Refugee

A refugee couple, who fled to Germany two years ago to escape Syria’s bloody civil war have named their newborn daughter after the German chancellor, Angela Merkel. Angela Merkel Muhammed was born on Aug. 16 in the western German city of…

Rep. Sani Zorro, Chairman, House Committee on IDPs, Refugees and North-East Initiatives, on Monday, decried the forceful repatriation of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon. Zorro said this when Volker Turk, the United Nation Humanitarian…

Italy should not be the only country taking in migrants, who have crossed the Mediterranean Sea, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday, backing Rome’s call for burden-sharing. Earlier, Italy threatened to turn away foreign ships…

Nigerian refugees who fled Islamist militants are returning from Cameroon risk creating a new humanitarian crisis, the head of the UN refugee agency, Filippo Grandi, said on Wednesday. The UNHCR issued a similar warning in May when about…

About 818 Nigerian refugees on Saturday arrived in Banki, Borno State amidst inadequate humanitarian interventions compounding the huge gaps in humanitarian needs for the refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This is made…

Music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, has pledged to donate the proceeds from his song to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Nigeria, to assist Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Tuface, who is the Chairman…

The UN refugee agency on Monday said it had repatriated 64,761 Somali refugees from Kenya since the voluntary return began in December, 2014. The UNHCR said in its bi-weekly update released in Nairobi that 63,535 refugees were supported…

Following a dispute among residents over Ramadan meals, a refugee center in Germany has been razed down by Somali refugees. The blaze ripped through accommodation that was home to hundreds of asylum seekers on the site of Düsseldorf…

Kenya on Friday launched an appeal to Europe to take in more Somali refugees as East African and Yemeni ministers discussed how to accelerate the voluntary repatriation of about 900,000 Somalis hosted by their countries. “We need…

Canada is to welcome some 1,200 refugees who were vulnerable for the persecution by the Islamic State, said the country’s Immigration Minister. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said at a press conference that the government-assisted…

Refugees in the U.S. fearing a worsening climate of xenophobia in the wake of a divisive U.S. presidential campaign are flocking to Canada in growing numbers. Manitoba’s Welcome Place refugee agency has helped 91 claimants between Nov. 1…

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has urged European authorities to step up support and security for refugees and migrants facing harsh winter conditions, particularly amid reports that people have frozen trying…

The Austria’s Defence Minister, Hans Doskozil, on Friday, urged the European Union to curb immigration by banning refugee applications on its territory and set up asylum application centres outside the bloc. “This would save lives and…

Algeria, Dec. 9, 2016 (Reuters/NAN) Algerian authorities have deported hundreds of West African migrants to Niger this week, trucking them thousands of miles across the desert in one of the biggest roundups seen this year, according to…

An Afghan boy broke down in tears as he thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her government’s open-door refugee policy. “I would like to thank you, Mrs Merkel,” the boy, Edris, said in German into a microphone at a party…

Police in the German state of Thuringia are investigating accusations that neighbours of a refugee who committed suicide encouraged him to jump to his death. The 17-year-old Somali jumped from a window in a block of flats on Friday in…

The 2016 Olympics holding in Rio, Brazil has welcomed the first ever team of athletes who belong to no nation in particular. The 10-member team made up of five South Sudanese refugees, two Syrian refugees, two Congolese refugees and one…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday called on the Government to reconsider its decision to end hosting of refugees because of economic, security and environmental burdens. The UNHCR in a statement, also called on the…

An Iranian refugee who set himself on fire in protest against Australia's offshore refugee resettlement program in Nauru has died in an Australian hospital, Immigration officials said on Friday. The 23-year-old man, whose name has not been…

About 100, 000 Nigerians currently live outside the country as refugees in neighbouring countries, US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has said. Linda, who announced this to journalists from across…