Teknaf, Bangladesh (AFP): A Rohingya refugee delegation arrived in Myanmar on Friday to tour new facilities built for the revival of a long-stalled plan to return the persecuted minority to their homeland. Bangladesh is home to about a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar that is now subject [&h...
Zawiyah, Libya (AFP): Libyans in the western city of Zawiya protested Thursday against militia groups they accuse of recruiting migrants into their ranks involved in alleged acts of torture, residents said. Zawiya, some 45 kilometres (28 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, is a key departure point for migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranea...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has rejected a call to apologize and offer reparatory justice for victims of British slave trade and imperialism. In her question to the prime minister during a session at the House of Commons on Tuesday, the opposition Labour Party’s MP Bell Riberio-Addy said the premie...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – Migrants who risk their lives to arrive in the UK on small boats are “criminals,” British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said in a televised interview on Wednesday as the government presses ahead with its crackdown on Channel crossings. Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, said in a speech on ...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations has warned that it will no longer be able to feed 600,000 refugees in Chad in May unless it receives urgent international funding. The UN’s World Food Program said Chad was hosting the biggest refugee population in west and central Africa, with the numbers rising due to unrest in […]
WARSAW (AA) – The Polish Border Guard on Thursday publicly admitted the death of a Syrian man at a detention center for refugees in southwestern Poland, but almost a month after the man died. The refugee of Syrian origin, Mahmoud Ryad Albana, died on the night from March 16 to 17 after seven days in […]
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – More than 300 Afghans touched down at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Wednesday, bringing Canada closer to its goal of resettling 40,000 refugees from Taliban-run Afghanistan. The passengers on the flight, which arrived from Pakistan, were those who aided Canada in its Afghanistan mission, including families o...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Following a sharp cut in the food assistance provided to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by the UN, the US has announced providing $23.8 million in humanitarian assistance for them. The fund will be channeled through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the US Embassy in Dhaka stated on Monday. US...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of human rights organizations organized joint protest vigils Wednesday in several states across the US calling for the release of detainees at the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are eligible for transfer. The protests were held in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Cobleskill, New York and New...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Embassy in Libya on Monday voiced deep concern over alleged abuses against migrants in Libya and vowed to use its powers to hold perpetrators accountable. A report by a UN fact-finding mission cited evidence on crimes against humanity committed against migrants in Libya, including women being forced into sex slavery. [&hel...
