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Over six million refugees have fled Ukraine: UN

GENEVA: More than six million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion began on February 24, figures from the UN refugee agency said on...

UN says more than 1.7 million Ukrainians have fled to Central Europe

PRZEMYSL, Poland/SIRET, Romania: More than 1.7 million Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion have so far crossed into Central Europe, the United Nation's refugee agency said...

Ukraine war: Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher raise funds for refugees

Hollywood couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have raised over $6.8 million as of Friday, a day after setting up a GoFundMe page seeking...

Some 100,000 Ukrainians have left their homes, as several thousand flee abroad

GENEVA: Several thousand Ukrainians have crossed into neighbouring countries, mainly Moldova and Romania, while an estimated 100,000 have fled their homes and are uprooted...

EU vows help for Afghanistan’s neighbours on refugees

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) said Tuesday it was eyeing more support for Afghanistan's neighbours as a senior official warned fighting could force half...

Thousands more Afghans can resettle in US as refugees, says State Department

WASHINGTON: Thousands of more Afghans will have the opportunity to resettle as refugees in the United States under a new program announced by the...

PM urges int’l community including EU to come forward to help Afghan refugees

TASHKENT: European Union (EU) High Representative and Vice President of European Commission, Josep Borrell, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of...

UN chief applauds Pakistan for hosting millions of refugees  

The refugees shared their experience in the education, business and skill development sectors with the UN chief during their stay in Pakistan

PM Imran Khan to attend UN conference on refugees on 17-18 December

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Swiss government will host proceedings together.

Mahira Khan appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan

"Grateful and honored," says the actor.

EU urged to share refugees as boat tragedies mount

A nucleus of four EU countries was trying Tuesday to coax more reluctant member states to take a share of rescued asylum-seekers,

Matters with Afghanistan being settled in a good manner, says Shehryar Afridi

The minister said Pakistan playing a vital role in the Afghan peace process.

Germany spends record 23 bln euros on refugees: document

Merkel has repeatedly defended her 2015 decision to leave German borders open to hundreds of thousands of war refugees, mainly from Muslim countries.

Govt starts collecting data of refugees, illegal immigrants

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that the government has started process to collect the data of...

Syrian swimmer who saved refugees arrested in Greece

ATHENS: Sarah Mardini, one of two Syrian sisters who saved over a dozen refugees in 2015 by pulling their sinking dinghy to Greece, has...

The Rohingya lists – refugees compile their own record of those killed in Myanmar

Mohib Bullah is among a group of refugees who have painstakingly pieced together, name-by-name, the only record of Rohingya Muslims who were allegedly killed in a brutal crackdown by Myanmar’s military.

Pakistan working for repatriation of Afghan refugees

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan are engaged in developing a time bound repatriation plan for early and complete return of Afghan refugees to their homeland. Foreign...

Six children among nine hurt in US stabbing attack

A stabbing attack in an Idaho apartment complex that is home to many refugees left nine people injured including six children.

Record 68.5 million people displaced worldwide: UN

GENEVA: A record 68.5 million people have been displaced from their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar and...

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