Refugee crisis

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), speaks during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, December 13, 2023. Photo: Martial Trezzini/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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UN refugee agency says record 117 million people forcibly displaced in 2023

In its report on global trends in forced displacement, UNHCR said that there had been a yearly increase in the number of people forcibly displaced over the last 12 years

FILE PHOTO: Halime Adam Moussa, a Sudanese refugee who is seeking refuge in Chad for a second time, waits with other refugees to receive a food portion from World Food Programme (WFP), near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Global Economy

UN refugee agency chief 'extremely worried' about funding

World Refugee Day: Powerful movies that represent the refugee experience
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World Refugee Day: Powerful movies that represent the refugee experience

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World Refugee Day 2023: Date, history, significance

FILE PHOTO: Civilians who fled the war-torn Sudan following the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive atop a truck at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit centre in Renk, near the border crossing point in Renk County of Upper Nile State, South Sudan 1 May, 2023. REUTERS/Jok Solomun
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More than 1 million people displaced by Sudan crisis - UN refugee agency

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Thoughts

The case of the refugee crisis, reparations and colonialism

Displaced people from Myanmar carry donated lunch boxes to their tents along the Thai side of the Moei River in Mae Sot, Thailand on Feb. 5, 2022. Thailand has sent thousands of people fleeing escalating violence by Myanmar’s military back home despite the risk to their lives, and despite international refugee laws that forbid the return of people to countries where their lives may be in danger. They are now living in limbo, forced to ricochet between both sides of the river dividing the two countries as the fighting in their home villages rages and briefly recedes. (AP Photo)
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Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

Blackouts, refugees and no food: Sri Lanka’s economic mess
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Blackouts, refugees and no food: Sri Lanka’s economic mess

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Europe

Ukraine refugees near 4 million. Will exodus slowdown last?

UkraineL Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Kyiv on Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides. Photo :Hindustan Times
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Ukrainian passport holders can seek UAE visas

Internally displaced Syrians walk together near tents at a camp in Azaz, Syria,1 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters
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Arab refugees see double standards in Europe’s embrace of Ukrainians

A woman with her two children fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine stays at the Primary School No.14 that has been converted to provide shelter, in Przemysl, Poland, February 28, 2022. REUTERS
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One million refugees fled Ukraine in week since Russia's invasion: UNHCR

A satellite image shows a military convoy near Invankiv, Ukraine February 28, 2022. Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
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Missiles turn towards Kyiv with Europe bracing for ‘largest refugee crisis this century’