Wars, other violence and harassment drove worldwide forced displacement to a new height in 2017 for the fifth year in a row, led by the crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan’s war, and the fight into Bangladesh from Myanmar of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.
The list, which also includes 750 Muslims, has been handed over to Bangladesh authorities to expedite the process of repatriating refugees now in the neighbouring country.
Robart ordered the federal government to process certain refugee applications for people “with a bona fide relationship to a person or entity within the United States.”
UN said on Tuesday that it would appeal for $430 million in aid from the international community to respond to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh.
One of the dozens of boats carrying Rohingyas to the Bangladeshi border town of Teknaf capsized on Thursday and at least two people drowned.
Bangladesh High Commissioner in New Delhi Syed Muazzem Ali had met Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar last week and discussed the issue of Rohingyas in detail
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Abhishek Bachchan shared the poster of his upcoming JP Dutta film 'Paltan' on his Twitter account.
Nearly 2,500 refugees have entered the United States from countries which are now under new travel restrictions since President Donald Trump took office.
A 20-feet red and white banner reading "Refugees Welcome" was illegally placed on the base of the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday afternoon. National park police officers were investigating how the banner got on, the
The dreaded terror group Islamic State (ISIS) are paying human traffickers fees for recruiting child refugees from countries like Lebanon and Jordan, a new UK report has warned. The report from counter-terrorism think-tank Quilliam to
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said she stressed the importance of opinion in talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
US President Donald Trump's sudden executive order on immigration has been resulted in an outrage of sorts. All the CEOs of various tech giants have gone all out against Trump’s decision and have voiced their
Despair and confusion set in Saturday among citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries who found themselves abruptly unable to enter the United States a day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order.
In a shocking incident, a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet that was on mission against Boko Haram extremists on Tuesday mistakenly bombed a refugee camp, killing more than 100 refugees. A Red Cross worker said
Setting an example for women who want to serve in the armed forces, Captain Safia Ferozi, Afghanistan’s second female pilot, is now flying a transport plane for country’s air force. Along the way, Ferozi (26),
Horst Wenzel, dubbed Germany's "Mr. Flirt," has been volunteering his services to teach young Muslim men who grew up in vastly different cultures how to approach women in Germany. The subject was pickup lines, and
A Hungarian member of the European Parliament has suggested that Hungary should hang severed pigs' heads along the border fence to deter Muslim refugees and migrants from entering the country. Gyorgy Schopflin, a member
Recounting the horror she and her elder sister had to face when an overloaded boat started to sink as they were crossing the Mediterranean to Greece, Yusra Mardini (18), who is a member of first
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