Refugees

SAFE FOR NOW A Rohingya boy drinks water from a plastic cup after he and other Rohingya refugees arrived by boat in Lamnga beach, Aceh province, western Indonesia on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. AFP PHOTO BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: A wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them…

CRISP was established by the former Morrison government in late 2021, to provide a dedicated pathway for people overseas, who are referred to Australia for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and who have no family links here. Like Mr Mahmoud, about 1500 refugees are expected to…

JAKARTA: A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday (Jan 8), a local disaster agency official said, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Over half of those who arrived around 2.30pm (3.30pm, Singapore…

Filled with sadness and hopes of a victorious 2023, hundreds of Ukrainian refugees celebrated their first Christmas since fleeing the Russian invasion at a contemporary theatre in Warsaw. The celebrants at the Nowy Teatr, a former truck repair workshop, were among the 1.5 million Ukrainians who have settled in Poland…

Immigrant employees at the Eder Flag factory in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, work on American flags in the new film "The Flagmakers." Photo: Courtesy of National Geographic Documentary Films A new National Geographic documentary is examining life inside a factory that makes American flags and whose employees are primarily refugees and…

Published on January 5th, 2023 at 08:00am EST An internal memo from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on July 18, 2022, recommends the implementation of clear guidelines for the establishment of pilot programs following an internal audit conducted last March by the Internal Audit and Accountability Branch of IRCC.…

CIC News > Latest News > Canada > IRCC announces additional funding for Racialized Newcomer Women Pilot Program Nearly $6 million in funding going toward 10 projects that can help newcomer women find employment. Published on January 4th, 2023 at 11:12am EST Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced…

published : 26 Oct 2022 at 21:48 Members of Bangladesh security personnel stand guard beside Rohingya refugees rescued from the sea after a Malaysia bound boat sank off the Bangladesh coast in Teknaf on Oct 4, 2022. (Photo by AFP) The UN human rights chief urged Malaysia on Wednesday to…

Kerry is now home to more than 4,708 Ukrainian refugees according to figures released by the Department of Equality. he figures show that Kerry is providing accommodation to more Ukrainian refugees than any other county in Ireland except  Dublin where there are 7,304 refugees being accommodation. Donegal is also home to…

R efugees who fled in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should stay abroad this winter due to blackouts created by Russia, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister has said. Russia has targeted critical energy infrastructure, and Ukrainians sheltering abroad should wait until spring to return home, Iryna Vereshchuk said in…