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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 »

More than 2,300 cross into Iraq to flee Syria fighting

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

The UN currently estimates that around 166,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since Turkey launched its offensive in northeastern Syria on October 9. Read more »

Thousands scramble to flee unrest in Indonesia's Papua

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 11:06 PM

Thousands of scared residents in Indonesia's Papua scrambled to board military planes Friday, fleeing urban unrest after one of the region's deadliest eruptions of violence in years. Read more »

Bangladesh to fence Rohingya camps in further crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 10:17 PM

Bangladesh is set to erect barbed-wire fencing, guard towers and cameras around Rohingya camps, the home minister said Thursday citing security concerns, in a move critics said would turn the refugee settlements into prisons. Read more »

UN experts urge probe of Rohingya killings in Bangladesh

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 05:49 PM

UN human rights experts have raised new concerns about the treatment of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh following a deadly backlash over the killing of a ruling party official. Read more »

Mga pamilya ng nawawalang tao, umaasa pa rin na makikita ang minamahal

Martin San Diego, ICRC handout
Posted at Aug 30 12:31 PM

Araw-araw may mga taong nawawala sa buong mundo ng dahil sa iba’t ibang dahilan, gaya ng digmaan, kaguluhan, kalamidad, o di kaya ang migration o paglisan sa tinitirhang lugar o bansa. Read more »

At least 40 feared dead, missing in shipwreck off Libya

Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 12:02 AM

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 have been rescued, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. Read more »

More than 400,000 displaced in northwest Syria in 3 months: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 27 12:45 AM

SARAQIB, SYRIA - More than 400,000 people have been displaced by air raids in northwestern Syria over the past three months, the UN said Friday, as its human rights chief condemned "international indifference" over a mounting civilian death toll. Read more »

Jewish Refugees and the Philippines, a timeline: nationalism, propaganda, war

Manuel L. Quezon III
Updated as of May 31 12:05 PM

From the 1930s until World War II broke out, President Manuel L. Quezon participated in a frenetic back-and-forth with the US government over accepting Jewish refugees in Mindanao. Perusing a wealth of academic citations, Quezon’s grandson traces over a decade of discussions that led to over a thousand Jews finding shelter in the Philippines after fleeing Europe Read more »

UNHCR officer backs PH probe on Jolo terror suspects

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 09:04 AM

BANGKOK - An official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) regional office in Thailand is backing a full investigation into the suicide bombing in Jolo that killed 22 people, saying that terrorism is a global problem that affects many states. Read more »

OPINION: Khaled Hosseini’s Sea Prayer

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Oct 28 11:35 PM

It’s a powerful moving story of a father and son fleeing the violence and chaos of Syria to a place unknown where they know they are not welcome. Read more »

US man hurts nine in stabbing spree at children's party

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 06:54 AM

A man went on a stabbing spree at a toddler's birthday party at a low-income apartment complex for refugees in the US state of Idaho, wounding 9 people including 6 children, police said Sunday. Read more »

Canada offers to take in Rohingya refugees, pledges aid

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 05:24 AM

Canada on Wednesday said it stands ready to take in Rohingya refugees, pledged significant aid and called for the prosecution of those behind human rights atrocities in Myanmar. Read more »

5 ways to bring 'bayanihan' to war-torn Syria

UNHCR
Updated as of May 03 11:18 AM

Halfway across the globe, millions of Syrians still live in extreme poverty and fear. Read more »

Duterte cites 'genocide' in Myanmar, says he will accept refugees

Reuters
Posted at Apr 05 10:38 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday "genocide" was taking place in Myanmar and he was willing to accept Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing from it, though Europe should help too. Read more »

Canada voices concern to Israel over mass expulsion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 09:20 AM

OTTAWA - Canada, which takes in more African refugees from Israel than any other nation, has voiced concerns to the Jewish state over its planned mass deportation of African migrants, an official said Monday. Read more »

Myanmar denies report of mass graves in Rakhine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 08:03 PM

The denial was a response to a report that alleges a massacre by soldiers and the existence of at least five previously unreported mass graves. Read more »

Salute! Pinay wins White House photography contests

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of Jan 31 11:56 AM

A Filipina American photojournalist recently swept up awards at an annual photo contest held by the White House.  Read more »

Myanmar blames Bangladesh for delayed Rohingya return

Agence France Presse
Updated as of Jan 23 11:30 PM

Nearly 690,000 Rohingya escaped to Bangladesh after a brutal Myanmar army crackdown began last August Read more »

9 freeze to death crossing mountains into Lebanon

Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 12:35 AM

BEIRUT - Nine Syrians froze to death crossing into Lebanon when an icy storm hit a smuggling route in the mountains near a border post with Syria, the Lebanese Army said on Friday. Read more »