It has been ten years since the start of the Syrian uprisings. The continuing war has displaced millions – inside and outside the country. Syrian refugees in Turkey say they experience homesickness, marginalization and even racist attacks.
What do young Syrian refugees in Germany think about their home country? Would they ever consider returning if the war ended? InfoMigrants spoke to some youths who fled to Germany several years ago.
A leader of the migrant community in Yemen has called for an international probe into the deadly fire at a detention center. The blaze had killed at least 44 people, most of them Ethiopian migrants, earlier this month.
Twenty-six Afghan men arrived in Kabul early Wednesday on a deportation flight from Germany. Over 1,000 Afghan asylum seekers have now been returned from Germany since 2016.
More than 170 people are being treated in hospital after a deadly fire which broke out in a migrant detention center in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday, claiming at least as many as 30 lives. The cause of the fire is not known, but it is believed that the detainees were being kept in overcrowded and inhumane conditions in the facility.
There are renewed calls in Germany for a freeze on deportations of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan. Several groups are warning that as Afghanistan’s security situation worsens, the risks from COVID have become acute.
German authorities sent asylum seekers back to Ethiopia last year, despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and Tigray's conflict. Opposition politicians and human rights groups condemn the move.
Save The Children has warned that almost 10 million children need life-saving assistance in Afghanistan, where conflict is causing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes every year.
A group of 26 rejected asylum seekers deported from Germany has arrived in Kabul. Germany resumed deportations to Afghanistan last month, after a suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Accounts of civilian casualties have been emerging from Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region. Humanitarian organizations are increasingly worried about living conditions for the survivors of the conflict.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged the world to keep its focus on Afghanistan. Following a visit to the country, he also called for solutions for the 2.4 million Afghan refugees in the South Asia region.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on November 20 called for the opening of "humanitarian corridors" in Ethiopia where fighting since November 4 has led thousands of people to flee to Sudan.