A controversial plan by the British government to fly asylum-seekers from the UK to Rwanda is set to go ahead after a court rejected a last-minute appeal. A last-minute bid to halt deportations of asylum-seekers to Rwanda failed on Monday after the Court of Appeal in London dismissed attempts to stop the first flight. The […]
Tag: Refugees and Displacement
Following a protracted, prolonged and fierce legal battle challenging the transfer to Rwanda of hundreds of asylum seekers who crossed the English Channel via France to the UK, the presiding judge has finally issued a judgement in favour of the government – thus permitting the refugees to be sent to Kigali. Despite the intervention of […]
In 2017, Libya started making headlines in news outlets around the world. An investigative journalist blew a lid off the inhuman treatment of the refugees and asylum seekers mainly from Horn of Africa countries who were trapped in the Libya with hopes to cross the Mediterranean Sea and then to Europe. That is when the […]
The widespread exploitation of men, women, and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been uncovered by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Malawian Police Service. Now measures are underway to dismantle the human trafficking networks operating within the Dzaleka Refugee Camp, identify and rescue their victims, and bring […]
A deadly Explosion struck the Badbaado IDP camp in Mogadishu on Friday night, witnesses and police said. The bomb blast ripped through a tea shop inside the camp, causing extensive damage. At least six people were killed and 10 others were injured, according to local sources. There was no claim of responsibility for the bombing […]
A challenge to the UK’s new policy to deter asylum-seeker arrivals was rejected by a High Court judge. The UN says refugees risk “serious, irreperable harm” under the relocation plan. The High Court in London ruled on Friday that deportations of asylum-seekers in the UK to Rwanda can proceed next week. The policy is meant […]
Mali’s northeast is seeing heavy fighting as Mali’s army, together with pro-government militias, battle insurgents. Hundreds of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands are displaced. “The principle victims are civilians,” said Ibrahima Garigo, director of the regional station Radio Rurale de Meneka, in a telephone interview with DW. The fighting between Mali’s army […]
Kereinik — The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) published a new report yesterday on the situation in conflict-plagued Kereinik, West Darfur. They explain that the security situation in Kereinik and El Geneina, which has also witnessed severe violence in the past years, remains calm but unpredictable. An estimated 125,000 people are still displaced. […]
Beira, Mozambique/Washington — In climate-vulnerable nations, city mayors say they need cash and a bigger say in forging policies to deal with displacement caused by drought, storms and flooding Climate displacement puts new strain on city budgets Mayors tell U.N. forum they need more access to funding African cities given cash for climate migration response […]
Home Affairs mum on future of stateless and undocumented children living in South Africa Many people who moved to South Africa when they were young children are undocumented. They cannot obtain South African ID documents and they are not likely to be able to become citizens of any other country. They are stateless, and it’s […]
There are over 8 000 asylum-seekers and refugees in Namibia, with the majority being Congolese, as some parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo still experience unrest. These asylum-seekers are from Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Congo Brazzaville, DRC, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The only place […]
Maputo — Over 400,000 children are currently displaced due to the terrorist attacks that have been plaguing parts of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, since October 2017. The data were revealed on Wednesday by the national director for children in the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, Angélica Fulano. She was interviewed […]
The world’s most ignored displacement crises are in Africa, according to an annual ranking. It’s the first time all 10 are on the African continent. 10 African nations top a list of countries where people’s suffering from displacement and conflict is internationally neglected, according to an annual ranking by the Norwegian Refugee Council. The Democratic […]
A plane carrying 132 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya landed yesterday May 31, at the Kigali International Airport. This was the ninth batch to arrive in the country, and was made up of 74 Eritreans, 5 Ethiopians, 4 Somalis, 4 South Sudanese and 45 Sudanese. The asylum seekers, mostly youths, were welcomed by […]
Most want to be repatriated to a third country, but authorities say this is impossible It is just before 5pm as the cold winter breeze starts to settle in. Refugee women and children outside the Pretoria office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) gather firewood to prepare for the night ahead. They […]
The war in Ukraine, violent crises in Nigeria and other nations have pushed the number of displaced persons worldwide to over 100 million, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The UN agency, in a statement on Monday, said new data showed that the number of displaced people worldwide rose to 90 million […]
After suffering racism while fleeing the war in Ukraine, many Africans say they are now experiencing further discrimination in Germany. “It is a very, very difficult situation but for my friend,” according to Chizzy, a 23 year-old Nigerian who not not long ago was studying economics in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. He spoke to […]
Mutare, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean villagers displaced more than a decade ago to make way for a joint government and Chinese-run diamond mine are still waiting for promised compensation and proper housing. About 1,200 families were displaced to make way for diamond mining, with diamond companies building houses for them. The houses look decent, but residents […]