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Record Number of Refugees and Migrants Died in the Mediterranean This Winter, UNICEF Says

05.02.2017 23:55:00

An estimated 190 of the migrants and refugees who died this winter were children, according to UNICEF.

Calais Jungle wall is completed two months after all the refugees were driven out

02.02.2017 03:51:00

"It's a complete joke, a very costly political point-scoring exercise. That money could have been used to put a warm roof over refugees' heads"

What does it mean to be a refugee?

31.01.2017 23:15:00

About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority have become Internally Displaced Persons, meaning they fled their homes but are still in their own countries. Others, referred to as refugees, sought shelter...

STARBUCKS CEO: We're going to hire 10,000 refugees

31.01.2017 20:05:00

Starbucks (SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz sent out a company-wide letter following President Donald Trump’s decision to sign an executive order that bans citizens of seven majority Muslim countries from entering the United States.

Greece Plans to Fast Track Asylum Claims to Save E.U.-Turkey Deal

31.01.2017 00:44:00

Amid a low number of returns under the E.U.-Turkey deal, Apostolis Fotiadis reports that European officials are increasing pressure on Greece to expedite returns to Turkey in the form of a new action plan.

Frozen Afghan Boy Unable to Speak Found in Lojane

27.01.2017 14:08:00

“His face was gripped with fear and cold. He didn’t utter a word when we approached him. Of course, we warmed him up immediately, gave him food, new clothes and shoes and the boy recovered consciousness. Indeed, it is a miracle that he is alive, taking into account the fact that he crossed the...

RRDP: Women fear violence and rape in refugee camps

25.01.2017 00:19:00

Study casts light on conditions women endure in refugee camps as they attempt to reach northern Europe.

Refugee winter crisis: Serbia accused of illegal mass deportations

21.01.2017 04:03:00

Rights groups say government is complicit in 'pushbacks' of refugees to Macedonia and Bulgaria, including families dumped in forests

A Look Back at 2016 with Refugees International President Michel Gabaudan

18.01.2017 21:01:00

As 2016 drew to a close, the number of refugees and displaced people in the world reached historic levels. The year ahead seems to promise more of the same with conflicts and crises continuing in Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, Somalia, and beyond.

NO EXCUSE: FREEZING CONDITIONS IN GREECE

18.01.2017 20:00:00

As 2017 begins, the list of humanitarian crises around the world is long, starting with the crises in Syria and Iraq and including South Sudan, Somalia, and many more. Greece and the EU have no place on that list.

'Pushback' policy: Refugees in Serbia fear deportation

18.01.2017 19:14:00

Hundreds of refugees living in terrible conditions in the Serbian capital are refusing to go into official camps, fearing it will lead to their deportation. Thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis have been deported en masse from countries in Europe. In Serbia, hundreds were rounded up and moved...