Refugee numbers in Serbia up 55% on 2021
The Serbian authorities reported in late June that there were just over 7,000 refugees in the country, a 55% increase over the same period of the previous year, mostly due to the war in Ukraine.
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On World Refugee Day, Ukraine is but the tip of an iceberg
The United Nations says more than 100 million people are currently displaced as World Refugee Day is observed. The day has seen protests, cultural events and pleas for assistance.
UN report says 100 million people forced to flee their homes
The UN Refugee Agency said this was the highest number of displaced people recorded since World War II. Refugees coming to the EU from Africa's Sahel region could rise, said the report.
UN says global population of displaced persons now exceeds 100 million
Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100 million for the first time in history, the United Nations said on Monday.
Ukraine: Stop discrimination of third country nationals, IOM
The director general of IOM Antonio Vitorino has said that discrimination and racism against citizens of third countries fleeing the war in Ukraine must end. He also expressed alarm over "verified credible reports of discrimination, violence and xenophobia" against these people.
Ukraine war: African students scramble to flee
As Ukraine is battered by war, Africans studying in Ukraine are desperately trying to leave the country. Some say discrimination is hindering their escape.
Syria: Three children die due to freezing cold at displacement camp
Three children have died and two others are in life-threatening condition after a wave of storms and freezing temperatures hit northwest Syria, according to UN officials and aid workers. Tens of thousands of displaced people are living in makeshift shelters in the area.
Displaced Yemenis struggle to access aid, UNHCR warns
The UN refugee agency UNHCR has expressed deep concern for the safety and security of civilians in the governorate of Marib, in Yemen, including over half a million of displaced people. As fighting shifts closer to densely populated areas, people's lives are in danger and access to humanitarian aid is becoming harder, the agency said.
UNHCR: Numbers of displaced increases in first half of 2021
The numbers of displaced people in the world has increased in the first half of 2021, according to an interim report by the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR. More than 84 million worldwide were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced by June 2021.
German Foreign Office: Afghanistan under Taliban is a dangerous place to live
The German Foreign Office acknowledged that parts of Afghanistan will harbor severe dangers for some parts of the population following the Taliban takeover of power in August. It said in a report that some people will have to expect oppression, persecution and even death under the rule of the militant Islamist group.
Afghanistan: Evacuation efforts to Germany remain challenging
Diplomatic relations between the German government and the Taliban remain slow, as at least several hundred Afghans with visas are still waiting to leave the country. Meanwhile, the UNHCR is stepping up its efforts to prepare the country for winter.
UNHCR hails steps to ease Pakistan-Afghanistan border
The UN refugee agency UNHCR has welcomed new measures adopted by Pakistan to ease movement of people and goods at the border with Afghanistan.