refugee
Iranian refugee who inspired Spielberg’s film ‘The Terminal’ dies inside Paris airport
Culture
November 13, 2022
Iranian refugee who inspired Spielberg’s film ‘The Terminal’ dies inside Paris airport
CNN — Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the man who had lived inside the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport for years and inspired…
A slow trek to flee Ukraine: How an American basketball player traveled 5,000 miles to make it home
World
March 2, 2022
A slow trek to flee Ukraine: How an American basketball player traveled 5,000 miles to make it home
CNN – About a week ago, a US basketball player from Maryland was in Ukraine playing in the international leagues.…
Explosions in Palestinian camp in Lebanon cause casualties
Middle East
December 11, 2021
Explosions in Palestinian camp in Lebanon cause casualties
BEIRUT (AP) — Arms stored for the Palestinian Hamas group exploded in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Friday…
Syrian refugee camp burnt to ground in northern Lebanon
Middle East
December 27, 2020
Syrian refugee camp burnt to ground in northern Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — More than 300 Syrian refugees were forced to flee an informal camp in northern Lebanon as a…
Iraqi refugee sets sights on Paralympics
Middle East
December 17, 2019
Iraqi refugee sets sights on Paralympics
ATHENS (Reuters) – On his fifth attempt, Iraqi refugee Wisam Sami finally succeeded in reaching Greece with thousands of others…
Australia won’t retrieve refugees in cease-fire: the latest
Middle East
October 18, 2019
Australia won’t retrieve refugees in cease-fire: the latest
BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria (all times local): 03:15 a.m. Australia has ruled out…
Hero refugee chased gunman away from NZealand mosque
World
March 17, 2019
Hero refugee chased gunman away from NZealand mosque
When Afghan refugee Abdul Aziz saw a man brandishing a gun outside his mosque in Christchurch, he ran towards the…
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home
Middle East
March 3, 2019
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home
MOSCOW (Reuters) – In pre-war Syria, Safaa al-Kurdi sold wedding dresses. Fed up with the conflict, the mother-of-three fled Damascus…
Merkel ally drops call for cap on refugees entering Germany
World
August 20, 2017
Merkel ally drops call for cap on refugees entering Germany
A key ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel says he’s no longer making a cap on refugees a condition for…
Misleading changes to Canada’s asylum policy on Egypt fuel controversy
Egypt
May 14, 2017
Misleading changes to Canada’s asylum policy on Egypt fuel controversy
The Canadian Embassy in Cairo said on Sunday that recent information regarding changes in Canada’s asylum policy toward Egypt is…