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REFUGEES

Displaced Palestinians make their way to safety after fleeing the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2024
More families stream out of northern Gaza, as tanks push deeper
The Israeli military is a month into a new push on northern Gaza, forcing Palestinians to flee with whatever they could bring.
A Palestinian child sits on top of sacks of flour at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid distribution center in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2024
Israel ends cooperation deal with U.N. Palestinian relief agency
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for years called for UNRWA to be dismantled, accusing it of anti-Israeli incitement.
Israeli soldiers outside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in central Gaza (UNRWA) on Feb. 8
WORLD
Oct 29, 2024
UNRWA's role as a lifeline for Palestinians through decades of conflict
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees was banned from operating in Israel by the Israeli parliament on Monday.
A man kneels down at a designated area for commemorating fallen Ukrainian fighters in Kyiv. Ukraine's population has declined by 10 million since Russia invaded in February 2022, the United Nations said Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 22, 2024
Ukraine's population has fallen by 10 million since Russia's invasion, U.N. says
The United Nations said the invasion in February 2022 had turned an already difficult demographic situation into something more severe.
Rohingya refugee children look on from their shelter at a refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Sept. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2024
Stateless speak up as world misses its #Ibelong deadline
They are often deprived of the most basic rights, exposing them to exploitation, destitution and detention.
Migrants walk to board an inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel, on the beach of the Slack dunes in Wimereux, France, on Sept. 4
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2024
'Mood change' on migration puts deportation hubs on EU table
Talks of such hubs come only a few months after the European Union adopted a sweeping reform of its asylum policies.
Justice Minister Ryuji Koizumi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Koizumi stressed that the granting of the special residency permits to children subjected to deportation orders was a one-time measure.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2024
Japan fine-tunes issuance of humanitarian visas
The move comes amid a near-tripling of technical intern trainees from Myanmar going missing from their programs in 2023.
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), speaks during an interview in New York on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2024
UNRWA fears new 'tragedy' as Lebanon violence adds strain
Faced with mounting Israeli strikes, the UNRWA has paused some operations in Lebanon as it converts its schools into shelters for hundreds of displaced people.
A migrant from Mali, who said he is from the Fulani community and escaped the war in his country and arrived in El Hierro Island a year ago, speaks to journalist in Barcelona on Friday,
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2024
West Africa becomes global terrorism hotspot as Western forces leave
Western powers that previously invested in trying to beat back the jihadists have very little capacity left on the ground.
Migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to reach Britain get on an inflatable dinghy on the beach of the Slack dunes in Wimereux, France, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 5, 2024
Migrants' dreams of British future upended by deadly Channel tragedy
The incident has underlined the need for London and Paris to get a firmer grip on an issue with major political implications in both nations.
Zakia Khudadadi celebrates after earning a bronze medal in taekwondo in the K44 47-kg category at the Paris Paralympics on Thursday.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 30, 2024
Zakia Khudadadi becomes first member of refugee team to claim Paralympic medal
Khudadadi, who fled Afghanistan, earned bronze in taekwondo.
People stand in front of flowers and candles, laid at a makeshift memorial on a day of protests following a stabbing rampage in which several individuals were killed and injured, in Solingen, Germany, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2024
Knife attack fuels bitter German immigration debate ahead of polls
The far-right AfD party, which backs anti-immigrant policies, could make gains at key regional elections on Sunday after the attack that killed three and wounded eight.
A child eats as Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 27, 2024
U.N. humanitarian work in Gaza impacted by evacuation order
The United Nations on Monday said humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip has taken a serious blow after Israel ordered a new evacuation.
Police escort a 26-year-old Syrian man who is a suspect in a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen, in which several individuals were killed, as he leaves the Federal Public Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2024
Suspect in German stabbing rampage is Syrian man who confessed
After the stabbing, some German politicians have urged enhanced security, stiffer punishment for violent crimes and limits to immigration.
Rohingya refugees gather to mark the seventh anniversary of their fleeing from neighboring Myanmar to escape a military crackdown in 2017, during heavy monsoon rains in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2024
Rohingya demand end to violence on seventh anniversary of flight from Myanmar
More than a million Rohingya live in squalid camps in southern Bangladesh with little prospect of returning home.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus salutes to the attendees before taking an oath to head of the interim Bangladesh government, in Dhaka on Aug. 8.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 19, 2024
Bangladesh's Yunus reassures on Rohingya refugees and garment exports
Muhammad Yunus again committed to hold free and fair elections "as soon as we can complete our mandate to carry out vital reforms" in the nation.
Cindy Ngamba (left) throws a punch at Panama's Atheyna Bylon during their semifinal bout of the women's 75-kg category at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Boxing
Aug 9, 2024
Boxer Ngamba settles for bronze as Refugee Olympic Team celebrates first medal
Ngamba, who was born in Cameroon but sought safe haven in Britain at age 11, was beaten by split decision in the semifinals of the women's 75-kg category.
Police officers and demonstrators clash during a protest against illegal immigration in Liverpool, Britain, on Aug. 3.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2024
U.K. PM Starmer: We have police in place to deal with anti-Muslim riots
Riots across a number of towns and cities have erupted following the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event in Southport.
Athletes who are part of the Refugee Olympic Team participate in the Parade of Nations on the River Seine during the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on July 26.
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2024
Refugee Olympic Team representing displaced people and making its mark in Paris
The refugee team, which first competed at the 2016 Games, will walk away from the Paris Olympics with one medal and potentially more.
Migrants take part in an activity organized by the nongovernmental organization Proem-AID's Water Project to overcome the traumatic experience of a dangerous sea crossing, on Las Teresitas beach in Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
Jul 26, 2024
Volunteers help migrants reverse water trauma in Spain's Canaries
Many migrants barely survived their crossing, and others lost family members or friends to the ocean.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

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