At least 89 people dead as boat capsizes off Mauritania | Migration News
Dozens missing after fishing vessel left from border of Senegal and Gambia with 170 believed to have been on board. At least 89 migrants and…
Anti-Syrian riots spread in Turkey | Protests
NewsFeedMore than 470 people are in custody after attacks on Syrian shops and cars in central Turkey. Crowds of protesters set Syrian stores and property…
Protests and arrests as anti-Syrian riots rock Turkey | Refugees News
More than 470 people have been taken into custody after mobs attacked Syrian shops and cars in central Turkey. Turkey’s government is urging for calm…
New York police kill 13-year-old refugee from Myanmar who had a pellet gun | Police
NewsFeedPolice have released bodycam footage that shows officers fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy in Utica, New York. Nyah Mway, a refugee from Myanmar, was running…
Thousands of refugees in Indonesia have spent years awaiting resettlement | Refugees News
Morwan Mohammad walks down an old hotel corridor on Batam Island in northwestern Indonesia before entering a six-square-metre (64sq-foot) room that has been home to…
Norwegian accused by Greece of smuggling: ‘I’ve perhaps made people angry’ | Refugees News
Athens, Greece – Towards the end of May, the east Aegean island of Kos issued an arrest warrant for Tommy Olsen. It will soon reach…
The faces behind the numbers: 120 million displaced people worldwide | Refugees News
One out of every 69 people on Earth is now displaced. That is about 120 million people, or 1.5 percent of the world's population, who…
The ‘impossible’ life of Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees | Rohingya News
Amin thinks it was about a month before they arrived in Malaysian waters. It was the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Malaysia had…
Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania | Refugees
Imagine for a moment that you are a racist Western government plagued by an influx of asylum seekers, many of them dark-skinned. Wouldn’t you dream…
Masked men who abused refugees likely worked ‘in concert’ with Greece | Refugees News
Athens, Greece – Last summer, a shocking video of asylum seekers cable-tied and blindfolded in the back of a van on a Greek holiday island went…
Forcibly displaced population doubles to 120 million over the past 10 years | Refugees News
At least 117.3 million people, or one in 69 individuals worldwide, remain forcibly displaced, according to a report released by the United Nations High Commissioner…
Llantwit Major homes for refugees look like a prison, say locals
9 minutes agoBy Matt Murray, BBC NewsDave ThomasA total of 90 temporary homes have been constructed on the site of a former school in Llantwit MajorA new…
Rights advocates slam Biden’s ‘draconian’ asylum curbs at US-Mexico border | US-Mexico Border News
Immigrant rights advocates have slammed President Joe Biden’s new curbs on asylum at the United States-Mexico border, describing the policy as “the most draconian” move…
UNCHR reports 2.9 million global refugees will need resettlement in 2025
Sudanese cross the border from Sudan to Egypt on May 18, 2023. The United Nations refugee agency UNCHR said Wednesday that a new report shows…
A family yearns for answers years after Turkish refugee’s torture, death | Refugees News
Athens, Greece – As noted in his autopsy, 30-year-old Baris Buyuksu had several tattoos. On the inside of his left arm was the invocation, “be…
As Malaysia faces CEDAW review, women refugees continue to struggle | Refugees News
Unlike the excitement felt by many women when they find out they are expecting a baby, Hanna* was filled with fear when she realised she…
Nine Egyptians to go on trial in Greece over deadly Pylos shipwreck | Refugees News
Athens, Greece – Nine Egyptian men accused of criminal responsibility in the Pylos shipwreck that led to the deaths of more than 550 people on June…
Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees | Migration News
Lebanon and the Lebanese people are still suffering a debilitating economic crisis that has gripped the country since 2019. The pound has plummeted to less…
Iranian man loses bid to be freed from Australian immigration detention | Migration News
Court rules detention can be justified when an individual is refusing to cooperate in their deportation. Australia’s High Court has dismissed a closely-watched bid by…
Beyond borders: Migrants online | Social Media
Migrants and refugees often rely on social media to navigate their way across borders, as do human trafficking networks. Social media platforms have become more…