EU to unveil controversial new border guard system
The EU was set to unveil on Tuesday controversial proposals for a new border and coastguard agency in response to Europe`s migration crisis, with powers to intervene even when the host country does not consent.
Dec 15, 2015, 09:57 AM IST
This is how Canadian kids welcomed Syrian refugees – Watch
Canada on Friday welcomed 163 Syrian refugees, taking in the first of a planned 25,000 in a matter of months and promising them a better life as they flee their country's horrific war.
Dec 12, 2015, 15:36 PM IST
First Canadian plane of Syrian refugees to arrive today
The first of 25,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in Canada will arrive in the country on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, declaring it will be "a great day."
Dec 10, 2015, 07:10 AM IST
German cabinet approves identity card for refugees
Around one million refugees are expected to arrive in Germany this year and local authorities have struggled to cope with scale and pace of the influx.
Dec 09, 2015, 19:40 PM IST
Greece needs debt relief to combat crisis: UN expert
Greece needs debt relief from its international creditors to combat its dual economic and refugee crises, a UN expert said Tuesday.
Dec 08, 2015, 18:28 PM IST
Texas backs down from effort to block Syrian refugees
Since the Paris attacks, at least 29 US governors have vowed to keep new Syrian refugees outside their state borders.
Dec 05, 2015, 12:34 PM IST
No tomorrow for this six-year old Rohingya refugee girl
Around 6,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees live at different places in Jammu city.
Dec 05, 2015, 12:25 PM IST
Closing borders not solution in Islamic State battle: UN refugee chief
UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that closing borders on Muslims fleeing violence by Islamic State is counterproductive and only risks helping the group grow stronger.
Nov 26, 2015, 21:33 PM IST
Migrants stitch mouths in protest at Greek border
Around 200 people from Iran, Bangladesh and Pakistan held protest at the Greek border after new profiling procedures left around 1,000 refugees stranded there, the UN has said.
Nov 25, 2015, 13:53 PM IST
PoK refugees pay tribute to those killed in Pakistan attacks
Refugees from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), who were displaced during the partition, on Tuesday paid tributes to those killed in attacks by Pakistan.
Nov 24, 2015, 23:04 PM IST
UN chief calls for compassion towards refugees and migrants
Ban called Hollande yesterday and reiterated his condemnation of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week.
Nov 19, 2015, 10:23 AM IST
UN says refusing refugees after Paris attacks not 'way to go'
UN have hit back at calls to turn back refugees from Syria.
Nov 17, 2015, 04:51 AM IST
Paris attacks deepen Republican opposition to refugees
The deadly Paris attacks have intensified Republican opposition to letting thousands of Syrian refugees come to the United States.
Nov 16, 2015, 23:37 PM IST
Germany to speed up asylum process
Germany has unveiled plans to speed up the asylum process, after the governing coalition resolved a rift on the issue, a media report said on Friday.
Nov 06, 2015, 12:56 PM IST
'Islamic State recruiting from Norway asylum camps'
Islamic State (IS) extremists have been spotted attempting to recruit refugees from asylum camps in Norway, a media report said on Saturday.
Oct 24, 2015, 17:56 PM IST
Turkey not concentration camp, won't host migrants: PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday his country was "not a concentration camp" and would not host migrants permanently to appease the EU, which wants Turkey to stop the flow of people to Europe.
Oct 19, 2015, 22:48 PM IST
Chakma-Hajong logjam: Arunachal Pradesh students protest in Delhi
Hundreds of students from Arunachal Pradesh staged a protest rally here on Friday against the Supreme Court's ruling granting citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees from Bangladesh living in Arunachal Pradesh.
Oct 16, 2015, 17:55 PM IST
Islam was 'never part of Europe': Hungary's PM Orban
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended his hardline stance against refugees, the vast majority of whom are Muslim, saying in an interview published on Friday that Islam "has never been part of Europe".
Oct 16, 2015, 17:08 PM IST
Culture shock can make you a better thinker
Culture shocks that result from migrating to a different country or accepting a refugee from other countries, can actually make us better thinkers, says an interesting study.
Oct 14, 2015, 19:21 PM IST
ISIS may be active in refugee camps: German minister
Islamic State militants have been sneaking into Germany mingling with tens of thousands of asylum-seekers arriving in this country, according to German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere.
Oct 03, 2015, 14:10 PM IST
