Google Yahoo! Myspace YouTube Facebook Live eBay Wikipedia Craigslist Blogger Amazon Go CNN ESPN New York Times Weather About MapQuest Apple Ask Wal-Mart Chase Cnet Bank of America CareerBuilder
refugee
Italy blocks ferry fleeing LibyaJosephine MCKENNA France24 03/15/2011 | Revolts Raise Fear of Migration in EuropeRachel Donadio and Suzanne Daley CNBC 03/10/2011 |
 Italy on Tuesday blocked a ferry loaded with more than 1,800 Africans fleeing Libya from docking in Sicily amid immigration fears as the EU urged the authorities to check whether refugees could be on board. |  Until a few weeks ago, the immigrant transfer center on the tiny Mediterranean island of Lampedusa — a kind of Italian Ellis Island — was empty. An extensive European campaign against migration from Africa was considered so effective that the authorities basically shut it down. |
More Than 140,000 People Flee LibyaLisa Schlein VOA News 03/01/2011 | Italy govt declares "humanitarian emergency"; Nearly 1,000 Tunisian migrants reach Italy overnight Reuters Africa 02/13/2011 |
 The United Nations refugee agency says over the past 10 days, more than 140,000 people have fled to Egypt and Tunisia from Libya. The UNHCR says tens of thousands of people are stuck at the borders and in urgent need of help. |  Nearly 1,000 people escaping turmoil in Tunisia landed on an Italian island overnight on Sunday after the government declared a wave of illegal immigrants a humanitarian emergency. |
Increasing Numbers of North Korean Refugees Head to Thailand VOA News 12/31/2009 | Safety fears for Hmong after Thai expulsionRachel O'Brien AFP 12/29/2009 |
 An increasing number of North Korean refugees are arriving in northern Thailand, fleeing poverty and political oppression at home. |  BANGKOK — Human rights activists and diplomats voiced fears Tuesday for the fate of thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum seekers, including children, expelled by Thailand to its communist neighbour Laos. |
Thailand begins deportation of more than 4,000 Hmong asylum seekersBen Doherty The Guardian 12/28/2009 | Australia PM seeks migrant help BBC News 10/13/2009 |
 Thailand began deporting more than 4,000 Hmong asylum seekers in secret Monday, drawing widespread international condemnation for sending members of the ethnic minority back to Laos. |  Australia's prime minister has made a personal plea to the Indonesian president to prevent a boatload of Sri Lankan migrants reaching Australia. |
Lives in Danger as European Governments Deny Refugees Protection, Charges Amnesty International Amnesty International 06/19/2009 | |
 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president promised Friday to send nearly 300,000 Tamil war refugees who are being held in military-run camps back to their homes in the next four months, the government said. |  Governments in Europe are putting lives at risk by denying refugees protection, Amnesty International warned today. On World Refugee Day, the doors to Europe are closing as the rights of those seeking sanctuary are ignored. |
New York, NY |
|
