Keyword "Political refugees" - List of latest news (14 results)

18/04 Pakistan's deputy PM to visit Kabul amid ongoing expulsion of Afghans

Officials say Pakistan’s deputy prime minister is traveling to Afghanistan on the weekend at the invitation of Kabul to discuss a range of issues.

11/12 Palestinians urge support for UN resolutions demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire

The Palestinians have urged U.N. member nations to support resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban.

09/12 17 days of harassment: the Maduro regime maintains the siege against the Argentine embassy where six opponents are sheltered

In the midst of the worsening of conditions, anti-Chavismo and the international community demand the delivery of the necessary safe passages so that they can leave the country

03/12 Edmundo González Urrutia denounced that the Maduro regime subjects opponents who are sheltered in the Argentine embassy in Caracas to torture.

The opponent recalled that being without electricity or water, conditions in which the six members of Maria Corina Machado's team remain today, is the modality to which the dictatorship subjects the country's inhabitants every day.

03/12 A video recorded inside the Argentine embassy in Caracas reveals the precarious situation of Venezuelan opposition refugees

Magalí Meda, one of the six asylum seekers, released a recording taken during the night to denounce the harassment suffered by the members of María Corina Machado's team.

08/10 Bolivian personalities criticized “the judicial degradation” caused by the governments of the Movement Towards Socialism

More than 250 people signed a document in defense of prisoners, persecuted people and political exiles. They question that the MAS uses Justice as an “instrument of political persecution and repression”

31/07 Costa Rica is prepared to offer asylum to Venezuelan opposition leaders, minister says

Costa Rica's government ready to offer political asylum Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.

24/04 Auditors say it's hard to tell how Turkey is using EU refugee funds. Some officials aren't helpful

European Union auditors are struggling to work out whether some of the billions the bloc has sent Turkey to help it cope with Syrian refugees is having an impact.

26/03 A decade of documenting more than 63,000 migrant deaths shows that fleeing is more lethal than ever

A decade has passed since the launch of the Missing Migrants Project, which has documented more than 63,000 deaths around the world among people fleeing conflict, persecution or poverty at home.

21/03 Indonesian rescue at sea of Rohingya refugees is a reminder of an ordeal that began in Myanmar

A dramatic story of survival and rescue off the western coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has put the spotlight again on the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives.

21/03 Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat

An Indonesian search and rescue ship began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety.

16/02 Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians, Reuters reports

Egypt is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus, four sources said.

27/12 Rohingya refugees forcibly evicted by students in Indonesia

The attack comes after some 1,500 Rohingya refugees have fled temporary camps in Bangladesh for the province of Aceh in just over a month.

29/09 More refugees to come from Latin America, Caribbean under Biden's new 125,000 refugee cap

As the number of migrants coming to the U.S.’s southern border is climbing, the Biden administration aims to admit more refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean over the next year.