Tag: refugees
Bangladesh resumes moving Rohingya refugees to flood-prone island
Nearly 20,000 members of the stateless minority have already been sent to Bhashan Char island
UN condemns Thailand for deporting third Cambodian refugee
Thailand and Cambodia made an agreement to exchange "fugitives" in 2018
Nearly 1,000 hate crimes against Europe’s Christians recorded in 2020
The number of hate crimes against Christians is likely higher than what is reported in the data
Pope Francis: Refugees are ending up in a ‘desert of humanity’
"All too often you come up against a desert of humanity, with an indifference that ... that dries up relations between people”
Pope Francis: Failure to integrate migrants can create serious problems
The pope said that migrants were a blessing for the Catholic Church in Europe
Pope Francis appeals that migrants not be sent back to unsafe...
“We need to end the return of migrants to unsafe countries and prioritize rescuing lives at sea,” said the pope
Seven killed in Bangladesh Rohingya camp attack
The attackers randomly shot some victims and stabbed others with knives at the Balukhali refugee complex in Cox's Bazar
Top Rohingya leader in Bangladesh shot dead
Mohib Ullah, 48, emerged as the main civilian leader of the 740,000 Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh
Sri Lankan, Filipino refugees who sheltered Snowden find sanctuary in Canada
The family were part of a group of seven refugees in Hong Kong who agreed to shelter Snowden after his revelations in 2013
Pope Francis: The Catholic Church must be welcoming
“Because the devil, who is the divider – this is what the word ‘devil’ means – always insinuates suspicions to divide and exclude”
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