Migration
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Govt to shift 80,000 more Rohingyas to Bhashan Char
Jun 6, 2021As the government is set to shift 80,000 more Rohingyas to Bhashan Char soon, it has sought a more active role of the international community to ensure all fundamental rights, including comfortable accommodation for the forcibly... -
Bhashan Char much better than Cox’s Bazar camps: UNHCR
Jun 3, 2021UNHCR high officials today acknowledged that facilities in Bhashan Char for the Rohingyas are much better than that in Cox’s Bazar camps while they pledged to work on their mandate of assisting refugees wherever they are... -
More than 150 feared drowned in Nigeria boat tragedy
May 27, 2021More than 150 people were feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger River, local officials said. The boat was travelling between central Niger... -
United States border apprehensions jump in April
May 12, 2021Apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the US border with Mexico rose to a fresh 15-year high in April as the Biden administration failed to deter migrants, official data showed Tuesday. US Customs and Border Protection reported... -
The number of migrant children in Mexico increased sharply since the beginning of 2021
Apr 21, 2021Since the start of 2021, the number of migrant children reported in Mexico has increased sharply from 380 to nearly 3,500, announced Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, after wrapping up... -
US wants seeing ‘real progress’ on Rohingya repatriation: Miller
Mar 10, 2021United States (US) Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller today said his country wants to see ‘real progress’ on the ground in Myanmar so persecuted Rohingya community can return to their land of origin in a sustainable... -
More than 80 million people displaced in the world: UN
Dec 9, 2020Despite calls for a ceasefire and sympathy during the Covid-19 epidemic, violence and persecution continue and people are being forced to flee their homes. Currently, a record number of people have been displaced. The United Nations... -
Bangladeshi Migrants, Including Mizdah Attack Survivors, Return Home
Oct 5, 2020This week (30/09), 164 migrants arrived home on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Libya. Aboard the charter, which landed at Dhaka’s Hazarat Shajalal International Airport (HSIA), were nine survivors of the tragic shooting in... -
UN agencies hail milestone as over 1000 asylum seekers relocated from Greece so far this year through EU initiative
Oct 1, 2020The Government of Greece, together with IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund welcomed the relocation of 139 asylum seekers to Germany, which has brought the... -
World leaders are pressuring Myanmar to take back the Rohingya
Sep 17, 2020On the sidelines of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, a lasting solution to the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh has been discussed. Apart from Bangladesh, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Turkey also hosted the virtual...
