refugees

Tripoli, Lebanon – In 1948, Manal Matar’s grandparents fled Akka (Acre) in what was then northern Palestine and crossed into Lebanon. They thought they …

A passenger bus carrying Afghan returnees from Iran struck a motorcycle and a fuel truck, triggering a huge fire. The death toll from a …

Police in western Afghanistan’s Herat province say the accident was due to the bus’s ‘excessive speed and negligence’.  At least 71 people, including 17 …

Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu UNHCR, the refugee agency of the United Nations, has temporarily suspended the process of facilitating the repatriation …

There are 60 survivors from the perilous journey from Libya, but a UN agency says there could be more people missing. At least 20 …

The WFP says aid is being cut by 60 percent for the most vulnerable groups, including pregnant women and disabled people. The World Food …

BREAKINGBREAKING, Rescue operations are ongoing to find dozens more missing, local authorities say. At least 54 African refugees and migrants have died and dozens …

Activists hold a “Jericho Walk” in support of immigrants in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in June in New York City. …

Crisis compounded after United States, which provided 40 percent of UNHCR funding last year, slashed its contribution. More than 11 million refugees risk losing …

The fighting inside Myanmar has resulted in 3,000 odd refugees to move to Mizoram. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement “Nearly 3,000 refugees from …