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Number of Ukrainian evacuees to Japan reaches 1,000

Kyodo News
Posted at May 22 07:12 AM

The number of evacuees from Ukraine to Japan since Russia's invasion of the Eastern European country in February reached 1,000, authorities said. Read more »

Nearly 60 mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 19 04:41 PM

China, the Philippines and India were hardest hit, together accounting for around 70 percent of all disaster-related displacements last year. Read more »

Phivolcs lowers Taal Volcano alert status to Level 2

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 08:48 AM

A Phivolcs official said people were still barred from returning to Taal island even under Alert 2, though fishing around the island would be allowed. Read more »

Thousands remain in evacuation centers a week since Taal unrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 11:28 AM

More than 4,000 people remain in evacuation centers in Batangas province a week since magmatic unrest was reported in Taal Volcano that prompted its alert status to be raised to Level 3, the regional disaster office said Sunday. Read more »

Escape from Irpin, Ukraine

Aris Messinis, AFP
Posted at Mar 06 01:55 PM

A woman carries a dog while people cross a destroyed bridge as they evacuate the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine during heavy shelling and bombing on Saturday. Read more »

Ukraine: Already more than 500,000 refugees

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 09:18 PM

More than half a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded Thursday. Read more »

Over 200 displaced Sulu residents finally return home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 04:26 PM

Over 200 families displaced by skirmishes between government troops and local bandits in Patikul, Sulu have returned to their homes after more than five years, with the last batch arriving last week. Read more »

Global displacement from war, crises doubles in a decade: UN

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 21 07:38 AM

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last year, with global displacement climbing to over 82 million -- double the figure a decade ago, the UN said Friday.   Read more »

Record 55 million people internally displaced worldwide

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 01:14 PM

Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last year, pushing the number of people living in internal displacement to a record high, monitors said Thursday.    Read more »

Higit 180,000 nawalan ng trabaho sa Pilipinas mula Enero: labor dep't

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 01:08 PM

Umabot na sa 180,207 ang bilang ng mga nawalan ng trabaho sa Pilipinas ngayong taon, kasabay ng COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Syria displacement is worst since conflict began: UN

Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 10:22 PM

Turkey, which backs the rebels and is fearful of additional refugees, has retaliated militarily, with displaced civilians caught in between. Read more »