Europe
UN: no short-term end to refugee crisis in Europe
The UN warned that the flow of refugees into Europe shows no signs of easing or stopping, as approximately 8,000 refugees a day seek to enter the Continent.
Tag: politics of immigration
Southeast Asia
Uighur militants named in Bangkok blast
Thailand's national police say that last month's deadly Erawan Shrine attack was carried out by Uighur militants angered over Bangkok's deportation of Uighur refugees back to China.
Europe
Hungary to Syrian refugees: Stay out!
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, building a wall along the Serbian border and herding migrants into detainment camps, warned Syrian refugees to stay in Turkey.
Iraq
Syria war toll passes quarter million
Nearly a quarter of a million people have died in Syria's war since March 2011, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights—over a third civilians.
Europe
Neo-Nazi terror attack on German left-wing pol?
A German leftist politician who faced threats for his work in support of refugees and immigrants escaped unhurt after a bomb placed under his car exploded outside his home.
North America
Discrimination case settled against Arizona sheriff
The US Department of Justice and county officials in Phoenix agreed to settle parts of a discrimination lawsuit filed against Maricopa County's anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Central Asia
Thailand deports over 100 Uighurs to China
Protesters attacked the Thai consulate in Istanbul as Bangkok deported 109 Uighurs back to China despite international warnings that they could face persecution and torture.
Europe
British ship embarks on migrant rescue mission
A British warship in the Mediterranean launched a mission to rescue over 500 migrants stranded at sea, but no word was given on what would be their fate after "rescue."
North Africa
Libya: ISIS abducts Eritrean Christians
As Libyan peace talks open in Morocco, ISIS militants abduced 86 Eritrean Christian migrants—including 12 women and several children—at a roadblock outisde Tripoli.
Southeast Asia
Burma: Dalai Lama challenges Suu Kyi on Rohingya
The Dalai Lama appealed to Burma's Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to speak up for the country's persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority amid a worsening refugee crisis.
Southeast Asia
Burma passes restrictive population control bill
Burma enacted a new law requiring mothers in designated areas to space the births of their children three years apart—a measure clearly aimed at the Muslim minority.
North Africa
Amnesty: Libya migrants facing rape and torture
Refugees and migrants in Libya face rights abuses including torture and rape, causing many to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean to escape, Amnesty International reports.