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An appeal to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is "well short of needs", the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as refugees called on donors not to forget the crisis ahead of the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar.

Myanmar’s crackdown in 2017 forced a vast wave of refugees across the border into already crowded and unsafe camps – the result of decades of international political paralysis

Critics say the videos, which usually involve children, are scams. Not everyone is so sure.

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Can refugees who feel threatened in their home nation be deported? What are the government’s obligations?  

Dispute over the jurisdictions to handle Lebanon’s problematic file of the return of Syrian refugees erupted on Thursday between caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar and caretaker Minister of the Displaced Issam Sharafeddine. During a meeting chaired by outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati to handle the return of Syrian…

Five-year-old child reportedly died of scorpion sting after nearly 40 Syrians spent a month marooned between Greece and Turkey

The African country has been lauded as an ideal location for migrants diverted from the UK, but a ‘sinister’ and secretive government awaits them

Boat was carrying 80 passengers of which 50 are still missing, UN’s refugee agency says

Home minister says all refugees with UNHCR cards must register with its TRIS system, but refugees worry about the risk.

The American actor visited the war-torn country in June.