More than 500 Rohingya migrants are feared dead after two boats reportedly capsized in the Bay of Bengal during separate journeys from Myanmar. The vessels carried refugees fleeing persecution, while UNHCR and IOM await official confirmation and expressed grave concern over the tragedy
Over 2.17 million Afghans, including 60% children, have been forcibly deported from Iran and Pakistan, straining Afghanistan’s fragile infrastructure. Refugees face harassment, extortion, and human rights violations, while UNDP urges international support to prevent worsening humanitarian crises
Afghan migrants deported during Pakistan’s ongoing expulsion drive have alleged harassment, extortion, and inhumane treatment. Despite valid documents, many were forced out. The UNHCR reports over 1.2 million returnees and warns of urgent humanitarian needs across Afghan provinces.
The findings come as UNHRC released its Global Trends Report, which said the number of people driven abroad or displaced in their home countries by war, violence and persecution as of April rose to 122.1 million, up from 120 million a year earlier
By Pramod K Nayar During the Syrian refugee crisis, for several of those fleeing, as studies showed, WhatsApp, Viber and Google Maps enabled them to traverse safer routes, and other apps helped them undertake currency conversion. Thus, it was an app-enabled journey in many cases. But for others on such a journey, they could not […]
By Pramod K Nayar The recent news about 46 migrants found dead inside a tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas, shocked the Americans. Most of the migrants had suffocated to death. All of them were Mexicans, part of the recent surge in migrant crossing from Mexico into the USA. Aylan Kurdi is not so old […]
Taking to Instagram, Jolie, who has spent almost two decades working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, informed her followers that she has "arrived in the capital city of Aden" and also spoke about the struggles being faced by the displaced families, People reported.
