Refugees

Bangladesh sends third group of Rohingya refugees to remote island

Bangladeshi authorities announced on Wednesday, February 28, that they will resettle between two and three thousand Rohingya refugees in the coming days.

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Refugee Agency: 75,000 children in Iran are eligible for Iranian citizenship

The UN refugee agency's office in Iran says 75,000 children in Iran are eligible to receive Iranian citizenship.

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Lesbos refugees: Life in new accommodation worse than the hell of Moria

Refugees on Lesbos are crammed into tents. No space for privacy, no bathrooms or enough food. The men…

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Greece: Residents of burnt-out Moria camp should 'forget' about reaching Germany

400 unaccompanied children from the burned-out Moria camp are being transferred to northern Greece. Other asylum seekers from the camp must remain on Lesbos.…

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Europe's largest refugee camp burns down

Fires broke out in several parts of the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos on Tuesday evening. Moria is the largest refugee camp in Europe…

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UN: As the number of refugees in the world increases, concerns about the spread of COVID-19 have increased

UN officials warn on World Refugee Day that the global coronavirus pandemic will leave millions more refugees and displaced than ever before...

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UN: Nearly 80 million people displaced worldwide

According to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the number of refugees in the world has doubled in the past ten years…

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Israeli Foreign Ministry: Thousands of Iranians have requested asylum and assistance from Israel

The Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post, citing the Israeli Foreign Ministry, says that thousands of Iranians have requested asylum and assistance from Israel.…

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