US aid freeze spurs big job cuts at UN migration, refugee agenciesThe US decision to freeze foreign aid funding forces UN agencies like IOM and UNHCR to lay off thousands, affecting refugee resettlement. O...
13 Feb, 2025, 10.39 PM IST
Trump's bid to take over Gaza 'very surprising': UNThe UN refugee chief expressed surprise at President Trump's proposal for the US to take over Gaza and resettle its people, calling it an u...
05 Feb, 2025, 10.12 PM IST
Trump's bid to take over Gaza 'very surprising': UNUN refugee agency head Filippo Grandi expressed surprise over President Trump's proposal for the US to take over and redevelop Gaza Strip. ...
05 Feb, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
SC directs Assam govt to conduct immediate inspection of Goalpara's Matia Transit CampThe Supreme Court has ordered an immediate inspection of Assam's Matia Transit Camp following a report revealing inadequate living conditio...
04 Nov, 2024, 09.21 PM IST
Colour of support: Why many celebs wore blue ribbons at the OscarsThe blue ribbons were worn as a sign of solidarity with the refugees.
14 Mar, 2023, 08.10 PM IST
Canada to welcome 500,000 immigrants per year by 2025The new plan envisions a flood of new arrivals that will see 465,000 people come in from outside the country in 2023, rising to 500,000 in ...
02 Nov, 2022, 07.13 AM IST
Climate migration growing but not fully recognised by worldMost climate migrants move within the borders of their homelands, usually from rural areas to cities after losing their home or livelihood ...
28 Jul, 2022, 08.36 PM IST
Canada to deploy military personnel to Poland to support Ukrainian refugeesMost of those military personnel will assist with the immediate care and processing of Ukrainian refugees at reception centers across Polan...
14 Apr, 2022, 11.21 PM IST
Airbnb to provide housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, says CEO Brian CheskyAirbnb.org, a nonprofit established by the home-sharing company, will work with resettlement agencies and NGOs to place Ukrainian refugees ...
28 Feb, 2022, 03.54 PM IST
Protesting Afghan refugees demand financial assistance, resettlementAhmad Zhia Ghani, head of the community in India, said many Afghan refugees here did not have any access to basic facilities like education...
24 Aug, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
Over 80 million people displaced, a 'bleak milestone': UNBy the end of 2019, 79.5 million people were living uprooted and displaced, including nearly 30 million refugees -- more than one percent o...
09 Dec, 2020, 10.40 AM IST
Imran Khan allows registered Afghan refugees to open bank accounts in PakistanMajority of Afghan refugees fled to Pakistan in 1980s after the Soviet invasion of their country.
25 Feb, 2019, 06.31 PM IST
Strongly hope US immigration ban is temporary: UN ChiefTrump's on Friday signed an executive order that, among things, suspends the US refugee programme for 120 days and bars entry of refugees f...
31 Jan, 2017, 01.54 PM IST
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena vows to resettle displaced Tamils within six monthsSri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has promised to set up a special task force to resettle Tamils within six months.
21 Dec, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
More than 1.70 lakh Sri Lankan refugees,asylum-seekers,IDPs: UNHCREven five years after end of the civil war between Sri Lankan government and LTTE, over 1.70 lakh people remain either as refugees or asylu...
13 Jan, 2015, 02.05 PM 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
- International migration office bombed in Nepal
Two crude bombs exploded in the office compounds of the International Organization of Migration in eastern Nepal, causing panic but no inju...
01 Jul, 2008, 02.21 PM IST