UN urges FG to create conditions to facilitate return of refugees, says Nigeria has over 200,000 refugees in Cameroon, Chad, Niger Republic
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has said that there are about 218,000 Nigerian refugees in Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on…
Desperate African refugees pay to get into Libyan jails – UNHCR
African refugees in Libya are so desperate that some are bribing their way into detention centers in the hope of eventually being resettled out of the war-torn, lawless country, the…
At least 10m people without nationality worldwide – UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that at least 10 million people around the world were stateless with thousands of them living in the West…
Bodies of 13 women found after migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean
Italian coastguards recovered the bodies of 13 women who died after a crowded migrant boat capsized in heavy weather as rescue boats approached it off the coast of Lampedusa, an…
At least 60 rescued, 40 feared killed or missing in shipwreck off Libya – UNHCR
About 40 people are feared dead or missing after the latest wreck of a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe off the coast of Libya, while about 60 people may…
Aid worker kidnappings “big business”- ex-hostage
Kidnapping of aid workers has become “big business” as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations official and former hostage said on Tuesday….
Mediterranean shipwreck: Pope offers prayers for migrants killed
Pope Francis on Sunday offered prayers for migrants who died in the Mediterranean Sea this week, in what the U.N. refugee agency called the worst shipwreck in the area this…
55 bodies recovered from Libya shipwreck -Aid worker
Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an aid worker said on Saturday, after a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized on Thursday. Search operations…
Latest Mediterranean migrants’ shipwreck takes death toll to over 600 this year
The latest shipwreck in the Mediterranean takes the death toll of migrants to over 600 this year, putting 2019 on track to be the sixth year in a row with…
Migrants: About 115 feared dead, 134 rescued in after worst Mediterranean shipwreck of the year
About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off…