BERLIN (AP) — Faced with more than 1 million migrants flooding across the Mediterranean last year, European nations tightened border controls, set up naval patrols to stop smugglers, negotiated an agreement with Turkey to limit the numbers crossing, shut the
Christian asylum seekers in Thailand, fearing a fresh crackdown by Thai authorities following a spate of deadly bomb blasts across the country, have appealed for the West to intervene in their plight.
Over 1,200 migrants have massed on the Serbian-Hungarian border as many fear the area could turn into another Idomeni-style migrant camp. The Balkan route continues to see more migrants crossing into Europe but now due to the stricter regulations by the Hungarian
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has put out an appeal for millions of dollars’ worth of extra charitable funding to help migrants in the Balkans, claiming that their original target of $555 million is now not enough. In January, the
At least 20,000 children remain inside Fallujah, facing food and water shortages in addition to the extreme violence that has erupted as Iraqi forces, backed by the U.S. military and Iran-allied Shiite militias, fight to retake the Iraqi city from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), reveals a component of the United Nations.
Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists are using “several hundred families” in Fallujah as “human shields” as they engage in bloody battles with Iraqi troops, backed by the United States and Iran-allied Shiite militias, for control over the strategic city, reports the United Nations Refugee Agency.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The participation of Iran-allied Shiite militias in the U.S-backed operation to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is testament to the Islamic Republic’s growing and troubling influence in Iraq, Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) told Breitbart News.
Hungary’s actions to keep out migrants, including fast-track trials to punish those who breach its border fence, may conflict with international refugee and human rights conventions, the United Nations said on Thursday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has taken an increasingly
The state of Texas currently has no authority over agencies that are resettling refugees in the Lone Star State.
Up to 500 migrants might have drowned in the Mediterranean last week when human traffickers crammed people onto an already overcrowded ship, causing it to sink, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday. Somalia’s government said on Monday about 200
The United States on Wednesday condemned a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that calls for setting up a database of businesses operating in the occupied West Bank, a move that Israel has called a “blacklist.”
Contents: Bulldozers bury the ‘Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais France; Russian and Syrian war crimes are ‘weaponizing’ the refugee crisis for Europe
TEL AVIV – Israel Ambassador to the UN slammed Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Maliki’s call to countries all around the world to bar entry to Jewish residents of the West Bank as “pure anti-Semitism.” At a meeting of the United Nations Human
BEIRUT (AP) — After taking in a million Syrian refugees, Lebanon has quietly changed course in recent months, forcing refugees to return to Syria — where they are at risk of persecution or death — or stay illegally, leaving them
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has accused Denmark of enacting “deeply concerning” immigration policies which “could fuel fear [and] xenophobia,” and has insisted that Denmark must reverse recent policies designed to make itself a less attractive destination
Contents: Angela Merkel urges Germans to see refugees as an ‘opportunity’; UN refugee czar Guterres calls for mandatory funding for refugees; The ‘dramatic multiplication of conflicts in the world’; The Outlook for 2016
GENEVA (AFP) – Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said Wednesday. The milestone marks an almost five-fold increase over 2014 figures, when UNHCR recorded
TEL AVIV – The news media has been spotlighting a letter signed by 1,000 U.S. rabbis urging elected officials to welcome refugees into America.
A leading United Nations (UN) official in Geneva has said European leaders were warned the migrant crisis was going to happen “at least two years ago”, and suggested prevention and preparation would have eased the situation. He also warned that
GENEVA, Nov 2 – The number of migrants and refugees entering Europe by sea last month was roughly the same as for the whole of 2014, United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Monday. The monthly record of 218,394 also
Child migrants and refugees moving through Europe are forced into “survival sex” to pay human traffickers, says the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). As a result of “credible testimonies” of sexual violence and abuse, authorities are being urged to take action. The exploitation
The latest play in the long running propaganda war over mass migration involves the improbable tale of 17-year-old Aslan and his Husky puppy Rose. Featuring in the latest slickly-produced, HD-video out of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) social media department,
The U.S. State Department, when requesting American taxpayer funds to finance assistance for Afghan refugees in Iran, relies on unverifiable data that a United Nations agency obtains from the Islamic Republic, according to a watchdog agency appointed by Congress.
Contents: Hungary speeds up construction of anti-migrant border fence; UNHCR: Greece’s islands Kos, Chios, Lesbos are in ‘total chaos’ over migrants
ATHENS/GENEVA, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Greece’s infrastructure cannot handle the thousands of people landing on its shores from places like war-torn Syria and Afghanistan and needs European Union help, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday. “Now is the time
Contents: The Gathering Storm; The sudden accelerating growth in refugees and displaced persons; Human slavery at the highest level in human history; State Dept: Dramatic rise in terrorism from 2013 to 2014
Saudis to Hezbollah: Yemen is none of your business; United Nations is ‘deeply shocked’ at Europe’s failure to save migrants
Europe faces ‘enormous tragedy’ over Europe’s Mediterranean rescue program; Confusion reigns over Ukraine ceasefire deal
