Refugees

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell members of parliament that there must be an immediate increase in aid to Afghanistan to avert a humanitarian crisis erupting in the country. Johnson said the aid was to assist the sufferings of Afghanistans due to the crisis in the country…

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's pledge to evacuate thousands more at-risk Afghans who worked for the U.S. government will run into the cold reality of a fast-closing window of time, insecurity all over Afghanistan and major logistical hurdles. As one U.S. official told Reuters "too many things have to go…

A file photo of Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni.Uganda said on Tuesday it was considering a US request to take in refugees from Afghanistan, where tens of thousands of people are trying to flee after the Taliban seized power. President Yoweri Museveni has “expressed Uganda’s readiness to provide assistance including temporary hosting of…

Updated Tue 8:00 PM THE GOVERNMENT HAS announced €1 million in humanitarian funding to support the people of Afghanistan.  The funding will be provided to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide urgent support to people in Afghanistan, as well as to those who have fled into neighbouring…

OTTAWA — A 10th planeload of Afghan refugees arrived Tuesday evening in Canada as Justin Trudeau's Liberal government faced fresh criticism and calls for action to save hundreds of former interpreters and their families still stuck in Afghanistan. OTTAWA — A 10th planeload of Afghan refugees arrived Tuesday evening in…

August 15, 2021 9:21 PM ET Vermont Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders called for the U.S. to open its doors to Afghan refugees in a tweet Sunday as the Taliban was in the process of taking over Kabul. Sanders argued that the U.S. effort in Afghanistan has been ineffective, and we…

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  For 22 years of his life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan and its decades-long civil war. Against all odds, he made a mobile game about…

Taliban closing in on Kabul US Embassy staff shredding documents as Marines arrive to oversee evacuation Insurgent fighters are now camped just 50 kilometres away from the Afghan capital. In most parts of the country, the Taliban has encountered little or no resistance from demoralised Afghan forces. (AFP Photo) KABUL:…

Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says the Afghans will arrive through family-class sponsorship and government-assisted refugee programs, as well as private sponsorship. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Ottawa says it will bring 20,000 Afghan refugees to Canada, but has not provided a timeline, as Taliban forces continue to rapidly expand their control…

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 12, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Oracle today announced that the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, in Kenya has finalised a workforce development program for young refugees in Kenya, in collaboration with Oracle University.  The UNHCR delivers professional learning courses on Oracle Cloud technologies to refugees with a core background in information technology.…