Very few Syrians accept German state support to return home
Only a tiny fraction of the Syrians who have fled as refugees to Germany have returned to their homeland using German government financial aid.
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Libya: UNHCR evacuates refugees from detention
UN refugee agency UNHCR said Tuesday it has relocated 150 refugees held at a detention center in Libya, after transferring another group of refugees last week. The UN agency stressed in a statement that Libya is dangerous and migrants apprehended at sea should not be taken back to the country. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has also raised the alarm.
Escalating violence in Libya will create more migrants
The UN Refugee Agency’s High Commissioner Filippo Grandi (UNHCR) warned, during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, that escalating violence in Libya could cause more migration to Europe.
Niger: Sport as therapy for refugees evacuated from Libya
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Fondazione Milan have joined forces for the project ''Sport as therapy'' which will allow refugees evacuated from Libya to Niger to practice sport to help them overcome the traumatic experiences they have endured as migrants.
Working to empower refugees: Kelly Clements UNHCR
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.
Libya conflict could trigger new wave of refugees, German politicians warn
Members of the ruling coalition in Germany are concerned that the upsurge in fighting in Libya could lead to more refugees making their way to Europe. They have urged Europe and the United Nations to de-escalate the conflict which has caused thousands of civilians to be displaced. The UN refugee agency on Tuesday began relocating vulnerable refugees from a detention center in the capital, Tripoli.
More work to do to empower refugees: UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, was set up with a temporary mandate in 1950. Nearly 70 years later it is still trying to empower refugees and improve their situations wherever they are. InfoMigrants spoke with Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements when she was in Bonn, and asked her about the situation in Europe.
IOM responds to complaints from Iraqi refugees in Turkey
The UN migration agency, the IOM, has responded on Twitter to complaints from Iraqi refugees who say they have been stranded in Turkey for up to six years. The refugees want to be given homes in third countries under the United Nations resettlement program.
EU helped rescue nearly 730,000 migrants in Mediterranean since 2015
While many lives have been saved, the EU is dropping a major part of its anti-smuggling operation Sophia, which helped save refugees stranded at sea.
UNHCR says support for refugees in Egypt is critical
The UN Refugee Agency is appealing for support to refugees in Egypt. It said an increase in arrivals and a lack of resources have put the country's refugee aid system at risk and that support was critical.
Less than five percent of refugees needing new homes resettled in 2018
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.
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.