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Over 24,000 displaced in DR Congo in one month: UN
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said violence in the south-central region forced 1.4 million to flee in 2017 - and it is concerned that renewed tensions could...
Conflict, hunger and economic upheaval had displaced nearly 80 million people worldwide, half of them children, by the end of 2019.
A rift about who the group’s leader should be drove a wedge between foreigners seeking refuge at the church last week.
They were part of a larger group of more than 180 refugees who appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court after violent clashes broke out with police in Brooklyn last week.
On Friday, police removed refugees that had been living outside the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Pretoria.
A police crackdown against foreigners occupying the offices of the United Nations Refugee Agency resulted in chaos on Wednesday.
They're demanding protection after clashes between locals and foreign nationals in August in parts of the country, mainly in Gauteng, where at least 12 people were killed.
Thai authorities threatened to deport her but with the help of activists, diplomats and a hastily opened Twitter account Qunun launched an impassioned asylum campaign.
The Libyan coast guard picked up 762 migrants trying to reach Italy in rubber boats during the past two days alone, its spokesman said.
According to the UNHCR, there are now almost 70 million forcibly displaced people worldwide – the highest number in modern history.
The Donald Trump administration made the announcement on Wednesday, accusing the council of anti-Israel bias and a failure to reform.
Washington’s withdrawal is the latest US rejection of multilateral engagement after it pulled out of the Paris climate agreement and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
The Hollywood actress toured the Domiz camp, home to 33,000 refugees from Syria’s seven-year conflict.
The UNHCR says migrants aboard the rescue ship Aquarius are in distress, running out of provision and urgently in need of help.
Activists have raised concerns that, if approved, the new rules could violate basic rights and be misused to target minorities.
Numbers in about 16 centres rose to nearly 20,000, from 5,000-7,000 previously, leading to a worsening of already poor conditions.
Some 582,000 Rohingya are now known to have fled since violence erupted on 25 August in northern Rakhine state, UN officials said.
Around 1.8 million people have fled South Sudan since fighting broke out in December 2013, sparking what has become the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis.
UN's Victoria Tauli-Corpuz this week started a 15-day tour to review the impact of laws surrounding the government’s 2007 intervention.