Keywords: Refugees


Finland boosts support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh amid funding challenges

Finland has announced a new humanitarian contribution of approximately $2.3 million to support Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, reinforcing international efforts to address one of the world's largest and most prolonged displacement crises. According to the United Nations High Commissioner......

Patriarch Bechara El Rahi calls for inclusion of Lebanese refugees in Israel in amnesty law

Maronite Patriarch Bechara El Rahi has called for Lebanese citizens who took refuge in Israel after the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000 to be included in the country’s proposed general amnesty law currently under debate in Parliament. Speaking during a religious service in Bkerké,......

Taliban authorities say Afghans in Qatar can return with confidence

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have stated that Afghan nationals currently stranded in Qatar can safely return home, seeking to reassure those who fled the country following the political upheaval of 2021. According to official statements, individuals who left Afghanistan out of fear of reprisals......

Germany and Syria discuss plans for refugee return

Germany and Syria have begun discussions aimed at facilitating the return of Syrian refugees currently living in Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on Monday during a meeting with Syrian President Ahmad al-Chareh. Speaking at a joint press conference in Berlin, Merz said both governments are......

Around 50,000 Syrians leave Lebanon in one week amid rising regional tensions

Around 50,000 Syrian nationals have returned from Lebanon to Syria over the past week, according to international organizations monitoring population movements in the region. The departures come as security tensions escalate in the Middle East, raising fears among displaced communities living near the......

Czech Republic calls for EU debate on future of temporary protection for Ukrainians

The Czech Republic has signaled its readiness to open a European Union–wide discussion on the future of temporary protection granted to Ukrainians displaced by the war. The proposal comes as Prague reassesses the long-term sustainability of the protection regime introduced after Russia’s......

Three dead and four missing after migrant boat sinks off Turkey

Three people have died and four remain missing after a migrant vessel sank early Thursday in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey, Turkish coast guards reported. The rubber boat, carrying 45 passengers, began taking on water before dawn near Foça, a district in western Turkey north of the......

Two dead, including a child, in migrant boat sinking in the Aegean Sea

A woman and a young boy were found dead off the Greek island of Ikaria in the northern Aegean Sea following the sinking of a boat carrying more than 50 migrants, authorities reported Sunday. Fifty migrants were rescued and are being assisted by local authorities, while three others remain missing, a......

Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh damages dozens of shelters

A fire broke out late Sunday night at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, damaging dozens of shelters, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In a statement published on Monday, the UN migration agency said its teams were deployed immediately after the fire......