Tag Archives: Refugees

• Nepal needs to change its policy towards Tibetans: Gopal Krishna Siwakoti 13 December 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  Interview with Gopal Krishna Siwakoti, President of the International Institute for Human Rights, Environment, and Development, in Kathmandu, who has been working for the rights of all refugees, including Tibetans. ...

• Thousands of Rohingya mark ‘Genocide Day’ in Bangladesh 25 August 2019 | Poppy McPherson and Ruma Paul This post has no comments yet

  At least 100,000 Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh on Sunday, marking two years since the start of a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar that forced more than 730,000 to flee ...

• Richard Gere visits refugees stranded in Mediterranean Sea 11 August 2019 This post has one comment

  More than 80 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean on Saturday as Hollywood star Richard Gere highlighted the plight of those stranded after boarding a charity ship. ...

• A grim border drowning underlines peril facing many migrants 27 June 2019 | Peter Orsi and Amy Guthrie This post has no comments yet

  The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl tucked inside. ...

• Seven-year-old immigrant girl dies after US Border Patrol arrest 13 December 2018 This post has 4 comments

  A 7-year-old girl who crossed the US-Mexico border with her father last week died after being taken into the custody of the US Border Patrol, federal immigration authorities confirmed. ...

• Wonderful that European countries welcome refugees: Dalai Lama 18 September 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 7 comments

  "Most of those refugees think of their own lands as home, but just now there is lots of killing, bullying, and suffering there. That’s why they escaped." ...

• World Refugee Day: 68.5 million people uprooted from home every year 20 June 2018 | Media Bureau This post has no comments yet

  UNHCR said the refugee figures debunked the perception that a refugee crisis has affected developed countries in the North: 85% are in developing countries, many of them "desperately poor". ...

• Applaud Myanmar and Bangladesh for accord on Rohingya refugees 1 December 2017 | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

  Bangladesh and Myanmar have exhibited extraordinary qualities of wisdom and understanding in reaching an accord for peaceful repatriation of the Rohingya refugees, ...

• The refugee crisis gripping Asia is make-or-break for Indian leadership 21 September 2017 | Nyshka Chandran This post has no comments yet

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a daunting challenge as his administration looks to deport Rohingya refugees while fending off international criticism. ...

• Pema Khandu voices people’s concern to refugees 18 September 2017 | Bikash Singh, ET Bureau This post has no comments yet

  Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu reiterated the concerns of the people of Arunachal Pradesh on the vexed issue of granting citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees in the state. ...