International charity Action Against Hunger has denounced the deterioration of living conditions for Syrian refugees in Lebanon following a recent order to dismantle houses and other buildings at a number of camps.
Following the deadly air strike that hit a migrant detention center in Libya’s capital Tripoli, aid organizations including MSF and UNHCR are becoming increasingly worried about and critical of the situation at refugee detention centers in Libya. They call on the EU, which is defending its course, to cancel their cooperation with the Libyan coast guard.
Dozens were killed in an air strike on a center housing migrants on the outskirts of Tripoli, with many more wounded. Center officials blamed the attack on forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, but his militants denied it.
Lebanese security forces have destroyed 20 refugee homes for breaking building regulations that refugees have to abide by. Aid organizations have said they expect further demolitions to follow.
Refugees and migrants attempting to make it to the European Union via Bosnia have been stuck in a bottleneck. The country's economy is weak, unemployment high, and the government is struggling to address the alleged pushbacks by Croatian police. Amidst simmering tensions, authorities ordered the establishment of a new refugee center in Vucjak.
There were 32 reported injuries after flames and smoke forced migrants to jump out of the windows of their shelter. It is the second fire in recent weeks to occur in the region, just on the border with Croatia.
Officials working for international organizations and institutions have visited Tunisia's border areas with Libya to evaluate the resources available ahead of the potential arrival of refugees fleeing armed clashes in Libya.
Kelly Clements is Deputy High Commissioner for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR. She sat down with InfoMigrants' Emma Wallis to talk about her work and about how she and her team are working to empower refugees around the world.
The sprawling Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya's northwest houses more than 180,000 people. One of them is Annett Poni, a disabled woman from South Sudan. With little hope of returning home any time soon, she decided to launch her own restaurant to support her family and create opportunities for other refugees.
Horrific sanitary conditions, lack of food, and police beatings: just some of the conditions migrants in Greek camps are subjected to, according to a new report. The situation for children is particularly precarious.
An Iranian refugee won Australia's most prestigious literary prize for a book he wrote on his mobile phone. The author, Behrouz Boochani, is however detained in Papua New Guinea and not allowed in Australia.
Controversy is swirling in Italy over the closure of the CARA refugee center in Castelnuovo di Porto, just north of Rome, as well as the eventual transfer of the nearly 500 migrants currently housed at the structure.