Iraq expels Sweden envoy as Koran stomped in StockholmNews that Swedish authorities would permit the protest to proceed on free speech grounds had led hundreds of Iraqis to storm and torch Swed...
21 Jul, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
20 years after invasion, Iraqis still waiting to come to USThousands of Iraqis who worked closely with Americans during the Iraq War and tried to enter the US are still waiting for approval years la...
19 Jun, 2023, 03.57 PM IST
Ukraine: How citizenship and race play out in refugees' movements in EuropeCriticisms imply that the European Union treats refugees from the Global South differently, and that such treatment is based on race. Criti...
13 Mar, 2022, 12.02 PM IST
Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey could target refugee camp deep inside IraqBut Erdogan said Makhmour, a camp 180 km south of the Turkish border which has hosted thousands of Turkish refugees for more than two decad...
02 Jun, 2021, 05.25 PM IST
Biden set to boost US refugee admissions after Trump cutOfficials and people familiar with the matter say Biden plans to announce this week that he will increase the cap on the number of refugees...
04 Feb, 2021, 07.32 AM IST
Refugee crisis: Where people are fleeing from and where they are goingAs the UNGA in New York and the Supreme Court in New Delhi hear arguments on Myanmar’s Rohingya refugee issue, ET Magazine takes a look at ...
24 Sep, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Why Sean Spicer is making headlinesThe president recently suggested that the news media is 'purposefully' not covering acts of terror. Maybe his aids are trying to help him b...
11 Feb, 2017, 09.14 PM IST
- Trump travel ban leaves Iraq's persecuted Yazidis in limbo
USA-TRUMP/IMMIGRATION-IRAQ-MINORITIES (TV, PIX):Trump travel ban leaves Iraq's persecuted Yazidis in limbo
30 Jan, 2017, 06.35 PM IST
Over 1 million refugees in Europe in 2015: UNOne million migrants reached Europe by land and sea in 2015 fleeing conflicts and persecution, the UN refugee agency said today.
22 Dec, 2015, 06.29 PM IST
Germany won't raise taxes for refugee costs: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman"The fact remains that we want neither tax increases in Germany nor the introduction of an EU tax," Steffen Seibert said.
10 Oct, 2015, 07.34 PM IST
The ISIS 'caliphate' is the wild card of Europe's refugee crisisThe videos seek to reinforce the image of the "caliphate" - the territory ISIS controls in Iraq and Syria - as an Islamic utopia.
21 Sep, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
Conflicts in Iraq, Syria leave one-year-old without nationalityWhile Indian rules do not grant her automatic citizenship, the two war-torn nations are in no position to grant one.
20 Sep, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
Australia hikes annual refugee quota to 20,000 from 13,750The hike in annual refugee quota is in line with one of the key points of an expert panel's report on asylum seeker policy submitted to the...
23 Aug, 2012, 02.49 PM IST
- US veterans help desperate Iraqi refugees via Google
Ali Salah, a refugee who volunteered to work with US troops as an interpreter and earned himself the hatred of some Iraqis who branded him ...
13 Aug, 2008, 04.36 PM IST
- UN announces $30 mn aid in seven countries
The United Nations has announced allocation of $ 30 million from Central Emergency Response Fund to its agencies conducting humanitarian wo...
31 Jul, 2008, 03.58 PM IST
- Five Asian nations branded 'worst' violators of refugee rights
China, India, Malaysia, Thailand and Bangladesh have been identified as among the worst violators of refugees' rights in a global survey re...
20 Jun, 2008, 03.52 PM IST
- Denmark grants asylum to 370 Iraqis
Denmark has granted asylum to nearly 370 Iraqi civilians who were spirited out of their homeland in a resettlement program for interpreters...
28 Jan, 2008, 07.33 PM IST