Refugees

Credit: CC0 Public Domain As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia. Labor has vowed to continue Operation Sovereign Borders, including boat turnbacks and offshore detention. This is concerning. Not only do…

BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (AP) — Sitting outside her tent in a camp in eastern Lebanon, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee contemplated the sunset and her worsening options. Umm Jawad fled to Lebanon in 2011 to escape a Syrian government siege of her hometown of Homs. She managed to survive over the…

The Lebanese government’s plan to start deporting Syrian refugees has sent waves of fear through vulnerable communities already struggling to survive in their host country...Read More

Geneva, 20 July 2022 - Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first WHO World report on the health of refugees and…

Updated Jul 19th 2022, 10:25 PM THE FIRST UKRAINIAN refugees have arrived at Gormanston military camp in Co Meath, where they will stay in tented accommodation. The first bus carrying the group of refugees arrived at the army camp shortly after 4pm this afternoon, after their details were processed at…

Published on July 19th, 2022 at 08:00am EDT Updated on July 28th, 2022 at 10:47am EDT Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is planning to start holding Express Entry draws for candidates based on labour market goals in the first quarter of 2023, a spokesperson says. “The Department is planning…

The decision to house Ukrainian refugees in tents in Gormanston Army Camp is “very concerning” and might well be illegal, the Irish Refugee Council has said.  The camp will accept its first new residents today as the Government scrambles to house the large numbers of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland.…

A group of refugees from Afghanistan has gathered in front of the United States embassy in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, calling for their cases to be expedited after years of waiting. At least a dozen Afghans including both adults and children gathered on Monday outside the embassy premises, saying they had…

A conversation with the activist and writer about his new book Asylum and the intersections of oppression that face LGBTQ migrants and refugees.  July 18, 2022 When Edafe Okporo was released from a New Jersey immigration detention center in 2017, he had nowhere to go. He spent a few nights…

Portland, Maine Even now, alive and safe, Linode Lafleur cries at memories of the jungle. The Haitian woman and her family were lost for days struggling to get to the United States. No food, no rest. Fording chest-high rivers that swept many others away. Bodies by the path. Treacherous cliffs,…