Refugees
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Sport
Is less than 40% of women on the Refugee Olympic Team enough?
Refugee athletes are about to take the stage in Paris as record migration and a rise in far-right populism affect…
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Sport
Why do Ukrainian refugees need childcare in their host countries?
Daycare centres or ‘spynkas’ in Poland have proven to be a must-have for Ukrainian women who have fled their country…
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Asia
United Nations warns Myanmar stands on humanitarian ‘precipice’
UNITED NATIONS: One-third of the population of Myanmar, or more than 18 million people, now require humanitarian aid, the United…
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Asia
For decades, Indonesia’s Aceh offered a safe haven to Rohingya refugees. Why has that suddenly changed?
According to the United Nations (UN), tens of thousands of Rohingyas were killed from 2016 to 2017 during the military-led…
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Asia
Long wait for freedom: Afghan refugees in limbo in Pakistan
While Britain has welcomed 21,500 Afghans as part of its resettlement programmes for former employees and people at risk, 70…
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Asia
Bangladesh stops scores of Rohingya seeking to sail to Indonesia
This month has seen a spike in journeys to Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh – a voyage of about 1,800km…
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News
Deportation drive sparks ‘sense of panic’ among Afghan refugees in Pakistan: UNHCR
In the southern port city of Karachi, where hundreds of thousands of Afghans live, police carried out door-to-door searches in…
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News
Israeli strikes on Gaza refugee camp could be war crimes: UN
Civilians and civilian structures must be spared – but the death of civilians during a conflict does not necessarily constitute…
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United Kingdom
UK migrant barge sparks debate on asylum seeker treatment
A small seaside town on the south coast of England, home to a giant migrant barge, has once again found…
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Germany
German government pushes to get more Ukrainian refugees into jobs
The German government has announced a drive to get more Ukrainian and other refugees into jobs, now that many have…
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