Refugees

Refugees camped outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' offices in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius, Gallo Images Political refugees from the Robert Mugabe era are no longer recognised in Botswana after a court challenge was thrown out.The UNHCR, and governments of Botswana and Zimbabwe agreed that "Zimbabweans should be in…

South Weber, UT, December 13, 2021 --(PR.com)-- La Roca FC is delighted to team up with Refugee Soccer to provide soccer training clinics, life and educational mentoring, and necessities such as food and clothing to help refugees adjust to life in the United States. Refugee Soccer, which has already created a…

Rita Ora is standing in her large, open-plan kitchen talking about freezing her eggs. Her mum, Vera, is cooking us baked salmon for supper, while Ora’s sister/manager/business partner Elena, who is often credited as the secret driving force behind Ora’s global fame, sits at the kitchen table playing with her…

Norwegian Refugee Council says humanitarian givers were attacked by rebels in DRC.About 3 million people are food insecure in Ituri province.Refugees are growing impatient with the UN stabilisation mission in DRC and government forces' failure to protect them.More than 75 000 displaced people, including 35 000 children, in a remote…

Published on December 10th, 2021 at 09:00am EST Updated on December 15th, 2021 at 09:13am EST Canada has named the 12 members of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, who will monitor federal policy related to immigration and multiculturalism. The Standing Committee, also called CIMM for short, oversees matters…

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — The living room at Zoheir and Nadia Darrouba's home is a hive of activity in the late afternoon – their older children, just back from school, are taking turns carrying around their baby brother as their parents look on. PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — The living room at Zoheir…

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The welcome team drove a U-Haul truck more than 100 miles to pick up donated tables, chairs, mattresses, bed frames and bookcases. Team members paid the first and last month’s rent plus the security deposit on a rental home. Then they stocked the house with pots…

As a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which is a major contributor to international peace and security, Canada is taking a lead role in ensuring that NATO is able to resettle all its Afghan staff who were evacuated. As part of the commitment to welcome Afghan…

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Sean Fraser predicts that it could take two years to fulfil the government's promise to bring 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada. OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Sean Fraser predicts that it could take two years to fulfil the government's promise to bring 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada.…

With the year nearly over, only about a tenth of the 40,000 Afghan refugees Canada promised to bring into the country have made it here so far — and Ottawa now says it could take up to two years to resettle everyone. Defence lawyer Nelofar Akbari is pictured speaking about women's rights in…