Accommodation is urgently required for some 400 unaccompanied minors – Reuters One local resident told the BBC almost the whole camp was burning. “Now with the first light I can see that there is a few tents that make it, … Read More
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has blocked individual German states from rescuing migrants from Greek refugee camps. The state governments are up in arms and are considering legal action. Several of Germany’s 16 states are considering banding together to defy the … Read More
Police in Murcia are still looking for 45 escaped migrants from the group of 454 migrants, of which 34 people tested positive for COVID-19 Since Friday, 435 migrants from Africa have arrived at the Spanish coast in small boats, with … Read More
Refugees disembark the SOS Mediterranee’s Aquarius ship after its arrival at the eastern port of Valencia, Spain, in June 2018. (Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP) LUXEMBOURG (CN) — Lack of space in a refugee center is not a good enough … Read More
The UN refugee agency revealed that the number of people fleeing war and persecution was more than 79 million last year — the highest such figure since the agency was founded 70 years ago. Euronews spoke to the UN High … Read More
By the time James boarded a flight from Libya to Nigeria at the end of 2018, he had survived a Mediterranean shipwreck, traveled through a half dozen African states, been shot, and spent two years being abused and tortured in … Read More
Migrant boys play with a ball outside a hotel in Kranidi town about 170 kilometers (106 miles) southwest of Athens, Tuesday, April 21, 2020 – AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis Thousands of asylum seekers in Greece face the prospect of being left homeless … Read More
UNHCR/Daniel Dreifuss – Persecuted Nicaraguans flee to Costa Rica in search of international protection. Over the past two years, more than 100,000 people in Nicaragua have sought asylum abroad, reportedly fleeing persecution and human rights abuses, the UN refugee agency, … Read More
This is the story behind the clashes at the Greek border. Migrants wait to board a ferry in the port of Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on March 20. (Vangelis Papantonis/AP) In the midst of Europe’s coronavirus problem, a new border … Read More
Social stability in Latin America is at risk under the pressure of Venezuelan refugees. More than 4 and a half million people have left the country and the flow continues to grow dramatically as the political crisis has not been … Read More