'They do not treat us like humans, they treat us like animals' — why refugees...
Putrid smells, freezing temperatures, no sanitation, no security, and sometimes no hope.The living conditions in the Calais refugee camp infamously dubbed the Jungle are so bleak that even asking...
View ArticleHere's how the Calais 'Jungle' has developed into a small town — complete...
As French and British governments keep on claiming the other is responsible for the people living in the Calais refugee camp known as the Jungle, life in the camp is becoming more and more...
View Article'They do not treat us like humans, they treat us like animals' — why refugees...
Putrid smells, freezing temperatures, no sanitation, no security, and sometimes no hope.The living conditions in the Calais refugee camp infamously dubbed the Jungle are so bleak that even asking...
View ArticleThe French government just got the go-ahead to demolish part of the Calais...
On Thursday French authorities ruled that a large part of the infamous refugee camp in Calais known as the "Jungle" could be demolished.The camp, built on an old landfill site, is rarely out of the...
View ArticleSyria denies committing a 'deliberate war crime' by bombing refugee camp
The Syrian military denied on Friday it had conducted air strikes on a camp near the Turkish border that killed at least 28 people, but a top UN official said initial reports suggested a government...
View ArticleThe world's largest refugee camp is closing soon
Kenya will close the world's largest refugee camp this year because the facility housing Somalis displaced by decades of war poses an "existential threat", Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto said on...
View ArticleKenyans being evicted from the world's largest refugee camp say 'the world...
Katra Ismail Abdi has lived in the world's largest refugee camp since 2011, when her house was destroyed by a rocket and her son was killed in crossfire between the Somali government and the Islamist...
View ArticleAuthorities plan to build a camp for several hundred refugees inside Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Municipal authorities in Paris plan to build a camp to house several hundred refugees in the French capital, the mayor said on Tuesday, criticizing the dire living conditions for...
View ArticleParis is going to open its first refugee camp in October
Paris will open its first refugee camp in mid-October, the city's mayor has said.Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said refugees would be able to stay in the camp for "five to 10 days," during which they would...
View ArticleFrance has finally figured out what to do with the Calais Jungle
The préfets — French heads of regions — throughout France, will have to find 8,000 new places to house the refugees currently living the Calais Jungle camp, by the end of the year.The French government...
View ArticleThe Calais 'Jungle' has become like 'Lord of the Flies,' with 1,500 children...
The Calais 'Jungle' has become like 'Lord of the Flies', with 1,500 children left unsupervised, sleeping in bare containers and free to roam the adjacent camp site, close to heavy machinery being used...
View ArticleA Southern California mayor is hoping to become the first member of Congress...
ANAHEIM, Ca.—Politicians like Donald Trump have talked a lot about refugees this election cycle. But it’s a lot rarer to see politicians to ask refugees for their votes, like Bao Nguyen, a local mayor...
View ArticleGreek refugee camp volunteer says only political change at home will stop the...
Until she saw her baby, the mother would not eat, drink or move. She sat soaked and trembling, looking out across the Aegean for a rescue boat we knew wouldn’t come. Three hundred people had been on...
View ArticleNIGERIA: A military jet mistakenly bombed a refugee camp and killed more than...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian state official says an Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists has mistakenly bombed a refugee camp, killing more than 100 refugees and...
View ArticleJordan commander: ISIS increasingly strong in Syrian refugee camp
Armed Islamic State extremists are expanding their influence in a sprawling camp for displaced Syrians on Jordan's border, posing a growing threat to the U.S.-allied kingdom, a senior Jordanian...
View ArticleA fire broke out overnight at one of the largest refugee centers in Sweden
HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish police say at least 15 people have been injured when a fire broke out overnight at one of the country's largest refugee centers outside of Vanersborg in southwestern...
View ArticleMalala Yousafzai says Trump 'needs to go and visit the refugee camps'
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai thinks it's necessary for President Trump to visit a refugee camp."It's important that he understand that these people are in need," said Yousafzai, who was...
View ArticleThis British artist travels the world painting 'the stories of those who...
Artist Hannah Rose Thomas is using her talents as a painter to record some of the refugees she has encountered through her charity work over the years.Thomas studied Arabic and History and has led a...
View ArticlePolice reportedly used metal rods to force asylum seekers out of a former...
Papua New Guinea police reportedly used metal rods to beat refugees and asylum seekers at a former Australian detention center on Manus Island.The police were trying to clear the center after Australia...
View ArticleSatellite images show how the tiny Ugandan village of Bidi Bidi became the...
Satellite imagery from Bird.i shows how the world's largest refugee camp has grown dramatically in size since 2016.Bidi Bidi, in Uganda, is home to over 285,000 refugees who have fled famine and...
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