Tag: Refugee

UK highest court’s decision to block govt’s Rwanda asylum deal welcomed by African refugees

November 17, 2023

Britain’s highest court unanimously ruled on Wednesday (15 November) that the government’s policy to deport more than 24,000 refugees to Rwanda in a controversial $174 ... Read More

U.S pledges $380m in humanitarian aid for Africa

July 21, 2023

The United States will provide an additional $380 million in humanitarian assistance for Africa, top diplomat Antony Blinken announced Thursday. "With this funding, the United ... Read More

Morocco: Migration and Asylum Policy with Human Face

June 24, 2023

For nearly a decade, Morocco has been implementing a migration and asylum policy with a human face, in accordance with the High Royal Guidelines, respecting ... Read More

Sudan: UN appeals for aid as 200,000 forced to flee abroad

May 19, 2023

The United Nations has appealed for $3 billion to help those affected by the conflict in Sudan with a top UN official decrying multiple serious ... Read More

Sudan: 200,000 forced to flee abroad while 700,000 more internally displaced

May 13, 2023

Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to neighboring countries and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced inside the country, trying to escape bloody ... Read More

Botswana is concerned over influx of refugees from Zimbabwe and S.Africa

October 20, 2022

Botswana has expressed concern over an influx of asylum seekers who fled from countries, including 700 refugees from neighboring Zimbabwe and hundreds more from South ... Read More

Polisario Leader: Self-Proclaimed SADR is NOT a State as It Relies on Algeria for its Survival

December 23, 2021

A so-called minister of the polisario armed militia has acknowledged that the self-proclaimed “Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic” (SADR) is not a state, affirming that the ... Read More

Algeria: UN Voices Deep Concern Over Detention of Syrian, Yemeni & Palestinian Refugees

January 4, 2019

The UN Refugee Agency has voiced deep concern over the detention by the Algerian authorities of 120 refugees from Syria, Yemen and Palestine at the ... Read More

Morocco Opens Doors to Syrian Families Trapped at Borders with Algeria

June 21, 2017

Morocco, which is known for its exceptional generosity and unmatched solidarity with disaster-stricken people and those crying for urgent help from around the world, decided ... Read More

Refugee crisis: “We need free money to handle influx of refugees, not loans,” Lebanese official

October 12, 2015

Top official of the Lebanese Ministry of Finance warned that the country may collapse if the international community does not assist economically countries taking in ... Read More