Refugee footballer makes triumphant return to Australia
Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi made a triumphant return to Australia Tuesday, ending a two month ordeal that saw him jailed…
7 years ago
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‘Don’t send me to Bahrain’: refugee footballer pleads in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A refugee footballer fighting an extradition request pleaded for his freedom Monday, saying "please don't send…
7 years ago
Myanmar ‘too slow’ in allowing Rohingya return: UN chief
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday criticized as "too slow" Myanmar's efforts to allow…
7 years ago
Israel welcomes end of US funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel welcomed Saturday a US decision to end funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), accusing…
8 years ago
Palestinian anger as US ends funding for UN agency
by Hossam Ezzedine Agence France Presse RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- Palestinians reacted angrily Saturday to a US decision…
8 years ago
Pacific leaders urged to demand end to Australia’s refugee camps
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Amnesty International joined 80 other NGOs on Thursday in urging Pacific leaders demand the closure…
8 years ago
Search after ‘illegal’ boat runs aground in croc-infested waters
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Dozens of foreigners were believed to be on the run Monday in an Australian mangrove rainforest…
8 years ago
Rohingya crisis a year on: refugees going nowhere as cash crunch looms
by Aidan Jones / with Hla-Hla Htay in Maungdaw Agence France-Presse COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- With a repatriation plan…
8 years ago
UN chief hears of ‘unimaginable’ atrocities as he visits Rohingya camps
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AFP) -- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he heard "unimaginable" accounts of atrocities during a visit Monday to…
8 years ago
UN Security Council team visits Rohingya in Bangladesh camps
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A UN Security Council team visited Rohingya refugees trapped in the no man's land along the border…
8 years ago
Scepticism as Myanmar announces return of first Rohingya family
by Athens Zaw Zaw with Sam Jahan in Dhaka © Agence France-Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's government said it has…
8 years ago
UK’s Johnson meets Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson met with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar's capital on Sunday to press…
8 years ago
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