Category : IMMIGRATION & YOU

By Liam Cochrane Papua New Guinea approves 50 refugee applications from the 1,000 men on Manus Island, but their resettlement has been delayed.  Papua New...

  More than two hundred people were feared missing after a boat sank in Democratic Republic of Congo’s waters on Lake Tanganyika on Thursday night,...

After two months of living in limbo in Calais and half a day hanging inches from death, Ahmed Osman must have felt that his 3,000-mile...

Remarks of President Barack Obama Address to the Nation on Immigration The White House November 20, 2014 As Prepared for Delivery – My fellow Americans,...

African country has arrested five gay men and three women this month Photo via Wikicommons Amnesty International has demanded Gambia stop its crackdown on homosexuality...

The woman who became known as the Ebola nurse as she defied quarantine orders in the United States has a few words for the Canadian government....

President Barack Obama’s insistence that he will sign an executive order that will allow as many as 6 million illegal immigrants to stay in the...

: The domestic airport here wore a festive look on Friday with a grand and emotional welcome accorded to Daniston, a sailor recently freed by...

Following a spate of deadly violence at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) today voiced concern about the security...

UN refugee agency launches campaign to eliminate statelessness within 10 years One of the striking “I Belong” campaign images created by United Colors of Benetton....

The Nigeria Immigration of Katsina State Command says it has arrested 10 suspected victims of human trafficking and the trafficker at the Kongolam border in...

As three Indian naval ships docked here, India Sunday told Mauritius that it is committed to ensuring the safety and security of the Indian Ocean...

Despite mounting insecurity in border areas between Cameroon and Nigeria, where thousands of Nigerian refugees have sought refuge in the past weeks after fleeing from...

U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic freed 67 hostages who had been seized by militia groups, a spokeswoman for the U.N. mission known as...

As Australia moves ahead with a plan to resettle some 1,000 refugees in Cambodia, its government is trying to change a range of laws so as...

Australia is the first country to temporarily close its borders to people traveling from West African states battling against the Ebola epidemic. The move comes...

More than 60 civilians were injured yesterday after fighting broke at a protection of civilians site next to the United Nations House on the outskirts...

It has emerged that Italian police were ordered to use any means including force to obtain personal details and biometric data of irregular immigrants. Barbara...

UN rights chief condemns government’s decision to expel envoy in DR Congo The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, said today...

About 300 African migrants stormed a border fence separating Morocco from the Spanish territory of Melilla on Wednesday, leaving at least 10 people injured, officials...