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Mercenaries with Russia’s Wagner Group, fighting alongside Malian soldiers, have assaulted women, massacred civilians and burned villages in Mali - a campaign of wanton violence that is fueling a rapidly growing refugee crisis in neighboring Mauritania.
Burundi grapples with its largest refugee influx in 25 years as families escape the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwandan-backed M23 fighters have seized key cities, raising alarms at the UN Security Council.
As Palestine is still reeling from an ongoing genocide, many South Africans online argue that those advocating for this want black people to be brutalised like those in Gaza.
How can one rationalise punishing miners in such a manner—miners who, in many cases, are themselves economic refugees from within South Africa who are dispossessed in their own land.
The brutal conflict between SAF and RSF since 2023 has forced millions of Sudanese to flee their ancestral homes, pushing the total number of displaced people there to about 12 million in June 2024, the biggest displacement crisis in the world, writes Tony Ademiluyi.
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi said they set up a task team to investigate corruption in the issuing of visas and permits in the department.
Nearly eight million Sudanese civilians have been displaced by the conflict between the the army and a powerful paramilitary group.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's new bill, which seeks to send immigrants who arrive illegally in Britain to Rwanda, faces a contentious vote in parliament on Tuesday.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the biggest parliamentary test of his premiership on Tuesday when lawmakers vote on his divisive plan to send asylum seekers to live in Rwanda.
Thousands of people have already left Sudan for Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and other neighbouring states.
The latest offer to settle these families and their children, some as young as 3, followed a new court order which recommended that the affected parties, such as Brooklyn residents, support moves for an amicable relocation.
Across many parts of Africa, conflict, political violence, climate change and food insecurity are converging to forcibly displace more Africans than ever.
San Pedro Tapanatepec, Mexico - Their journey starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil: one of the few remaining exit routes for Afghans fleeing Taliban rule.
Britain’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda is lawful, London’s high court ruled on Monday
Zambian police found the bodies of the 27 men on Sunday in Chongwe Ngwerere, a farming area on the outskirts of the capital, who are believed to have suffocated or died from suspected hunger and exhaustion while in transit.
King Charles III welcomed members of the Asian community, including Indians, who came to the UK some 50 years ago after they were expelled by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told Ukrainians currently sheltering abroad that they should wait until spring before returning to Ukraine.
The death toll has risen to 17 after a boat carrying refugees and migrants sank off the coasts of Lesvos island in the Aegean Sea on Thursday, Greek national broadcaster ERT reported, citing authorities.
Refugees are issued with voluntary repatriation documents and receive expedited immigration clearance, health screening, security, food and water before their return.
Remittances to Zimbabwe in jeopardy if relatives lose the right to work legally in SA
In August, the Danish government announced the opening of a project office in Rwanda’s capital Kigali as part of the Nordic country’s plan to eventually set up an asylum centre in the East African nation.
The consulate encouraged the Zimbabwean community in the Free State Province to take advantage of this exercise to regularise and update their documents.
Harare has sentenced the 148 Malawian nationals to between four and six months in prison, the Malawi Freedom Network reports. The Malawians are awaiting deportation by the Chivhu and Mvuma magistrates
Since Russia escalated its war in Ukraine in February, aid workers and volunteers have been reporting instances of human trafficking on Ukraine's borders.
The number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year over the past decade and stands at the highest level since records began.