Headlines
  • Final referendum results showed on Sunday that Icelandic voters have rejected a plan to restart accassion talks with the European Union.
  • At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
  • On Saturday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were attacked by masked Israeli settlers who trapped them in their homes and pelted rocks at them.
  • On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the "criminal acts of violence" that Israeli settlers perpetrated in two Palestinian villages.
  • In central Zimbabwe, a minibus carrying churchgoers crashed head-on with a truck, killing at least 27 people and injuring seven more.
  • After being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, far-right British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom.
  • The "Yes" and "No" camps in Iceland's EU referendum are tied at 51.17% and 48.83%, respectively.

Tag: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

January 25, 2019

Refugee Group: Use Frozen Billions to...

The World Refugee Council’s argument is that refugees and internally displaced people, the majority of them women and children, are the most vulnerable in the world and should therefore have the primary claim on those assets, he said

January 23, 2019

Forced Returned of Nigerian Refugees by...

An estimated 9,000 Nigerians fled across the border into Cameroon earlier in the week after militants attacked and ransacked the small border town of Rann in Nigeria’s Borno State

January 8, 2019

UNHCR Provides Emergency Aid to Syrian...

In Lebanon, life is a daily struggle for more than a million Syrian refugees, who have little or no financial resources. Around 70 percent live below the poverty line. There are no formal refugee camps and, as a result, Syrians are scattered throughout more than 2,100 urban and rural communities and location

December 26, 2018

DRC: Displaced by Conflict

Even after civil war ended in 2003, the nation has continued to experience waves of fighting – especially in the eastern parts of the country

December 18, 2018

Venezuelans Refugees in Brazil

The municipality of São Paulo has set up several Portuguese classes for refugees and migrants with educational material available online

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