Palestinian Territories — Israel has banned the United Nations agency mandated to support Palestinian refugees and designated it a terrorist organization. The United Nations UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has vowed to continue its humanitarian work until…
Utica, NY — Nyah Mway, a 13-year-old refugee from the Karen ethnic group in Myanmar (formerly Burma), had just graduated middle school in the small city of Utica, New York. His family was immensely proud of him, and a picture of him holding his graduation…
A year after the Pylos shipwreck, one of the deadliest shipwrecks in modern history, relatives and survivors protest in Athens. Some of the survivors say a Greek Coast Guard vessel attempted to tow the fishing boat carrying 750 refugees and migrants and caused the shipwreck.
An Egyptian boat set sail from the city of Tobruk, in Libya, on June 9, 2023. The overcrowded Adriana is carrying more than 600 refugees from Pakistan, Egypt, Syria and Libya. The vast majority of them are held in the cargo hold. Some will pay…
Athens, Greece – In late August, Pakistani migrant Wares Ali, 52, died from heart failure inside Eleonas Refugee Camp as medical personnel have left hundreds without healthcare as part of the authorities’ strategy of displacement. Ali had been in the camp on the outskirts of…
Gaza City, Palestine – Unicorn Riot heard from the first Ukrainian refugee to arrive in Gaza with their spouse. Victoria Saidam is a Ukrainian pharmacist, married in her country to a medical student, Ibrahim Saidam.
As Russia’s attack on Ukraine began, Victoria fled with Ibrahim…
Brazilians occupied the streets of at least 12 provincial capitals and several cities in the country on Saturday, February 5, to protest against racism, xenophobia and the brutal death of Moïse Kabagambe. Kabagambe, a 24-year-old political refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was beaten…