More than 2,200 asylum seekers and refugees have now been relocated from reception centres on Greek islands and elsewhere in Greece to other European countries. By Martin Rentsch in Berlin Nasro Mohamed was desperate for a fresh beginning when she and her family were...
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has evacuated yesterday evening (Thursday 19 Nov) a group...
As life-saving evacuation flights to Rwanda resume after nearly a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19, vulnerable asylum seekers put their ordeals in Libya behind them. By Caroline Gluck in Tripoli, Libya Wrapped in a white headscarf and keeping her six-year-old son...
Back in business “I know I lost everything back home. But I found here some people to help me” Shortly after arriving in Canada, it didn’t take long for Ahmad Abed to reignite his entrepreneurial spirit. After resettling in Guelph, Ontario, the Syrian...
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