Tag: Political refugees
Palestinians fear loss of family homes as evictions loom
JERUSALEM — When Samira Dajani's family moved into their first real home in 1956 after years as refugees, her father planted trees in the...
Sudan says Ethiopian peacekeepers deported to refugee camp
CAIRO — Sudanese authorities on Sunday deported around three dozen Ethiopian peacekeepers, working on the U.N. mission in Darfur, to a refugee camp, the...
Sudan says Ethiopian peacekeepers deported to refugee camp
CAIRO — Sudanese authorities on Sunday deported around three dozen Ethiopian peacekeepers, working on the U.N. mission in Darfur, to a refugee camp, the...
Refugee doctor chronicles Tigray’s pain as he treats it
HAMDAYET, Sudan — He is a surgeon and a father. Every morning, he wakes up under a plastic tarp and is reminded he’s now...
Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy
CAIRO — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed...
On a Scottish isle, ‘Limbo’ breaks the refugee movie mold
LONDON — Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry was reluctant to read the script of “Limbo.”
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Spain recovers 24 bodies from migrant boat off Canaries
BARCELONA, Spain — The bodies of 24 sub-Saharan migrants, among them two minors, who are believed to have died of thirst and hunger as...
Kenya camps with 400,000 refugees to be closed next year
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya wants two refugee camps which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from war-torn countries closed by June 30 next year,...
German held after racist attack on Syrian caught on video
BERLIN — A 39-year-old German man has been arrested in connection with a racist attack on a teenage refugee in the eastern city of...
Lebanon thwarts attempt to smuggle 69 Syrians to Cyprus
BEIRUT — Lebanese troops aborted early Sunday an attempt to smuggle dozens of Syrian migrants to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the military said....
