More than 70 million displaced worldwide, says UNHCR
Source: BBC News The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million globally last year – the highest number in the UN refugee agency’s almost 70 years […]
Pope Francis Urges Bulgaria to Open Its Heart to Refugees
Source: The New York Times By Boryana Dzhambazova and Jason Horowitz SOFIA, Bulgaria — Making his first visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis on Sunday pointedly appealed for care for migrants in one […]
Why Americans appear more likely to support Christian refugees
Source: The Converstaion An estimated 70 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced, according to the United Nations. Every two seconds, someone in countries like Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar is being forced […]
Angelina Jolie visits Rohingya camps, says refugees’ plight ‘shames us all’
Source: Reuters By Poppy McPherson COX’S BAZAR (Reuters) – U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and condemned […]
Why do we need the Global Compact for Migration?
By Simon Bradley Dec 10, 2018 – 11:00 United Nations member states are meeting in Morocco on Monday to formally adopt an international agreement that promises a better, more coordinated […]
Bangladesh army arrives in Rohingya refugee camps as repatriations loom
Source: The Guardian By Hannah Ellis-Petersen, Michael Safi and Shaikh Azizur Rahman Plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar on Thursday have gathered momentum, with reports of Bangladesh armed forces gathering in the Cox’s […]
Qatar: Gulf’s First Refugee Asylum Law . Positive Step, But Unnecessary Rights Restrictions
Qatar: Gulf’s First Refugee Asylum Law Positive Step, But Unnecessary Rights Restrictions (Beirut) – Qatar’s emir signed into law in September 2018 the Gulf region’s first law setting out […]
Rohingya teen dreams of higher ed from squalid refugee camp
Source: Associated Press By RISHABH R. JAIN KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AP) — At an age when many young Rohingya women have children, Rahima Akter has other plans. From the refugee camp […]
Why Hasn’t Trump’s Refugee Policy Repelled His Christian Supporters?
Source: The Atlantic By Conor Friedersdorf Refugees are not simply impoverished migrants. A refugee is defined, by a 1951 international convention, as a person who, “owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted […]
Global faith leaders urge action over ‘ignored millions’ displaced by conflict
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent More than 50 faith leaders around the world are calling on the international community to step up protection for people displaced from their homes […]
Iraqi Yazidis seek refuge in church as last resort
Yazidis seek church asylum as Europe’s empathy for refugees wanes Source: AlJazeera In a German convent, the church is now being used as a last-resort shelter for a group of […]
Australia’s next PM made his name on turning back refugees
Source: Associated Press By ROD McGuirk CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s next prime minister, Scott Morrison, is seen by some as an incongruous mix of a committed Christian who made […]
Swedish student stops deportation of Afghan man with protest streamed on Facebook
Source: CNN News By Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN)A student used a Facebook Live Stream to prevent the deportation of an Afghan asylum seeker on board an Istanbul-bound plane at Gothenburg […]
When a Bavarian Monastery Provided a Home to Jewish Refugees
Source: SMITHSONIAN.COM By Emanuella Grinberg John Glass bowed his head as the cantor’s melody echoed through the cemetery in prayer for the children buried beneath the grassy-green surface. Church bells sounded in […]
Meet the Sudanese pastor of a ‘refugee church’ in Bucharest
Source: Aljazeera By Lorelei Mihala 8 Jul 2018 Bucharest, Romania – In the basement of a new building in Giulesti, a neighbourhood on the periphery of Bucharest, pastor Peter Rong […]
3 babies among 100 dead off Libya as Europe hails new migrant deal
Source: CNN The lifeless bodies of three babies, dressed in brightly colored clothing and looking almost as if they were sleeping, were carried carefully ashore Friday in Libya. Held in […]
Refugees held by Australia languish in a world beyond suffering and suicide
Source: CNN By Behrouz Boochani Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (CNN)We are forgotten people, discarded on forgotten islands. I am writing from Manus Island. I am writing from where […]
In photos: The Syrian women and children waiting in the shadows of Lebanon’s refugee camps
As Lebanon tries to welcome and attract with one arm, it is pushing back hard with the other. Photojournalist Paddy Dowling reports Paddy Dowling The Independent Online Of its 6 […]
‘Everything was destroyed’: Monsoon begins to take deadly toll on Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Source: The Washington Post By Vidhi Doshi Refugees wade through water pooled after a storm at the Chakmarkul camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on June 10. (Kristiana Marton/Save the Children/Reuters) COX’S […]
In Europe, leaders back Africa, Balkans migrant reception centers
Source: The Times News By The Associated Press BRUSSELS — The leaders of 16 countries survived the “frank talk” of an emergency meeting on immigration and emerged with a veneer […]
