Unwelcome Refugees

Over the past few years, Germany has received some 780,000 Syrians, who have fled war and Daesh there and sought protected status in Europe. Recent reports, however, allege that some of them have managed to enjoy both the German social security system and vis…

An aerial view of a river in Bhimruli, Jhalokathi, Bangladesh. All rivers in the country now have legal rights. | Mohammad Saiful Islam/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s part of a nascent “rights of nature” movement that’s inspiring many — but encountering probl…

Image copyrightTimes of MaltaImage caption Mohammed Adam Oga is being treated at Malta's Mater Dei hospital for dehydration "There were 15 of us on the boat and I am the only one alive," says Mohammed Adam Oga from his hospital bed in Malta. The migrants …

Germany and the UK have suspended refugee funding to Uganda, the worlds second-biggest host country for refugees. The almost 2 million displaced people in Uganda will be the victims of this, driving them into the hands of ruthless people traffickers and perha…

At least 500 refugees are stranded in the Mediterranean as European countries argue over who should rescue them. The group were saved by humanitarian aid groups after trying to cross the sea from north Africa. The refugees are stranded on two boats, the Spa…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Argentina's newly established leading presidential contender is throwing doubt on a regional trade pact with Europe and feuding with the conservative president of neighboring Brazil. Alberto Fernández thumped President Mauricio M…

The UNs refugee agency made an urgent appeal for 500 asylum seekers stuck on boats in the Mediterranean to be allowed to disembark, calling it a race against time as bad weather approaches. The 507 migrants and refugees are stranded on two NGO rescue vessels…

Actor Richard Gere has taken on Italian far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini from aboard a rescue boat in the Mediterranean Sea. Demonising people has to stop everywhere on the planet, and it will stop if we say stop, Mr Gere said after renting a boat …

Brussels, Belgium- Forty-year-old Ibrahim Ouassari walks along a hallway, a shy-looking teenager with his hair gelled into spikes beside him. He places a fatherly hand on the boy's shoulder. "Welcome," he says, and the youngster's apprehension gives way to a…

Migrants disembarking at Lampedusa island, Italy, June 29(Contributor/AFP/Getty Images) The coming decades could see a new and massive migration to EuropeAlmost the entire population of Italy, it seems, spent the last week of June watching a boat arrive from…