UN Refugee Agency Knows Nothing About GITMO-2 Refugee Status
It is emerging that the UNHCR office in Ghana had no knowledge on the refugee status granted the two former ...
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UNHCR Dismisses Claims By Liberian Refugees In Ghana
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, has clarified recent claims by some Liberian refugees ...
Togolese Refugees In Ghana Faced With Accommodation Problem
Two hundred and twenty-four Togolese who have arrived in Ghana to seek asylum from political unrest in their country are ...
Food Access In Syria’s Raqa At ‘critical Turning Point’
Food access in Syria's battle-torn Raqa is now at "a critical turning point," aid organisations said Monday, with markets shuttered ...
From ‘never Aggressive’ Asylum Seeker To Hamburg Knife Attacker
Muddy bootprints along the corridors marked the tell-tale signs of a massive police raid at an asylum seeker shelter in ...
Germany’s Ambivalence Over Refugees Hit Big Screens
The biggest grossing German movie last year was a fizzy feel-good summer comedy about the country's refugee influx, "Welcome to ...
Top UN Delegation Visits Crisis-Hit Yemen
A high-level UN delegation arrived in Yemen on Monday, a UN source said, to visit areas held by both the ...
UN Accuses Australia of Breaching Refugee Deal
The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle some ...
S.Sudan Clashes Force Patients, Doctors To Flee Hospital
Thouk Reath, 19, was recovering from a leg amputation after being shot in fighting in northeastern South Sudan when the ...
Israeli ‘mental First-Aid’ Method Offered To Attack Victims Abroad
An Israeli who developed an unorthodox model for treating mental trauma and preventing post-traumatic stress disorder during his years in ...
Return To Mosul A Distant Dream For Many Displaced
Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him ...
France To Boost Refugee Aid, Deport Economic Migrants
France will cut processing time for asylum requests and boost housing for refugees while "systematically" deporting illegal economic migrants, Prime ...
Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect For Six Countries
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s controversial ...
Ghanaian Woman In South Africa Marches For Refugee Rights
A Ghanaian refugee in South Africa marched in a group with other refugees to the office of the UN High ...
Nearly Half A Million Displaced Syrians Return Home
Nearly half a million displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, mainly to find ...
Ranks of Homeless Veterans Keep Swelling In Los Angeles
Kendrick Bailey is standing outside the tent he has pitched on a filthy sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles and points ...
At Refugee Summit, UN Chief Urges ‘solidarity’ With Uganda
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for international solidarity with Uganda at a fundraising summit to help the ...
EU Pledges 85 Mn Euros To Uganda For S.Sudan Refugees
The EU pledged 85 million euros ($95 million) to Uganda Thursday, ahead of a summit to raise twenty times that ...
UN Commends Morocco’s Acceptance To Host Syrian Refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the decision by the Kingdom of Morocco to admit a group of Syrian refugees ...
Kofi Adjei Commends UNHCR
Mr Kofi Adjei, Berekum Municipal Chief Executive has commended the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for helping to ...