Four Afghan girl guitarists escaped the Taliban. Will they be forced back?
Islamabad, Pakistan – On a pleasant February afternoon in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the sound of strumming guitars fills a small ...
Tag: Refugees
Mapping the human toll of the conflict in DR Congo
Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions to flee their homes in Democratic Republic of ...
As Trump seeks systemic change, does the US have an obligation to refugees?
But even a legal victory may not be enough to restore the US refugee system. Temple University's Ramji-Nogales told Al ...
Were noncitizens on ‘terror’ list ‘let loose’ in the US? It’s complicated
A United States House Judiciary Committee report says 99 noncitizens on the “terrorist watchlist” were released in the country. Is ...
Six children die of hypothermia amid freezing conditions in Gaza
At least six Palestinian infants have reportedly died from hypothermia during a severe cold spell in the Gaza Strip, medical ...
Syrian passer-by praised for helping stop deadly stabbing attack in Austria
NewsFeedWatch the moment the suspect in a deadly knife attack in Austria was caught after fatally stabbing a 14-year-old and ...
‘I saw him kill people:’ Libya and Italy’s shadowy migrant deals
Libya’s Chief of Judicial Police, Osama “Al Masri” Njeem, returned to Libya on an Italian government plane after his arrest ...
Bodies of migrants in Libya mass graves had gunshot wounds, UN says
IOM urges ‘dignified recovery’ and identification of dozens of bodies discovered in two mass graves in Libya.Gunshot wounds have been ...
Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees
Rights groups and UN agencies have documented systematic abuse against migrants, refugees in Libya including torture, rape and extortion.Libya authorities ...
The Maronite community sheltering Lebanon’s displaced in Cyprus
‘Many arrived without even winter clothes’ “The majority of Lebanese that are living in Cyprus are settled around Larnaca, all ...
As Trump’s anti-migrant push gains steam, advocates urge Canada to act
Montreal, Canada – Donald Trump has been in the White House for less than three weeks, but the United States president ...
Trump to withdraw US from UN Rights Council, extend UNRWA funds ban: Report
The US president is expected to sign the orders cutting ties and funds to the UN agencies as Netanyahu visits ...
German parliament rejects opposition migration bill backed by far-right AfD
Bill calling for tougher rules on migration widely criticised for undermining ‘firewall’ against working with the far right.The German parliament ...
Trump at odds with US military veterans over snarled Afghan relocations
Washington, DC – When Ruqia Balkhi arrived in the United States in September 2023, she was greeted by a federally ...
Is the deportation dispute between Colombia and the US really over?
Furious row defused after US President Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions over migration.An explosive diplomatic dispute had broken out between ...
‘My heart is split in two’: The women returning to homes in northern Gaza
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Inshirah Darabeh has just one thought on her mind as she prepares to leave the ...
How big are the California wildfires – and why did they spread so fast?
At least five people have been killed and thousands of homes have been gutted in wildfires that have ravaged multiple ...
‘It’s the only way’: Migrants, army face-off along S Africa-Zimbabwe border
Musina, South Africa – Every day, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa – sometimes via ...
At the EU’s external border in Bulgaria, the refugee horror story continues
“She was about to die. It took six hours last time we dug a grave for one of the Syrian ...
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