Tag: refugees
Germany will not tolerate xenophobia, says Merkel
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was booed and called a `traitor’ Wednesday during a visit to a refugee home to condemn…
Merkel decries violence against refugees disgusting
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her government spoke out on Monday against weekend’s violent protests against asylum seekers in the…
Violence against refugees disgusting – Merkel
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her government spoke out on Monday against weekend’s violent protests against asylum seekers in the…
Nigeria receives 12,000 refugees deported from Cameroon
Government officials on Saturday visited camps in Mubi, Adamawa, where over 12,000 Nigerian refuges repatriated by the Cameroonian authorities are…
Cameroon repatriating 12,000 Nigerians
ya ABUJA (Reuters) – About 12,000 Nigerians are being repatriated over the next three to four days after seeking refuge…
Merkel urges fair distribution of refugees in Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday called on all EU member states to show solidarity over migration issue and participate…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Refugees Starve To Death
Some of thousands of Nigerians told to leave neighbouring Niger in the past week due to threats from Boko Haram…
Boko Haram: Nigeria refugees big headache to Chad govt
Thousands of Nigerian civilians who fled the armed Islamists of Boko Haram have become a headache for Chadian authorities after…
7,300 Nigerian refugees flee to Chad – UN
Some 7,300 Nigerian refugees had fled from Nigeria to Chad in the past 10 days, Mr Farthan Haq, a United…
Boko Haram: Over 13,000 Nigerian refugees flee to Cameroun, says UN
The UN Refugee Agency on Tuesday said violence by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast continues to send thousands of…
Refugees rescued by cruise ship refuse to disembark
More than 300 mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise liner on Thursday refused to disembark in Cyprus’s southern port…
Boko Haram: Camp registers 1,300 refugees in Adamawa
The Commandant, Adamawa Internally Displaced Persons Camp, Mr Abdulmumini Jauro, on Wednesday said that no fewer than 1,300 Internally Displaced…
Thousands escape from Boko Haram, says UN
Thousands of refugees are fleeing harrowing scenes of atrocities and body-strewn streets in northern Nigeria, the UN said Tuesday. The…
Boko Haram: Thousands flee to Niger, Cameroon
Thousands of people have fled across Nigeria’s borders with Cameroon and Niger amid renewed clashes between the Nigerian military and…
CAR refugees block runway
(Reuters) – Thousands of people caught up in fighting in Central African Republic blocked the runway of its international airport…
11 killed over land dispute
Eleven persons have been killed and no fewer than 2,000 people displaced in Adadama, Abi Local council of Nigeria’s south…
More woes for Nigerians displaced by flood
Unabating flood is threatening to sack flood-displaced people at their camp in the LGEA Primary School camp in Lokoja, capital…
Congolese flee from rebel soldier, Terminator
More than 10,000 people have fled from DR Congo to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda following clashes between the Congolese army…