By Mandy Clark Kabul 02 June 2008 Pakistan recently began closing its largest camp for Afghan refugees out of fear that remnants of the Taliban had been using it as a hideout. Now, more than 70,000 Afghans are being uprooted once more. Many are maki...
By Tony Budny Washington 28 February 2008 A top United Nations official is warning U.S. lawmakers that Iraqi refugees face what he terms absolutely dire circumstances in their countries of asylum. Between two and five million Iraqis have fled their h...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 25 February 2008 A simulated refugee camp has been set up in Melbourne to show Australians the sort of hardship suffered by millions of people around the world. Refugee Realities is the work of the charity Oxfam. The camp is set...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 February 2008 The UNHCR says a comprehensive solution has been found that will enable some 218,000 Burundian refugees who fled to Tanzania in 1972 to end their lengthy exile and begin new lives, either in Tanzania or in Buru...
By Mandy Clark Sodertalje, Sweden 20 February 2008 Since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, more than four million Iraqis have fled their homes. About half of them left the country, altogether. Most of these refugees remain in neighboring countr...
By Nick Wadhams Molo, Kenya 14 January 2008 Kenyan officials estimate that at least 250,000 Kenyans have fled their homes as a result of violence that broke out across the country after a presidential election last month that was seen as seriously fl...
By Selah Hennessy Goma 15 December 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He told reporters the conflict situation in Congo needs a political ra...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 December 2007 Three research studies show that Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon are living under precarious circumstances. The UN refugee agency says the studies, which were conducted over the last few months, fin...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 17 October 2007 A group concerned with human rights in Ethiopia's eastern Ogaden region says refugees fleeing to neighboring Somalia are being rounded up by Somali authorities and handed over to Ethiopian troop...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 10 October 2007 Dozens of Cuban refugees who were detained by the United States after fleeing their country, have arrived in Hungary where they will be granted political asylum. Stefan Bos reports from Budapest that the refugee...