Heavy fighting in Sudan’s capital as food aid needs grow; witnesses recount church attack
Khartoum, SudanReuters Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan’s capital on Thursday as clashes flared near a military camp, witnesses said, in fighting that has displaced nearly one million people and left residents of Khartoum struggling to survive. Air strikes by the army targeting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces were heard across several residential […]
UN refugee agency presses Poland to help migrants on Belarus border
Warsaw, PolandReuters The UN refugee agency UNHCR and rights groups have urged Poland to offer medical and legal support and shelter to migrants camping on the border with Belarus, a day after Warsaw said it would build a fence to prevent migrants crossing. Poland and fellow EU states Lithuania and Latvia have reported sharp increases […]
Afghanistan on brink of humanitarian crisis – UN refugee agency
Reuters More Afghans are likely to flee their homes due to escalating violence, the UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday, as the Taliban take control of more territory in response to the withdrawal of US-led foreign forces. “Afghanistan is on the brink of another humanitarian crisis. This can be avoided. This should be avoided,” Babar […]
A BETTER LIFE?: THE HOPES AND HARDSHIPS OF MEXICO IMMIGRATION
OSCAR LOPEZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the struggle facing refugees living in Mexico…
Thousands of children born in Colombia to Venezuelan migrants left stateless
Bogata, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of children born in Colombia to Venezuelan mothers are stuck in legal limbo with no identity documents, putting them at risk of statelessness, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Thursday. Nearly 1.3 million Venezuelans have settled in neighbouring Colombia, fleeing a political and economic crisis in their homeland […]
REFUGEES: SYRIANS FIND SAFE HAVEN BUT NO SECURE FUTURE ON GREEK ISLAND
Refugees who fled war in Syria have found a safe haven on the tiny Greek island of Tilos. But, as ISABELLE GERRETSEN reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation, a lack of jobs is preventing them from settling there permanently…
Global refugee numbers hit a new high
Global refugee numbers have hit an historic high with the United Nations saying there were as as many as 11.4 million refugees worldwide and a further 26 million people displaced internally by conflict or persecution at the end of last year. Key factors have included the ongoing conflict in Iraq where the number of internally […]