War, political turmoil, ethnic conflicts and deteriorating economies have forced millions across Europe, Africa, South America, the Middle East and Asia to flee their homes. InfoMigrants takes a look at some major refugee crises around the world.
The UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict has praised the African Union for their measures to prevent conflict-related sexual violence. The UN documented over 3,000 cases in which rape and abuse were used as a weapon of war in Africa last year.
Western countries took in less than five percent of refugees needing to be resettled from poorer regions last year, despite record numbers of displaced people around the world. Fewer than 56,000 refugees were given new homes in 2018 under the UN’s resettlement program, a decline from previous years.
The UN Refugee Agency says there has been an increase in the number of people fleeing South Sudan to the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, due to violence against civilians.
On International Day of the Girl, a report by the aid group CARE says that more than 17 million girls have been displaced in the global refugee crisis. As well as being driven from their homes, these girl refugees face particular challenges, from violence and forced marriage to missing out on school.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR is concerned for the security of tens of thousands of civilians in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence by armed groups has recently caused over 20 deaths.
Makayabu was young and early in her career when she had to leave Congo. First in her hometown Kinshasa and then in Cape Town, South Africa, she worked fourteen years as a journalist. But she is finding it hard to land a job of her choice in Germany. Makayabu is dissatisfied with her decision to come to Germany, she wishes for an open door.
#Worthit? is a video series portraying refugees and migrants in Germany. The central question is whether it was #Worthit? to leave their native country. They likewise consider whether the expectations for the new home have been fulfilled, with protagonists from Pakistan, Congo, Syria and Afghanistan sharing their mixed feelings and attitudes towards their adopted homeland.
About 355,000 refugees from Burundi and DR Congo live in western Tanzania, where they are barred from working or setting foot outside their makeshift camps. The conditions are "miserable," as Prosper Kwigize reports.
In 2016 the UN refugee agency began developing a new framework for responding to large movements of refugees. The Global Compact on Refugees will be delivered to the UN general assembly later this year.
Stuttgart's Chadrac Akolo is off to a flying start in the Bundesliga. The Democratic Republic of Congo international has come a long way since arriving in Switzerland as a refugee at the age of 14.
Can we blame refugees for the migration crisis in Europe? Are refugees in Germany still welcome today and how are asylum seekers coping with life in Serbia? All this and more in today's news roundup.