Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers refuse to leave the camp as food, water and power are cut Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers inside the Manus Island detention centre are refusing... Read more »
Sydney, Australia (Tribune International): Several community leaders representing various communities demanded to world powers and government of Myanmar to immediately stop the systematic ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims by the state-sponsored terrorist... Read more »
Whole villages destroyed as satellite spots devastation from above The number of people killed in the violence since August 25 in Myanmar has crossed 1,000, according to UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation... Read more »
US President Donald Trump slammed Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull over refugee deal US President Donald Trump has sparked a fresh diplomatic row with ally Australia by branding a refugee deal with the... Read more »
United States will apply ‘extreme vetting’ to up to 1,250 asylum seekers it has agreed to resettle as part of a deal with Australia The US government has said it will resettle... Read more »
Italy’s coast guard says only four people survived the sinking of a migrant ship off Libya’s coast Saturday. An estimated 100 people were aboard and only eight bodies have been recovered. Nearly... Read more »
Australia’s border protection and immigration system was the “best in the world” and supported its “ability to provide generous and effective support to refugees”: PM Turnbull In the wake of world’s biggest... Read more »
Nearly 50 million children worldwide have been uprooted from their homes due to violence, poverty and other factors out of their control, according to a new report released by the U.N. children’s... Read more »
Australia, Papua New Guinea agree to close Refugee Detention Camp but offers no details on the fate of 854 detainees Papua New Guinea and Australia have agreed to close the controversial Manus... Read more »
Friends of the refugees at Manus Island say the 34-year-old’s death was misadventure, not suicide. A Pakistani refugee from Australia’s offshore immigration detention centre has drowned at a waterfall on Manus Island. He... Read more »
After swimming for her life through the Aegean Sea to survive war and perilous sea, Yusra Mardini will be swimming at Rio Olympics 2016 now. Now living in Germany, the 18-year-old Syrian, has qualified... Read more »
Poorest nations shouldering responsibility for world’s refugees The world’s six wealthiest countries host less than 9% of the world’s refugees, according to a new Oxfam report. While the United States, China, Japan,... Read more »
Italian soccer fan arrested in fatal beating of refugee who fled Boko Haram ROME (Italy) — A Nigerian refugee believed to have fled the terrorist group Boko Haram with his wife has... Read more »
Conflict in places like Syria and Afghanistan raised the total number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide to a record 65.3 million The number of people displaced worldwide has hit a... Read more »
UN special envoy criticises Donald Trump on immigration, saying ‘America is built on people coming together for freedom’ Angelina Jolie Pitt, who is the United Nations special envoy for the UNHCR refugee... Read more »
Italy is now Europe’s top spot for refugee arrivals More migrants trying to make their way into Europe are arriving in Italy than Greece for the first time in a year, according... Read more »
An Iranian asylum seeker has died two days after setting himself alight in an Australian detention center on the remote Pacific island of Nauru. An Iranian refugee who set himself on fire... Read more »
At least 400 refugees travelling by boats from Egypt to Italy have drowned in the Mediterranean sea, reported BBC Arabic citing Somalia’s Ambassador to Egypt. Earlier in the idea, Somali media reported... Read more »
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is in a “downward spiral,” according to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Despite the worsening situation, attention paid to Afghanistan is inversely... Read more »
The first Syrian refugees to enter New Zealand since the government announced it would take additional people have arrived in Wellington. A group of 74 Syrian refugees have headed to their new Wellington... Read more »
The politics of fear led governments around the globe to roll back human rights during 2015 European governments have allowed widespread fears about migration and terrorism to erode their commitment to civil... Read more »
Bodies of 36 migrants found on Turkish coast, at least 12 rescued Turkey on Tuesday found the bodies of at least 36 migrants, including several children, washed up on beaches and floating... Read more »
More than 16 million babies born into conflict in 2015: UNICEF ISLAMABAD – Millions of babies around the world are born into life-threatening situations every year. UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake said too... Read more »
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Premier Kathleen Wynne, Toronto Mayor John Tory and other dignitaries welcome first government plane of Syrian refugees. TORONTO (Canada) — The first large group of Syrian refugees coming... Read more »