The six richest countries host only 8.8% of the world’s refugees, according to an Oxfam report. The United States, China, Japan, Germany, France and the United Kingdom constitute almost 60% of the global economy; yet only host 2.1 million refugees collectively. While Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and South...
More than 15,500 asylum seekers have received temporary residency cards, in an effort to register asylum-seekers in mainland Greece. An Afghan family talks with UNHCR staff while waiting to collect their newly issued ID’s by the Greek Asylum Service. © UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis Some 49,000 people currently lack access to...
UPDATED: At least 21 Rohingya Muslims were killed on Tuesday morning after their boat capsized off the coast of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Western Myanmar, which is home to large IDP camps. One-third of the roughly 60 passengers on board remain unaccounted for, according...