Alma Zadic arrived in Vienna from Bosnia when she was 10. Now, she is the justice minister in an awkward coalition of liberal Greens and hard-line, anti-immigrant conservatives.
Tag: Refugees and Displaced Persons
Trump Threw Weighty Refugee Decisions to Local Government, With Painful Results
President Trump’s executive order granting local officials veto power over refugee resettlement has divided communities and left immigrants feeling unwanted.
Nigerians in New York Worry Expanded Travel Ban Will Hurt Family Ties
“It’s just not right to just blanket ban a group of people,” said one college professor who has lived in the U.S. for about 20 years.
Asylum Seekers Find a New Route to Europe, Flowing Into a Divided Cyprus
The tiny island now hosts the most refugees per capita in the European Union.
Wary Residents Return to Homes Near Volcano in Philippines
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by the threat of huge eruptions from the Taal Volcano, but officials say the danger has subsided.
U.N. Court’s Order on Rohingya Is Cheered, but Will Myanmar Comply?
Officials in Myanmar have said little about a ruling that it must protect the Muslim ethnic group and report back on the steps it has taken.
Fazle Abed, Founder of a Leading Relief Agency, Dies at 83
Mr. Abed gave up a job as a senior executive at a multinational company to start BRAC after he saw his native land, Bangladesh, devastated by war.
U.N. Resolution Condemns Myanmar’s Abuse of Rohingya
The General Assembly passed a resolution denouncing human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups.
Syrian Offensive Sends Tens of Thousands Fleeing
Trapped between a fierce assault and a closed Turkish border, desperate civilians are huddling in makeshift settlements, bewildered as they seek safety.
As Myanmar Genocide Hearing Closes, Focus Is on Trapped Rohingya
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi testified that members of the Muslim ethnic group still in Myanmar were being helped, but many are desperate.