Refugees

114,000 Ukrainian Refugees Find Shelter in 2022 (Image: Getty) UK immigration figures have revealed the number of Ukrainian refugees who sought safety in the United Kingdom during the year 2022 numbered a total of 114,000. However, a portion of those who arrived under the Government backed Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and…

An Egyptian volunteer delivers free meals to a family of Sudanese refugees hosted at an Egyptian home in the village of Wadi Karkar near Aswan - Copyright AFP/File Khaled DESOUKI Mohamed Abouelenen with Sofiane Alsaar in Cairo From the scorching summer heat to war profiteers and bureaucratic foot-dragging, Sudanese fleeing…

Prosecutors in Nepal on Wednesday charged 30 people, including two former cabinet ministers over allegations that they collected large amounts of money from Nepali nationals, promising to help them relocate overseas as Bhutanese refugees. The District Attorney's Office here has filed a 224-page charge-sheet at the Kathmandu District Court. Former…

Published on May 24th, 2023 at 12:45pm EDT Updated on May 24th, 2023 at 12:54pm EDT IRCC has invited candidates in the thirteenth Express Entry draw of 2023. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 4,800 invitations to apply (ITAs) to candidates in an all-program draw. Candidates required a minimum…

As the Government of Canada works to resettle at least 40,000 Afghan refugees by the end of 2023, Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) is collaborating with Aman Lara and local building trades unions across Canada to provide recently resettled Afghan nationals with opportunities in the skilled trades. For many Canadian newcomers,…

UN Allocates USD 5 Million to Sudanese Refugees Fleeing to Egypt Photo credit: Arab News The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) announced its allocation of USD 5 million (EGP 154 million) to support citizens fleeing from Sudan to Egypt, on Monday, 22 May. The fund aims to aid…

Croatia has been sending migrants and refugees back to Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2017 on the basis of a bilateral agreement between the ex-Yugoslav republics, data from Bosnia suggests, contradicting a claim by Croatia that its neighbour only began implementing the deal this year. Hundreds have been returned since the…

Hundreds of people fleeing the fighting in Sudan cross the main border post at Metema in western Ethiopia every day. Around 15,000 people from sixty different countries have crossed over between April 21st and May 7th.  Redin Abdela Ahmed, a student from Khartoum, was one of them. "We have to…

Hongkou District Integrated Media Center Sonja Muehlberger finds the names of her family and herself on the Wall of Names of Jewish refugees in Shanghai, at the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. Sonja Muehlberger wiped her eyes after seeing the washboard that her mother once used in Shanghai, displayed at the…

On Monday evening local residents set up makeshift blockades at either end of the rural road in the townland of Inch, Co Clare, that leads to the former Magowna House Hotel. Earlier that day, a bus had arrived from Dublin, carrying 34 male international protection applicants. Podcast: What will it…