US Taking Fewer Muslim Refugees
The first four months of a U.S. refugee program wholly determined by the Trump administration have led to a dramatic decline in Muslim refugees coming to the United States, and a significant shift in where refugees are coming from, according to a VOA review of official data. From Oct. 1, 2017 to Jan. 25, 2018, […]
African refugees bought, sold and murdered in Libya
Hundreds of African refugees are being bought and sold in “slave markets” across Libya every week, a human trafficker has told Al Jazeera, with many of them held for ransom or forced into prostitution and sexual exploitation to pay their captors and smugglers. Many of them ended up being murdered by their smugglers in the […]
Global record of 65.6 million refugees as South Sudan exodus soars
The global number of people who have fled their homes reached a new record of 65.6 million last year as a major new refugee crisis emerged in South Sudan, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Monday. While the UNHCR’s annual count marked a new high, the flow slowed for the first time…
’10 attacks a day’ against refugees, shelters in 2016
More than 2,500 refugees in Germany were attacked last year, according to a report by the interior ministry, raising fears over the safety of those who have fled war and persecution. In a statement on Sunday, the interior minister citing police figures said that Germany recorded more than 3,500 attacks in total against refugees, migrants […]
Refugees are freezing to flee the US for Canada
Winters in Canada get cold. Really, really cold. So people would have to be pretty desperate to walk across the wide expanses of deep snow separating Canada from the US. But that’s what’s happening. Dr. Paul Caulford runs a clinic in for refugees without health insurance. Credit: Andrea Crossan “There’s no question what’s driving them,” […]
ISIS Attempts to ‘Buy Allegiance’ Of Refugees
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is capitalizing on the desperation of refugees, attempting to buy their allegiance to bolster its own ranks, according to a new report released Monday. According to London-based anti-extremism think tank Quilliam, ISIS is engaging in efforts to recruit refugees in humanitarian camps, on migration routes to Europe, and in […]
US to Resettle Iraqis Victimized by IS
The U.S. government is working to permanently resettle hundreds of Iraqis who were victims of Islamic State (IS) violence. Larry Bartlett, director of the Office of Refugee Admissions at the State Department told VOA that the U.S. is coordinating with the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to bring in hundreds of Iraqis to several to be […]
Fears Growing Islamic State Successfully Weaponizing Refugees
Western security officials are increasingly worried that the Islamic State terror group may be a step ahead of their renewed efforts to stop terrorist infiltration of their countries. Fears once centered on IS using migrant and refugee flows to sneak in highly trained operatives bent on carrying out attacks. Now they have expanded to include […]
Pakistan to deport Afghan who was once refugee icon
Sharbat Gul – the green-eyed “Aghan girl” whose portrait featured on the cover of a National Geographic magazine in 1985 became a symbol of the refugee crisis caused by decades-long conflict in her country – will be deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan after a court found her guilty of obtaining a fake Pakistani identity card. […]