16 May 2014 There are 33.3 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in the world today, according to a report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). This figure signifies another record-breaking year and a...
16 May 2014 Amnesty International has called on the Chadian government to revise its decision to close the borders with Central African Republic (CAR) in order to guarantee a lifeline to refugees fleeing the worsening ethnically-motivated violence. On 11 May, the...
16 May 2014 The updated AIDA Report, compiled by ECRE member organization Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), shows that the use of asylum detention is widespread in Hungary. This follows the introduction in July 2013 of asylum detention on grounds, among others, of...
16 May 2014 Last Sunday at least 40 people died and 50 others were rescued after their boat capsized of the Libyan coast. A day later, 17 people died while a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of the Italian island Lampedusa. The European...
16 May 2014 A new report by Refugees International (RI) illustrates the increasing difficulties faced by Syrians living in Egypt due to the lack of funding to address the needs of refugees, and changes in policies and public perceptions following the establishment of...
