Despite the increasingly difficult labour market, the employment of refugees from Ukraine and other key countries of origin for asylum seekers in Germany is on the rise. Daniel Terzenbach, the German government’s special representative for the labour market integration of refugees, said in an interview with dpa that the so-called “job turbo,” launched at the […]
METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — Overcrowded refugee camps in eastern Chad are set to run out of money soon, exacerbating a dire humanitarian crisis caused by the spillover from a deadly conflict in Sudan, the United Nations said. More than a million people in Chad, including refugees, face losing access to lifesaving aid unless more […]
Mourners have held funeral prayers outside a hospital in central Gaza for 28 people killed in three separate Israeli air strikes on urban refugee camps the previous night. Video footage showed mourners praying over the bodies, which were wrapped in funeral shrouds, before the bodies were taken away in carts for burial. Nineteen people, including […]
Police in Berlin are investigating the possibility of arson after a fire destroyed part of a refugee accommodation centre on the grounds of the former Tegel airport on Tuesday. The cause of the fire, which destroyed a large tent hall but did not cause any injuries, still remains unclear, a Berlin police spokeswoman told dpa […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Muslims in New Mexico’s largest city are hoping more light will be shed on what led to the shooting deaths of three men from their community during the summer of 2022 as prosecutors begin to make their case against an Afghan refugee charged with the killings. Attorneys were expected to deliver […]
The resettlement of 75 refugees in Eau Claire has generated a backlash in western Wisconsin from those who want more control over the arrival of foreigners who have fled persecution. St. Croix County supervisors will vote Tuesday on whether to pause refugee resettlement, following the lead of Chippewa County. Several other counties are pursuing similar […]
At least 11 Palestinians have been killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry. A further 50 people were injured, the authority said on Saturday. The information could not be independently verified. The Israeli military did not initially […]
Henry Wuga is a refugee based in Glasgow, who has just turned 100 years old. In May 1939, as pre-war tensions were rising in his home country of Germany, he escaped to Scotland via a child safety mission known as the Kindertransport. By the time World War II began, he was in Glasgow, a place […]
The Israeli military says it has discovered tunnels underneath the main headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City, alleging that Hamas militants used the space as an electrical supply room. The unveiling of the tunnels marked the latest chapter in Israel’s campaign against the embattled agency, which it accuses of […]
The Israeli military says it has discovered tunnels underneath the main headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City, alleging that Hamas militants used the space as an electrical supply room. The unveiling of the tunnels marked the latest chapter in Israel’s campaign against the embattled agency, which it accuses of […]
Nour Makhoul fled Syria with her family in April 2023, but was forced to leave her dog Tuti behind. Now the 20-year-old Cuesta College student, who relocated to San Luis Obispo after leaving her home country, has finally been reunited with her beloved companion. Last weekend, Tuti flew from Dubai, where she had been staying […]
LONDON (AP) — An unlikely refugee from the war in Ukraine — a black bear — arrived at his new home in Scotland on Friday and quickly took to a meal of cucumbers and watermelon. The 12-year-old Yampil was named for the village in the Donetsk region where he was found in a bombed-out zoo […]