Halfway round the world by plane: Africa's new migration route
Migrants using traditional routes from Africa to Europe often fail to reach their destinations. Smugglers now offer new options, such as taking migrants to faraway countries by plane.
Uganda
10.5 million refugees got health care worldwide in 2018, UNHCR
The UN refugee agency UNHCR reports that in 2018, some 10.5 million refugees received health care through public health programs, UNHCR, and other partners worldwide.
Order of Malta urges help for nations hosting refugees
The international relief agency the Order of Malta, Malteser International, has urged the international community to do more to help developing countries meet refugees' needs.
'Step with refugees', a campaign of solidarity
To mark World Refugee Day this June, the UNHCR is encouraging people around the world to count the steps they walk, run and cycle and register on a website. The aim? To cover the distance that refugees are forced to walk every year in order to reach safety. The campaign aims to honor the efforts families make to survive, the UNHCR says.
UNHCR says thousands fleeing new violence in South Sudan
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.
Cooperation on migrants in East, Horn of Africa countries
The border agencies of eight countries in the East and Horn of Africa have committed to the establishment of ''inter-agency cross-border technical working groups'' to facilitate the management of migrant flows, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports.
Teaching mechanics to combat emigration from Uganda
A project of Atlas Solidarity Onlus aims to instruct young Ugandans in mechanics as a way of preventing emigration from the African country. The organization launched a crowdfunding campaign to send the students equipment.
Dear Germany: 'Peace and security are not everything' (Part 4)
How do refugee journalists view their new lives in Germany? In the video series "Dear Germany," Moses Ebokorait asks for better economic policies, so that refugees can build a career.
Over a million South Sudanese refugees in Uganda: UNHCR
There are now more that one million refugees in Uganda from South Sudan, 85 percent of whom are women and children. The UNHCR has called on the international community to deal with the emergency.
German foreign minister visits South Sudan refugees in Uganda
Nearly 1 million refugees from South Sudan have now crossed the border to Uganda. Kampala is hoping for more support from Germany after Sigmar Gabriel, Germany's top diplomat, visited the refugees.
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Eleven men in Hungary have went on trial over the freezer truck deaths of 71 migrants. Syrian refugees have revealed a peace proposal in Rome and Amnesty International has pushed for more aid for South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
Amnesty urges more aid to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
Ahead of the Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees, which will be held June 22-23 in Kampala, Amnesty International has spoken out against the lack of support to Uganda to help deal with the over 900,000 refugees there. These refugees have fled from the brutal conflict in South Sudan.