UNHCR rejects claim it is 'starving migrants' at crowded Tripoli facility to get them to leave
The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday it was encouraging migrants to leave a severely overcrowded Tripoli center, but rejected as "offensive" a British daily report alleging it was "starving" asylum-seekers to force them out. "I find that accusation offensive," UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi told reporters ...
Hundreds of asylum-seekers storm U.N. refugee office in Pretoria, demanding protection
Hundreds of asylum-seekers who have staged a sit-in protest outside the UN refugee agency in Pretoria for five weeks on Thursday barged into the premises, the agency said. Several hundreds scaled the perimeter wall of the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ...
Venezuelan migrants will cost host nations $1.35 billion in 2020, U.N. says
Health care, education, nutrition and other services will cost countries hosting Venezuelan migrants $1.35 billion next year, nongovernmental organizations said on Wednesday, as they called for increased donations from the international community. The request is the most recent of repeated appeals for help for the ...
U.S. pays tribute to former U.N. refugee chief and 'inspiration' Sadako Ogata
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday mourned the loss of Sadako Ogata, a former United Nations high commissioner for refugees, saying that her legacy as an advocate for displaced persons is an "inspiration" to humanitarian workers worldwide. Calling Ogata a "trailblazer," as she was the ...
With the passing of Sadako Ogata, the world has lost a tireless protector of the weak.
Sadako Ogata, first female U.N. refugee chief, dies at 92
News of the death of Ogata — known for her decisive, pragmatic leadership at the U.N. for years — immediately drew condolences from diplomatic and academic leaders across the world.
At the United Nations emergency transit center next to a serene lake south of Rwanda's capital on Wednesday, the quiet mood was broken by the sobs of a group of female migrants from Ethiopia. "They were evacuated from Libya but they don't want to live ...
'Death better than this': Greece's Moria camp refugees decry conditions
Jan Ali Razaiem said he made the long journey from his home in Afghanistan to Greece for a better future for his two sons. Instead, he has been forced to settle for the squalor of Moria, a filthy overcrowded migrant camp on the island of ...
UNHRC center for 'most vulnerable' migrants in Tripoli said severely overcrowded
The United Nations said Tuesday its center in the Libyan capital for migrants singled out as "most vulnerable" was overcrowded and appealed for third countries to take in more refugees. "UNHCR continues to call for more slots for resettlement, evacuations," the United Nations High Commissioner ...
Myanmar and Bangladesh will start a fresh attempt next week to repatriate thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, officials said on Thursday, nearly a year after a major attempt failed. More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine for neighboring Bangladesh after ...
Miyavi is on a mission to change Japan's tune on refugees
In his lesser-known role as a refugee advocate, Miyavi, aka the samurai guitarist, asks that people look beyond the headline numbers before declaring Japan unwelcoming to asylum-seekers. Despite Japan taking in only 42 refugees in 2018 — accepting less than 1 percent of applicants — ...
As Peru tightens its border, desperate Venezuelans cling to asylum lifeline
Thousands of Venezuelans crossed into Peru despite a crackdown on migrants without passports or visas meant to stem the flood of immigration from their crisis-stricken nation, as many lacking those documents filed asylum requests instead. Venezuela's economic collapse under President Nicolas Maduro has unleashed the ...
