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Deportees from the US in Panama go embassy to embassy in desperate scramble to seek asylum
Read full article: Deportees from the US in Panama go embassy to embassy in desperate scramble to seek asylumMigrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama are hopping door-to-door at embassies and consulates desperately seeking asylum in any country that would accept them.
Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus
Read full article: Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focusSouth Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya.
Aspects of US restrictions on asylum-seekers may violate international protections, UNHCR chief says
Read full article: Aspects of US restrictions on asylum-seekers may violate international protections, UNHCR chief saysThe head of the U.N. refugee agency says he understands that the Biden administration enacted new restrictions on asylum-seekers entering the United States, but cautioned that some aspects of the executive order may violate refugee protection required under international law.
About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF says
Read full article: About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF saysThirteen children are dying everyday of severe malnutrition at the Zamzam camp in Sudan’s Northern Darfur as a consequence of the 10 month war in their country, Medical charity Doctors without Borders or MSF said Monday.
The UN refugee chief says that he's worried that the war in Ukraine is being forgotten
Read full article: The UN refugee chief says that he's worried that the war in Ukraine is being forgottenThe U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says that he’s worried that the war in Ukraine has been forgotten as the country prepares to mark two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
110 million people forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars add to world refugee crisis, UN says
Read full article: 110 million people forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars add to world refugee crisis, UN saysThe U.N. says 110 million people in the world today have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or human rights violations.
UN agencies seek $5.6B to help Ukraine, its refugees abroad
Read full article: UN agencies seek $5.6B to help Ukraine, its refugees abroadThe U.N.’s humanitarian aid and refugee agencies say they are seeking $5.6 billion to help millions of people in Ukraine and 10 countries that have taken in fleeing Ukrainians in the wake of Russia’s invasion of their country nearly a year ago.
The AP Interview: Refugee head sees lesson in Ukraine crisis
Read full article: The AP Interview: Refugee head sees lesson in Ukraine crisisThe U.N. refugee agency director says Europe’s embrace of millions of Ukrainians who fled Russia’s invasion has shown that it’s possible to welcome large numbers of asylum-seekers.
UN: Sahel violence could drive more refugees toward Europe
Read full article: UN: Sahel violence could drive more refugees toward EuropeThe head of the U.N. refugee agency says Europe should be more much worried than it is that larger numbers of people from Africa’s Sahel region could seek to move north.
UN refugee agency: Number of displaced tops 100 million
Read full article: UN refugee agency: Number of displaced tops 100 millionThe U.N. refugee agency says that the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has crossed the milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts.
UN alarmed at increasing reports of Greek migrant pushbacks
Read full article: UN alarmed at increasing reports of Greek migrant pushbacksThe U.N. refugee agency has voiced alarm at increasing reports of “horrific incidents” where migrants trying to slip into Greece and other European countries are allegedly being forced back.
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AP Interview: UN refugee chief says Afghan stability needed
Read full article: AP Interview: UN refugee chief says Afghan stability neededThe chief of the U.N. refugee agency says the international community and the Taliban will need to find a way to deal with each other for the sake of stabilizing Afghanistan.
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The Latest: UN says $1.2B pledged to help Afghans in need
Read full article: The Latest: UN says $1.2B pledged to help Afghans in needThe U.N. humanitarian chief says $1.2 billion has been promised to help Afghans facing a growing humanitarian crisis in the country and millions in the region, calling the pledges “an important step” toward helping the needy.
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Donors pledge $1.2 billion in emergency funds for Afghans
Read full article: Donors pledge $1.2 billion in emergency funds for AfghansThe United Nations has drummed up more than $1.2 billion in emergency pledges for helping 11 million Afghans facing an escalating humanitarian crisis in their homeland and millions more elsewhere in the region.
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UNHCR appeals to Italy not to impede migrants rescue boats
Read full article: UNHCR appeals to Italy not to impede migrants rescue boatsThe head of the U.N. refugee agency says he has urged Italy not to unnecessarily impede NGOs that operate migrant rescue ships in the central Mediterranean, as warmer weather is expected to bring the usual seasonal uptick in the departure of smugglers’ boats from Libya.
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Tigray opposition parties assert 50,000-plus civilian deaths
Read full article: Tigray opposition parties assert 50,000-plus civilian deathsFILE - In this Nov. 21, 2020, file photo, refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan. The opposition parties say the international community should ensure the immediate withdrawal of fighters including soldiers from neighboring Eritrea, who witnesses say are supporting Ethiopian forces. The opposition parties assert that the hunger is man-made as cattle have been killed and raided, crops burned and homes looted and destroyed. The statement was signed by the Tigray Independence Party, the National Congress of Great Tigray and Salsay Weyane Tigray. They were undertaken to spur “sustained, impartial and unimpeded humanitarian access" to Tigray and to refugees and internally displaced people, he said.
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Report: Images show latest 'attack' on Ethiopia refugee camp
Read full article: Report: Images show latest 'attack' on Ethiopia refugee camp(2021 Planet Labs, Inc via AP)NAIROBI – New satellite images of a refugee camp in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region show more than 400 structures have been badly damaged in what a research group believes is the latest “intentional attack” by fighters. We have no information on how many refugees were still in the camp last week,” U.N. refugee agency spokesman Chris Melzer said in an email. We demand access since the refugees are without supplies for two and a half months now and we are extremely concerned. Grandi noted “many reliable reports and firsthand accounts” of abuses including the forced return of refugees to Eritrea. Fighting continues in parts of the Tigray region.
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UN: Ethiopia's victory claim doesn't mean war is finished
Read full article: UN: Ethiopia's victory claim doesn't mean war is finishedHospitals and health centers in the Tigray region are running “dangerously low” on supplies to care for the wounded, it added. Food is also running low, the result of the Tigray region being cut off from outside aid for almost a month. The latest explosions came just hours after Abiy declared victory in his government’s fighting against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which has run the northern Tigray region. “We need first and foremost access” to Tigray, Grandi said, adding that his U.N. colleagues in Addis Ababa are in discussions with the government there. But many of the refugees have said they were running from the deadly violence of Ethiopian forces and attacks from the direction of nearby Eritrea.
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Ethiopia declares victory as military takes Tigray capital
Read full article: Ethiopia declares victory as military takes Tigray capitalPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement. The prime minister has rejected dialogue with TPLF leaders, including during a Friday meeting with three African Union special envoys. The Tigray region of 6 million people has been cut off from the world as the military pursued what Abiy called a “law enforcement operation" with airstrikes and tanks. Ethiopia’s government had warned residents there would be “no mercy” if they didn’t move away from the TPLF leaders in time. The United Nations said some fled as tanks closed in and Abiy's 72-hour ultimatum for TPLF leaders to surrender expired.