Refugee deaths spark outrage in U.S.
Campaigners have slammed U.S. politicians following the grisly discovery of 51 dead asylum seekers and at least a dozen others who required hospital treatment after being found inside an abandoned trailer on a remote road in San Antonia, Texas on Monday.
Refugees Sleep Rough on Island of Lesbos after Camp Moria Fire
Thousands of refugees slept rough on the Greek island of Lesbos for a second night after a fire razed the country's largest camp to the ground.
Global refugee compact to mobilize support for protracted refugee situation in Iran: commissioner
Global refugee compact will mobilize support for protracted refugee situation in Iran, UN Refugee Agency, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Türk, told the Tehran Times on Monday. “Global refugee compact is an effort by all 193 members of the United Nations to design to protect those who are forced to flee and support the […]
Refugee Issue Complicates Merkel’s Bid to form Government
TEHRAN – Two weeks after winning elections with a reduced majority, German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a first step Sunday toward forming a government by trying to unite her bitterly divided conservative camp. Merkel met for closed-door talks with her Bavarian CSU allies led by Horst Seehofer, who blames her open-door refugee policy for the […]