ANKARA (AA) – Bangladesh police detained at least 450 Rohingya refugees celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr on a beach in the town of Cox’s Bazar, police said on Thursday. Police spokesperson Rafiqul Islam told media that the refugees were detained as part of “security measures” in the country’s largest resort district. ...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon said Saturday that it is no longer capable of bearing the burden of hosting Syrian refugees in the country. Lebanon “is committed to the principle of non-refoulement of the displaced (Syrian refugees), but the situation is no longer tolerable,” Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar said during a meeting with Ayak...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU border agency chief has stepped down after a probe into the agency’s involvement in illegal pushbacks, multiple news outlets reported on Friday. The resignation of Fabrice Leggeri, Frontex executive director, comes after another joint investigation of prestigious European media outlets revealed that despite public ...
ISTANBUL – More than 3,000 people died or went missing while trying to cross into European countries in 2021, an official from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said. The people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Central and Western Mediterranean and Atlantic to Europe, UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo said at a […...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday unearthed three more bodies of war victims from a mass grave near the city of Mostar. The Institute of Missing Persons said that the bodies found in Medjine, were transferred to the Sutina City Cemetery in Mostar for medical and forensic processing, and bone samples were [&helli...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The US city of Minneapolis and its police department have engaged in an illegal “pattern or practice of race discrimination,” according to a report released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. The department launched the study just days after then-police officer Derek Chauvin killed Ge...
PARIS (AA) – Dozens of irregular migrants, including families with children, who sought a better life by embarking on a perilous journey and crossing multiple countries to reach France, have been living in deplorable conditions in a parking lot in a Paris suburb for months. Nearly 200 irregular migrants from Iran, Morocco, and notably Afghanis...
KIGALI, Rwanda – Mali’s public prosecutor has announced the launch of an investigation into a mass grave discovered near the camp formerly occupied by French forces in Gossi, north of Mali. On Wednesday April 27, the Malian army claimed to have discovered a mass grave near a military base left by the French army in […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have accused the UN refugee agency UNRWA of procrastinating the reconstruction of their homes destroyed during last year’s Israeli war. This came in a protest organized by Palestinian factions outside the UNRWA office in Gaza City. “I have the right to safe housing,” and &#...
For the 3rd year in a row, the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom or USCIRF has asked the US government to designate India as a “country of particular concern” of CPC. The CPC designation is used for nations that engage in egregious violations of religious freedom. This year, USCIRF also called for it […]...