Unwelcome Refugees

Im not fine at all. Im dying in Libya. Muhammad Hafees sent me the message from a Libyan detention center on May 26 during Islams fasting month of Ramadan. After fleeing Sudans war-torn region of Darfur, the 26-year-old came to Libya two years ago to cross th…

Religious restrictions are on the rise across the globe amid increasing violence and harassment of those practicing, a recent report from the Pew Research Center found. The number of restrictions imposed on religion has risen since 2007 in both authoritarian…

France, Britain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United States and Italy have called for an immediate end of hostilities around the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and warned that "terrorist groups" are attempting to exploit the country's security vacuum.…

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin Migrants in a detention center used by the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) in the capital Tripoli's suburb of Tajoura. Picture credit: MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty I…

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s population reached a record high of more than 83 million people last year, largely because migration, most of which came from eastern Europe, data showed on Tuesday. Net migration fell to some 400,000 people in 2018 from 416,000…

ROME (AP) The Latest on Europe migration issues (all times local): 4 p.m. Officials from Greece's new conservative government have vowed to speed up the asylum process for migrants and refugees and restart deportations to neighboring Turkey despite renewed …

Media captionThe attack on the Tajoura Detention Centre on 3 July killed more than 50 people The UN has called for the dismantling of all detention centres for refugees in Libya, saying the facilities are not fit to house migrants. The appeal comes nearly t…

In recent days, Americans learned that their government has been jailing immigrant children in dismal conditions, and that in private, the Border Patrol agents charged with taking care of them cracked cruel and racist jokes. The heartbreaking image of a fathe…

Two United Nations agencies have called on the European countries to resume rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea and to stop refugee and migrant returns to Libya, where they face dire conditions and are at risk due to the ongoing conflict. The appeal, …

Biometric and digital identity technologies can seriously disrupt the lives of displaced people. Interviewing dozens of migrants and refugees in Europe who fled conflict in East Africa, I was told how minor discrepancies in identity databases can cause bureau…