Refugees

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On the last day of Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to the island of Cyprus, the Vatican Press Office announced he will be taking 12 immigrants and refugees in Greece and Cyprus back to the Vatican. When Pope Francis visited a refugee camp on the Greek island…

RIYADH: The Saudi Special Forces for Environmental Security have apprehended dozens of offenders for environmental violations as part of a recent crackdown. The forces, under the command of the Ministry of Interior, arrested individuals who illegally moved sand and soil in Jeddah and Tabuk. People who illegally entered the Imam…

TORONTO -- As the first charter flight of Afghans with private sponsorship arrives in Canada, thousands of other refugees remain in limbo, without any indication of when they may arrive in their new home. On Thursday, the federal government announced the arrival of about 250 privately sponsored Afghan refugees to…

A large number of Afghan refugees remain stuck in Canadian hotels — in some cases for months on end — with some unable to even send their children to school. One ex-military interpreter, who asked not to be identified out of fear for the safety of his relatives still in…

In Person of Interest we talk to the people catching our eye right now about what they’re doing, eating, reading, and loving. Next up is Meymuna Hussein-Cattan, who runs the Tiyya Foundation and sister restaurant Flavors From Afar. Tender lamb shanks melt into an Egyptian gravy, soaking the accompanying fluffy…

Ottawa says it’s doing all it can to quickly process Afghan refugees, but advocates say many — including those who worked for the Canadian government in Afghanistan — find themselves languishing in third countries, struggling to get information about their cases. The family at the Doha airport, waiting to board…

Two piercing green eyes and a penetrating stare stopped the world in its tracks in 1985. A photograph of Sharbat Gula became immortalized on the cover of National Geographic magazine, jolting governments and society to acknowledge the human price of the conflict in Afghanistan. The haunting expression, a mixture of…

News Grevic Alvarado Yesterday A graph on the R4V website showing the distribution of Venezuelans living in the Americas outside of their home country. - Grevic Alvarado THE Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V) said this week that TT is the second Caribbean country with the…

Refugees in Calais said they were “devastated” to hear the news of their fellow asylum-seekers, but insisted they still dreamed of reaching the UK. Sleeping in tents on drenched, muddy wasteland near Calais’ main hospital, a smattering of refugees at a once sprawling camp spoke to the Mirror. They said…

At the time of writing, it is believed that 27 people drowned on Wednesday, while attempting to find safe harbour in the UK. The International Maritime Organisation has described the tragedy as the biggest single loss of life in the Channel since 2014, when it began keeping records – not…