Tag: refugees
23,000 people fled DRC amid violence in north east – UN
The violence between M23 rebel forces and the Congolese army in Rutshuru near the border with Uganda and Rwanda since…
Communal crisis: Ebonyi SEMA receives refugees from Cross River community
The Ebonyi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday received indigenes of the state displaced from Ekajiok in Ogoja Local…
Cameroon expels 100,000 Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has appealed to Cameroonian authorities not to evict over 100,000 of Nigerian refugees…
U.S. to admit 310,000 refugees, asylum seekers in 2019
The U.S. Government says it anticipates processing up to 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers in 2019.
Uganda to distribute free mosquito nets to refugees
As the world commemorates World Refugee Day on Wednesday, Uganda said it will distribute mosquito nets to all refugees in…
2 refugees killed while watching World Cup match
The police said two South Sudan refugees were killed in an ethnic clash while watching a World Cup football match…
9 refugees die in Uganda cholera break – Authorities
Authorities said nine refugees were confirmed dead on Thursday morning and more than 300 people were isolated in several health…
UN tells Member States to take in refugees from Libya
The UN on Monday appealed to member States to take in 1,300 mainly African refugees stranded in Libya, many of…
Deportation of Nigerian refugees worrisome – Dabiri-Erewa
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says alleged forced deportation of…
Romania To Receive Nearly 2,000 Refugees
Romania said it was to take in 1,942 refugees who escaped from the Middle East and reached Greece or Italy,Foreign…
UN to halt forceful repatriation of Nigerian refugees
UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is taking urgent steps to intervene in the forceful repatriation of Nigerian…
Returning Nigerian Refugees Could Create New Crisis – UNHCR
Nigerian refugees who fled Islamist militants are returning from Cameroon risk creating a new humanitarian crisis, the head of the…
UNHCR sends relief items for Congolese IDPS
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is shipping tents, mosquito nets and other essential relief items to Angola, where…
Cameroon continues deportation of Nigerian refugees to villages
The Doctors Without Borders aid group says it has witnessed Cameroon's military returning Nigerian refugees to their country as the…
49,376 Somali Refugees Repatriated
The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that it has repatriated some 49,376 Somali refugees in Kenya since the return exercise…
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Thousands protest in London against Trump’s refugee temporary ban
Thousands of protesters on Saturday demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in London against American President Donald Trump over his temporary…
Commission for Refugees to establish office in Yola
The National Commission For Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) is to established an office in Yola, the Adamawa…
Canadian island to take Americans as refugees if Trump wins
The rise of Donald Trump has given an unlikely boost to a Canadian island offering to take in Americans as…
100,000 Nigerians live outside Nigeria as refugees – U.S
Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, on Thursday said that about 100,000 Nigerians were currently living…
Thousands return to Nigeria after Boko Haram sacking
Thousands of Nigerian refugees, who fled to neighbouring Cameroon in 2014 to escape Boko Harm militants, have returned to the…
Nigerian-born poet wins international human rights poetry award
Nigerian-born Irish poet, Lind Grant-Oyeye, has won the human rights poetry award from the Universal Human Rights Student Network (UHRSN).…
Nigerian refugee children bring David Miliband to his knees
A bunch of refugee kids singing “ABC” brought former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband to his knees Monday in the…
Two Paris attackers entered Europe as refugees – Police
Greek Police confirmed today that two men connected with the Paris attacks Friday night registered as refugees with Greek authorities…
NEMA receives 197 Nigerian from Central African Republic
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the weekend received 197 Nigerians that were displaced by the crises in Central…
If elected president, I’ll send Syrian refugees back – Donald Trump
AFP – Republican United States presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has said that he would send thousands of Syrian refugees back…
Refugees reject France seek better life in Germany, Holland, Sweden
They dream of a better life in Germany, Sweden or Holland, but one country appears glaringly absent from the lips…
Insecurity in Africa: Buhari seeks AU, regional communities’ collaboration
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja urged the Peace and Security Council (PAC) of the African Union (AU) and…
Ireland to accept 4,000 refugees – Justice Minister
Irish Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald confirmed that they would accept 4,000 refugees with the first arriving in the next few…
Australia to take 12,000 refugees
Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, said on Wednesday that his country would take in 12,000 Syrian refugees as settlers. He…
9,500 Nigerian refugees return from Cameroon
AP — At least 9,500 people have returned to Nigeria from Cameroon since the Cameroonian government said last month it…