A plan that allows Britons to sponsor people fleeing the Russian invasion has been plagued by visa delays and safeguarding concerns.
Tag: United Nations High Commission for Refugees
E.U. Expected to Grant Blanket Protection to Ukrainian Refugees
Under the measure, which would apply to all Ukrainian nationals, refugees would be granted the right to live, study and work across the 27-member bloc for up to three years.
As Ukrainians Flee Russian Assault, Coronavirus Rides Along
The fighting in Ukraine’s east is forcing a hurried mass migration that leaves little room for pandemic considerations.
Taliban Free 2 Westerners Working for U.N., Days After Quiet Detention
The issue of detentions and disappearances has put a new spotlight on the Taliban’s promises to improve their human rights record under the weight of international sanctions.
Indonesia Lets Stranded Refugee Boat Land After Vowing to Turn It Away
The boat came shore on Friday with more than 100 Rohingya refugees on board. Indonesia relented under pressure from rights groups.
They Warned Their Names Were on a Hit List. They Were Killed.
In less than a month, assassins have killed at least eight people in the Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh, silencing those who have dared to speak out against the violent gangs.
3 Children and 1 Woman Drowned While Migrating Across the Aegean Sea
Migrant crossings are down and so are deaths at sea, but Tuesday’s incident was a reminder that dangers remain.
U.K. Proposes Moving Asylum Seekers Abroad While Their Cases Are Decided
Rights advocates swiftly condemned the new migration plan, which they say not only violates international law but also would be impossible to carry out.
Denmark Would Push Asylum Seekers Outside Europe for Processing
A new law is the latest in a series of hard-line measures that have been introduced in recent years to discourage migration.
In Sudan Border Town, Desperate Ethiopians Find ‘Second Mother Country’
Tens of thousands of Christian refugees, fleeing the violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, have been given a warm welcome by the residents of a sleepy Sudanese town: “We are brothers.”