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': 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
Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visasWhile there has been some recent progress, processing U.S. visas for Afghans has moved painfully slowly. So far, only a small portion of Af...
11 Aug, 2023, 11.00 AM 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
New program lets private citizens sponsor refugees in USThe State Department has traditionally worked with nonprofit groups that specialise in refugee issues to help people from around the world ...
19 Jan, 2023, 11.03 AM 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
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
Last Afghan refugees leave New Jersey base after chaotic evacuationWith assistance from refugee resettlement organizations, Afghans evacuated after their country fell to the Taliban have been gradually leav...
20 Feb, 2022, 08.10 AM IST
Afghans wait and worry at US bases after frantic evacuationSaber has been at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in central New Jersey since Aug. 26 as has nearly everyone else at one of the three "vil...
08 Dec, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
What's happening with Afghanistan evacuations?Afghans trying to reach the Kabul airport face a gauntlet of danger, and there are far more who want to leave than will be able to do so. T...
25 Aug, 2021, 09.09 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
Many out of the thousands Afghan refugees expected to resettle in US' state of Texas: OfficialAn anticipated at least 30,000 Afghans could be resettled in the US in the coming weeks as they desperately flee Taliban control. Many Afgh...
19 Aug, 2021, 03.15 PM IST
Citing Taliban violence, America expands Afghan refugee programThe State Department said the move will mean that "many thousands" of Afghans and their immediate families will now have the opportunity to...
02 Aug, 2021, 04.46 PM IST
Joe Biden wants to quadruple refugee admissions set by Donald TrumpThe Trump administration defended the cuts as protecting American jobs during the pandemic and said it sought to have refugees settle close...
12 Feb, 2021, 09.18 AM IST
UN Chief welcomes positive steps announced by Biden administration on migration, refugeesOn his first day in office, Biden reversed some of former President Donald Trump's immigration policies, such as lifting a travel ban on pe...
21 Jan, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
Donald Trump to cut 2021 refugee admission to 15,000President Donald Trump is planning to cut refugee admissions by 3,000 to 15,000 in 2021, submitting his proposal to Congress less than an h...
01 Oct, 2020, 10.00 AM 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