Refugees

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.…

The destruction of a dam in southern Ukraine could soon see an increase in refugees arriving in Ireland, the Taoiseach has warned. The Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine held back a reservoir so huge that locals called it the Kakhovka Sea. Its destruction has unleashed huge torrents of water…

Published on June 8th, 2023 at 10:41am EDT Updated on June 8th, 2023 at 10:44am EDT IRCC has held its fourteenth Express Entry draw of 2023. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 4,800 candidates in an all-program draw. Candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 486.…

Egypt has received 200,000 Sudanese refugees since the beginning of the conflict, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced during a joint press conference with Angolan President Joao Lourenco in the Angolan capital, Luanda. Sisi added that he discussed with the Angolan president a solution to the conflict in Sudan, and…

The Ghana Refugee Board has disclosed that it has registered a total of 3200 immigrants from neighbouring Burkina Faso in a period of nine months. According to the Executive Secretary of the Ghana Refugees Board, Tetteh Kwao Padi, although the situation calls for concern, his outfit continues to work with…

PUBLISHED : 8 Jun 2023 at 06:20 File photo Thailand is among 13 countries newly added to Canada's electronic travel authorisation (eTA) programme by its Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Sean Fraser, the North American country announced on Wednesday. Travellers who have either held a Canadian visa in the…

Published on June 6th, 2023 at 12:57pm EDT Updated on June 7th, 2023 at 05:11am EDT Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, visited Winnipeg today for an announcement regarding visa-free travel. Passport holders from 13 countries will now be able to travel to Canada by air without requiring…