As the search for survivors continues, aid groups have mobilized to help the thousands of people wounded by the blast, and the hundreds of thousands of others who have been made homeless.
Tag: Refugees and Displaced Persons
Refugee and Author Long Detained by Australia Gets Asylum in New Zealand
Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian exile, said the news showed the vast differences between the two neighboring countries on human rights.
Monsoons Slam South Asia, Displacing Millions in Bangladesh and India
Flooding in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar and Nepal has killed scores of people, destroyed homes and structures, drowned entire villages, and forced many to crouch on rooftops hoping for rescue.
Another Young Leader Taken. Afghans Ask: How Many More?
Fatima ‘Natasha’ Khalil, 24, was a human rights worker shaped by two decades of struggle. She joins a painfully long list of young Afghans who died trying to help their country.
When the Soldiers Meant to Protect You Instead Come to Kill
Extremists and vigilantes are killing civilians in the West African nation of Burkina Faso, but so are soldiers, sowing fear and suspicion in a country that had once prided itself on its strong social fabric. We traveled to the country’s volatile far n…
Number of Refugees Worldwide Has Doubled in a Decade, U.N. Report Says
Nearly 80 million people, or 1 percent of humanity, now qualify as refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced.
In Iraq, a New Prime Minister Takes Stock of His Bloodied Land
In one city ruined by war, even the stones seem to have voices. They tell the stories of people who can no longer speak for themselves.
Syria’s Idlib Province, Wrecked by War. Readies for Coronavirus Battle
A Syrian pharmacist volunteered to help prepare for the onset of the coronavirus in a region crowded with war refugees. Here is his account.
His Family Fled Syria. He Didn’t Cry Until He Heard About His Sisters.
Yousef was just 13 when his family left Syria for Europe. Five years later, he’s adjusting to life separated from his three sisters and the ups and downs of adolescence.
Hungary Moves to Close Border Camps After E.U. Court Ruling
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has shifted more than 300 asylum applicants out of detention in fenced “transit zones.”