Turkish Refugee Camp

A seven year old Irish citizen currently in Belarus, whose father allegedly fought for Islamic terror group ISIS in Syria, has brought a High Court challenge aimed at getting his passport renewed. ublin-born Abdul Malik Bekmirzaev and his mother, Iryna Paltarzhytskaya, who is a citizen of Belarus, were deported to…

The Trump administration’s emergency restrictions in response to the coronavirus have shut the US immigration system so tight that just two refugees at the southern border have been allowed to stay since 21 March, according to unpublished data from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (Uscis). Citing the threat to public…

Eden Gebre spends every day crammed into a single room of a Tel Aviv apartment with her husband, their 6-year-old twins, and 4-year-old daughter.In the same apartment live two fellow Eritrean asylum-seekers with whom Ms. Gebre is fearful to interact, because she says she is immunocompromised following a liver transplant.…

African countries have been seeking the right response to the crisis. South Africa and Nigeria have started easing lockdown restrictions to give the economy breathing space. Experts have warned that it may be too soon. Djibouti started easing lockdown measures on Monday, despite the country having the highest number of COVID-19 cases in East…

The Humanitarian Works of Shigeru Ban Cardboard Cathedral. Image © Stephen Goodenough 2014 Pritzker Laureate Shigeru Ban may be as well known for his innovative use of materials as for his compassionate approach to design. For a little over three decades, Ban, the founder of the Voluntary Architects Network, has…

Silvia Romano (centre) said she was feeling well, both "physically and mentally"An Italian aid worker, who was abducted in Kenya in November 2018, has been flown back to her home country.Silvia Romano, 25, embraced her parents and sister, and was greeted by Italy's prime minister and foreign minister after she…

Image copyright EPA Image caption Silvia Romano (centre) said she was feeling well, both "physically and mentally" An Italian aid worker, who was abducted in Kenya in November 2018, has been flown back to her home country.Silvia Romano, 25, embraced her parents and sister, and was greeted by Italy's prime…

Ahmad al-Mostafa can't afford milk for his baby daughter. A Syrian refugee, he has barely been able to feed his family since Lebanon sank into economic crisis last year. But now, a coronavirus lockdown has made things even worse. "Nobody will hire us anymore," said the 28-year-old, who lost his…

Germany's foreign minister took aim at the EU's approach to refugees, saying nothing has been solved since the 2015 migrant crisis. He also called again for a scheme to distribute asylum-seekers across the EU. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has accused European Union member states of not doing enough to…

A group of hooded men are beating a German photojournalist repeatedly in broad daylight in front of a large crowd while he is trying to report on the refugee situation on the Greek island of Lesbos. Under the cover of darkness, another group gathers around the Mare Liberum ship and pours…