Refugees
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 07:41
The report gathers the stories of 160 women like Norma, who fled multiple forms of violence in the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, as well as parts of Mexico.
Friday, September 11, 2015 - 06:16
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos have agreed to meet on their escalating border crisis, which has uprooted more than 20,000 people, a top diplomat said Thursday.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 06:25
Faced with a burgeoning refugee crisis in Europe sparked by global extremism, U.S. and European officials said Tuesday there is a growing consensus that the multinational military campaign against Islamic State must focus more on targeting the group’s nerve centers in Syria.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 06:04
While Europe struggles internally to determine how it will share the responsibility for incorporating the Syrian refugees into their own societies, other private entities and governments around the globe are beginning to discuss their own roles in helping cope with the crisis.
Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 06:24
Colombia is giving citizenship to dozens of Venezuelans separated from family members as part of President Nicolas Maduro's crackdown on illegal immigration along the border.
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 07:11
About 12,000 Nigerians are being repatriated over the next three to four days after seeking refuge in Cameroon from attacks by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 06:04
Cameroon officials say they have expelled more than 3 000 Nigerians as part of the fight against the Nigerian-born Islamic extremist group which has launched attacks across borders.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:10
Concerns of a humanitarian emergency in Haiti are mounting as a growing number of Haitians returning to their country from neighboring Dominican Republic are living in rapidly growing tent cities with little resources.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 06:32
United Nations agencies voiced concern today about the decision of Central African Republic authorities to deny refugees from the country the right to participate to the presidential election set for this fall.
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 06:37
The number of Syrians who have fled into neighboring countries to escape the civil war has reached more than four million, the United Nations said Thursday, and with the fighting dragging into its fifth year the number is still rising.