The current figure of refugees is equivalent to the entire population of Thailand, and the number of people forcibly displaced equates to one in every 110 persons worldwide, it said. By the end of 2017, the number was nearly three million higher than the previous year and showed a 50-per-cent increase from the 42.7 million uprooted … Read more
The first one arrived at around 06:30 local time, according to reports. According to Doctors Without Borders, the ships were carrying approximately 630 migrants, including 123 unaccompanied minors, 11 small children and seven pregnant women. The refugees had been turned away by Italy and Malta and spent a week in rough seas, with many suffering … Read more
“We are refugees and we don’t have any money, so we continue our work. That’s why we continue our work,” said Aden at the Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya’s Garissa County, near the Somali border. Having fled war in Somalia, Aden is part of a small band of refugees who have taken up the … Read more
