Tag: refugees

GENEVA - The UN Refugees Chief, Antonio Guterres, said on Thursday in Geneva that the world has entered a phase in which multiple crises have caused refugee numbers to soar ...

BEIRUT - The Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Iraq released 216 Yazidis who it held captive since 2014. A report on Wednesday cited Kurdish officials as saying most those ...

WINDHOEK - Nkrumah Mushelenga, Namibia's Commissioner for Refugees,has said that more than 4,000 refugees in Namibia could be left without any help UNHCR planned to close down operations in Namibia ...

Thousands of Nigerian civilians who fled the armed Islamists of Boko Haram have become a headache for Chadian authorities after seeking safety on a multitude of scattered islands in Lake ...