Tag Archives: refugees

Saturday, 11 March 2017   BEIJING: More than 20,000 Myanmar refugees have entered China, fleeing areas along the border after violent clashes broke out between the south east Asian country’s army and ethnic rebels this week, Beijing said. Geng Shuang, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, said at a regular …

Friday, 3 Feb 2017 :  Angelina Jolie recently dedicated some time to raise awareness for a cause that is very dear to her heart: Helping refugees. The New York Times on Thursday published an Op-Ed the actress recently penned, titled “Refugee Policy Should Be Based on Facts, Not Fear.” The …

Tuesday, 31 January 2017 WASHINGTON: The U.S. government has granted waivers to let 872 refugees into the country this week, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order on Friday temporarily banning entry of refugees from any country, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document. A Homeland Security official, speaking …

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 :  Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday the first group of about 50 men and woman held in two controversial detention centres for asylum-seekers on remote Pacific islands will be resettled in the United States within weeks. The comments mark the first official timetable …

Thursday, 17 August 2017 : The number of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda hit one million on Thursday, the United Nations said, as hundreds of desperate families pour across the border every day seeking a haven from the civil war. The conflict in South Sudan has created Africa’s biggest refugee crisis …

Thursday, 10 August 2017 :  As many as 50 Somali and Ethiopian migrants and refugees drowned off Yemen’s coast after a smuggler threw more than 120 of them overboard from their boat into torrential waters, the United Nations said Wednesday. The tragedy occurred early Wednesday morning local time and was …