Refugees

By Rachel Schraer and Nicholas Barrett BBC Reality Check media captionChaotic scenes at Kabul airport as people try desperately to fleeIn the lead-up to the withdrawal of US and UK forces, there were chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as desperate people tried to flee Afghanistan. How many have been evacuated…

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has said the country opted to reject a request to take in refugees from Afghanistan, who had sought refuge in Pakistan, in the wake of the Taliban takeover. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have fled the country, out of fear of…

Published on September 1st, 2021 at 02:24pm EDT Updated on September 7th, 2021 at 08:32am EDT Another 635 Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates in the Express Entry system have been invited to apply for permanent residence. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held its latest draw on September 1. The…

“The request is that they be accommodated in SA en route to their final destinations. The South African government is unfortunately not in a position to accommodate such a request. “SA is already home to a substantial number of refugees and is seized with addressing their needs. Most of them…

Afghan families gather to receive food from an Islamabad-based Christian organization on the outskirts of Chaman, a border town in the Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, on Aug. 31. The Associated Press Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers struggled to keep the country functioning on Wednesday after the final withdrawal of U.S. forces,…

Pakistan said that it lacks the ability to offer refuge to any more Afghan refugees, as the country has hosted more than 3 million Afghan refugees in previous decades and is now unable to take on more. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas…

Activists urge Biden administration to welcome refugees, end drone attacks and provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Washington, DC – Afghan-American activist Halema Wali says she receives dozens of texts daily from people trying to flee Afghanistan. Her cousin, whose father worked with the US, and his family were unable to…

Real Estate: A Living Autobiography by Deborah Levy Bloomsbury Publishing, 224 pp.; $20.00 In The Cost of Living, the second book in Deborah Levy’s memoir trilogy, a child haunts the author’s dream, appearing barefoot in the large Victorian home Levy shared with her husband and two daughters in London. The…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content PIRIAC-SUR-MER — As a former player in the Afghanistan women’s national soccer team, Fanoos Basir saw no future for herself under Taliban rule. She fled, and is now in a reception center for…

"Save The Children" is helping Afghan refugees, particularly families and children, as they come to the United States. Jeanne-Aimee De Marrais, the senior director for U.S. emergencies for "Save The Children" joined CBSN's Tanya Rivero to talk about what the group is doing to help. Read More