Panel says: 14 million refugees worldwide
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The number of refugees worldwide increased by nearly 2 million last year, driving the total to nearly 14 million, the highest level since 2001, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants reported Wednesday.
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The number of Iraqis seeking asylum in industrialized countries during the first half of 2007 more than doubled from the same period last year, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.
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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and Arab countries are struggling to absorb a flood of Iraqis fleeing the violence in their country. A look at the problem:
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An estimated 12,000 people were killed in half a dozen countries across South and Southeast Asia, with thousands more missing or unreachable.
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More than half the survivors still living in refugee camps since last year's killer South Asian earthquake can't go home because they don't have land to return to, according to a new U.N.-backed survey that underlines one of the last hurdles facing recovery efforts.
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Over 14,400 people have been reported killed and tens of thousands left homeless following Sunday&#39;s powerful undersea earthquake that unleashed giant Tsunami waves across the coasts of South and South-East Asia.
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Sudan has asked the United Nations to help verify reports that 190,000 refugees from the conflict-hit western Darfur region have voluntarily returned to their homes, the U.N. refugee agency chief said on Tuesday.
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The only detailed study into the toll from the violence in Sudan's Darfur region says fleeing families continued to suffer grievous losses after they arrived in displacement camps, and the bloodshed amounts to &quot;a demographic catastrophe.&quot;
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Officials said more than 14,000 people were killed in nine countries in southern Asia and Africa after massive tsunami waves smashed coastlines Sunday morning. A breakdown of the toll so far:
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The global number of refugees rises for the first time in five years, mainly due to the Iraq war, the UN says.
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GENEVA  - As many as 10,000 refugees from Sudan's Darfur region are dying from disease and violence every month in the teeming camps where they've taken refuge, the World Health Organization said Monday.
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The international donors from 55 international organization and countries have gathered for two-days meeting in Tokyo. Approximately $14 billion were promised by foreign givers in last yearâs gathering in Madrid.
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Last year was one of the worst on record for refugees and the crisis is deepening in 2007 thanks to conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nation's refugee chief said.
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South Africa investigates reports that 137 delegates to an Aids forum in Canada are seeking asylum.
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The World Health Organisation has estimated that at least 70,000 people have died in the camps, most because of poor conditions. The number does not include those killed in militia and government attacks on villages and fleeing refugees.
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The number of people driven from their homes by violence, natural disasters and poverty increased last year for the first time since 2002 and is almost certain to rise further due to deepening conflicts across the world, the U.N. refugee chief said.
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The number of refugees admitted to the United States nearly doubled over the past year, primarily due to more efficient screening procedures, the State Department said Monday.