. Since the Ukraine-Russia conflict escalated, over 1.5 million people from Ukraine have been granted…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Nine-year-old Milana Minenko doesn’t play piano anymore. During the day, she attends public school in Poland, where she and her mother fled from the war in March 2022. In the evenings, her mother helps her follow Ukraine’s curriculum to keep up with lessons back home. There’s…

CIC News > Latest News > Canada > Minister Fraser provides update on 700 international students facing deportation from Canada Published on June 14th, 2023 at 01:54pm EDT Updated on June 16th, 2023 at 05:43am EDT Today, the Honorable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) provided an…

What's your money worth? A series from the front line of the cost-of-living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses. Name: Fatama Osman* Age: 32 Occupation: Qualified nurse, but currently unemployed Lives with: Her twin daughters, Amina* and Aminata* (10) Lives in: A single room…

AFRICAJune 12, 2023 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is shocked by the latest in a series of callous attacks on forcibly displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by non-state armed groups. These brutal acts of violence have resulted in the loss of innocent lives and the mass…

Published June 13, 2023 12:21am Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez clarified the US’s request for the Philippines to house thousands of Afghan refugees temporarily, saying that their stay would be at most two weeks long to allow their visas to be processed. According to Saleema Refran’s…

TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman’s height when her panicked voice crackled over the phone. “Our boat has sunk!” Setera Begum shouted, as a storm threatened to spill her and around 180 others into the inky black sea south of…

Japan enacted an immigration law on Friday allowing the government to deport failed asylum seekers, despite pushback from opposition parties and rights groups. Until the revised legislation was passed, applicants could stay in Japan during the decision process, regardless of the number of attempts they made to secure refugee status.…