African Countries Discuss Proper Ways to Support Migrants
There should be relevant mechanisms for the protection of migrants in countries in crisis, officials said yesterday. The remarks were made during a consultative meeting on migrants in crisis in Eastern and Southern Africa, in Bugesera District. Bayani V. Mangibin, Ambassador of Philippine to East Africa, based in Kenya, who spoke on behalf of Migrants […]
UNHCR Airlifts Emergency Relief to Algeria Flood Victims
The UN refugee agency has airlifted emergency aid including tents, blankets and plastic sheeting to distribute to as many as 11,000 refugee families at five camps in southwestern Algeria devastated by heavy rains and flooding. Unseasonal storms dumped heavy rains across the region for over a week through October 26, damaging or destroying mud-brick homes, […]
Humanitarian Crisis Looming As Burundians Refugees Stream into Tanzania
A serious humanitarian crisis is looming as thousands of Burundi refugees stream into Tanzania and neighbouring countries to escape rising political tensions and violence at home, Tanzanian and international officials said on Wednesday. Tanzania’s home affairs ministry spokesman Isaac Nantanga said more than 4,000 Burundi nationals have crossed the border into Tanzania through various entry […]
700 people dead after a boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast
As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight in what officials said may be the Mediterranean’s worst disaster as thousands flee poverty and war to Europe. Top officials in Europe, whose recently-downsized border protection program has been criticized by international aid groups, […]
