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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Barefoot and Alone, Children Flee Brutal S. Sudan War
Her feet bare and her hometown in flames, Nyadet walked east alone, eating food given to her by strangers and ...
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 ...
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 ...
UN Warns Against Refugee Returns To Nigeria From Cameroon
The UN voiced alarm Wednesday at the many Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon to Banki, a border town clouded by ...
World Refugee Day Takes On New Meaning In Ghana
The UN High Commission of Refugees today , June 20, 2017, released the world’s first satellite for distance learning, to ...
SA and UNHCR To Mark World Refugees Day With Tolerance Exercises
The Department of Home Affairs and United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) have announced that they will jointly commemorate ...
Somalia Migration Is A Great Cause For Concern – UN
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has indicated that it is deeply concerned by the situation of approximately 260 Somali and ...
Repatriation of Afghans Slowing As Conditions In Pakistan Improve
The number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan returning to their homeland is expected to decrease this year, UN officials said ...
UN Says Five Kenya Refugee Camp Workers Involved In Fraud
Five UN workers at a refugee camp in northwest Kenya were allegedly involved in fraud and other serious misconduct, the ...
Greece To Clear Last Makeshift Refugee Camp In Athens
Efforts are underway to remove hundreds of refugees from an unhygienic makeshift camp at an ex-Olympics facility in greater Athens, ...