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Cyprus sees migrant surge coming by boat and via breakaway north
On the final leg of his journey from Iraq to Europe, Hawye Rasool Saleh paid €400 ($457) borrowed from his best friend to a smuggler who would help him across the cease-fire line of ethnically split Cyprus. The transaction was sealed in anonymity. "You don't know ...
Nearly 85 percent of U.N. nations, but not U.S., back pact calling for humane treatment of migrants
Defying fierce opposition from the U.S. and a few other nations, nearly 85 percent of U.N. member states agreed Monday on a sweeping yet non-binding accord to ensure safe, orderly and humane migration. The debate over the Global Compact for Migration, the first of its ...
Syrian refugee girl born without legs walks on new prosthetics provided in Turkey
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi had to struggle around a Syrian displaced persons camp on artificial limbs made of plastic tubing and tin cans. But now the girl, who was born with no legs due to a congenital condition, is walking on new prosthetics after undergoing treatment ...
U.N. launches vital aid deliveries from Jordan to 650,000 Syrians after border crossing opens
The United Nations said Sunday it began delivering aid to hundreds of thousands of Syrians through the Jaber-Nassib border crossing with Jordan, which reopened two months ago. In total, "369 trucks carrying 11,200 metric tons of ... assistance for over 650,000 people" will be involved ...
U.S. intensifies opposition to U.N. global compact on migration
The Trump administration on Friday intensified its opposition to the upcoming U.N. meeting to adopt a landmark pact on migration, calling it a "pro-migration" document that undermines sovereignty and warning that supporters are trying to create new international law. The U.S. Mission to the United ...
Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps in 'acute need,' U.N. refugee agency says
Rohingya Muslims who paid hundreds of dollars to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat are destitute since they were stopped at sea and returned, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. Images of hungry and thirsty Rohingya huddled on boats have stirred memories of a ...
Millions misspent on Africa's biggest refugee crisis in Uganda: U.N.
The United Nations refugee agency has misspent millions of dollars on Africa's largest refugee crisis, including paying $320,000 for what became a parking lot at the Ugandan prime minister's office, an internal inquiry says. The new report by the U.N.'s internal watchdog says about $11 ...
Migrant flows slow to trickle in Libyan former smuggling hub of Sabratha amid crackdown
Departures of migrant-laden boats to Italy from Sabratha, formerly Libya's biggest people-smuggling hub, have slowed to a trickle thanks to a security crackdown triggered by European pressure that ejected the city's top smuggler. But the local branch of Libya's coast guard feels neglected. It says ...
Mexico to boost security at border after migrants try to cross
Mexico pledged to shore up security near its border with the United States and local authorities said that 39 migrants were arrested after a peaceful march devolved into chaos when U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop some migrants who tried to ...
Incoming Mexico government minister-designate says there is no deal to host U.S. asylum-seekers
Mexico's incoming government denied a report Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, one of several options the Trump administration has been pursuing in negotiations for months. The deal was seen as ...
Japan immigration bureau's tweet over pro-refugee graffiti criticized for focus on vandalism
In the tweet, the bureau wrote: “Freedom of expression is important but this is public property. Isn’t it a bit much?”
Merkel rebuffs German nationalist lawmakers over U.N.-backed migration pact
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday rejected calls from nationalist lawmakers for Germany to drop its support for a U.N.-backed agreement on migration. Several countries — including the United States, Hungary, Austria, Israel, Australia and Poland — have announced they won't back the Global Compact for ...
