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Internally displaced people flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants on a road in eastern Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Wounded, hungry: Life in the line of fire in Mosul

So far, 56,000 people have fled their homes in Mosul for camps in the surrounding desert or safer areas during the...

15 Nov 2016 9:01 PM IST

Edward Snowden. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' face deportation: lawyer

The refugees have said previously they were specifically asked about their links to Snowden by Hong Kong authorities.

15 May 2017 7:09 PM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

SC stays deportation of two students to strife-torn Sudan

They were ordered to be deported after they left Bengaluru, where they were staying as refugees for the last three...

14 Jan 2017 2:49 AM IST

Cyclone wreaks havoc in Bangladesh refugee camps for Myanmars Rohingyas

Cyclone wreaks havoc in Bangladesh refugee camps for Myanmar's...

The islands are a few miles from the Myanmar border, and the refugee camps for Rohingyas who have fled their homeland.

30 May 2017 12:38 PM IST

Nuns distribute food and drinks to needy people in St. Peters square at the Vatican, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. After the Angelus prayer Pope Francis offered some 300 needy people a simple lunch of a sandwich and drink, as part of his long-running outreach to the poor and homeless who live around the Vatican. (Photo: AP)

Pope treats homeless to lunch as he marks Epiphany

Pope Francis offered some 300 needy people a simple lunch of a sandwich and drink, the Vatican said.

6 Jan 2017 6:19 PM IST

So far, 3,000 have been assessed as not genuine refugees. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Australian Immigration Minister declares 'game-up' for fake refugees

An estimated 50,000 asylum-seekers flooded into Australia on more than 800 boats over the previous five years.

21 May 2017 1:11 PM IST

Veni, vidi, vacay with caution

Country itineraries for tourists are also taking cognisance of the need to be cautious, and many regions have laid out...

11 March 2017 12:21 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump to sign new executive order on refugees

The administration official was not authorised to discuss the rollout of the new order publicly and insisted on...

27 Feb 2017 5:04 PM IST

UNHCR said since the war erupted nearly 330,000 South Sudanese refugees have arrived in Sudan fleeing war and food insecurity in their country. (Photo: AP)

Food situation in Sudan to worsen as thousands flee South Sudan: UNHCR

South Sudan has been engulfed by civil war since 2013 after President Salva Kiir accused his rival of plotting a coup.

27 Feb 2017 11:16 AM IST

Syrian refugee child sits in a stroller outside his familys tent. (Photo: AP)

Germany: 3500 attacks against refugee shelters injured 560 including...

In 2015 there were just over 1,000 criminal acts against refugee shelters while in 2014, there were only 199 such cases.

26 Feb 2017 8:32 PM IST

Women protest against the immigration ban at the Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 30. (Photo: AFP)

US government: 872 refugees get relief amid outcry

The document did not give the nationalities of the refugees who will be admitted into the US.

1 Feb 2017 6:29 AM IST

Thousands of people protest against the US immigration policy of President Donald Trump, at the United States embassy in Ottawa. (Photo: AP)

A promise that must not be fulfilled

Trump's measures will do little to make America safer.

1 Feb 2017 5:55 AM IST