2020-12-01 UN: Food Has Run Out for Nearly 100,000 Refugees in Ethiopia
The United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray area. “The camps will have now run out of food supplies…
2020-11-10 Ethiopian Forces Battle Tigrayans as Refugees Head to Sudan
Ethiopian government troops were reported to have captured an airport in northern Ethiopia from Tigrayan forces on Tuesday. State media said federal forces had captured the airport, near the border…
2020-11-12 Refugees Tell About Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Area
Filimon heard the sound of heavy weapons in his Ethiopian border town, and he started to run. Filimon is an Ethiopian refugee who spoke to the Associated Press, or AP.…
2016-01-25 Refugees Storm British Ferry at French Port
About 200 refugees attacked the French port of Calais on Saturday, and about 50 got on a passenger ferry. A spokeswoman for the ship’s operator confirmed the refugees gained entry…
2015-12-20 Refugees Describe Boko Haram Terror
African refugees continue to be forced from their homes as they escape the terror of Boko Haram militants. As Nigerians and Cameroonians settle into a refugee camp in Cameroon, they…
2015-10-30 Refugees Lead Alabama Shrimp Industry
Forty years ago, many Southeast Asians fled war in their home countries and chose to come to the United States. Some got on ships that sailed to U.S. territory. The…
2015-09-17 Cambodia to Accept More Refugees Next Month
A mixed group of refugees is set to arrive in Cambodia next month under an agreement with Australia. Three refugees from Iran and a Rohingya from Myanmar will arrive in…
2015-09-14 EU Meets As Europe Tightens Borders on Refugees
European Union members met in Brussels on Monday to discuss the refugee and migrant crisis. The European Union, or EU, is trying to stop the large number of people entering…
2015-09-05 Are They Migrants or Refugees?
Young and old, they walk along the highway, weary and struggling. Others lay down on the train tracks in Hungary. A small lifeless body of a boy washes up at…
2015-07-19 UN Says Four Million Refugees Have Left Syria
The United Nations reported this month that the number of refugees fleeing conflict in Syria has reached four million. The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees says that makes Syria the…
2015-06-25 Hungary Criticized for Border Fence Plan to Stop Refugees
Hungarian officials have announced a plan to build a fence on the border with Serbia to try to stop people from illegally entering the country. Tens of thousands of refugees…
2015-03-16 Pakistan, Afghanistan Work to Return Refugees
Pakistan and Afghanistan have announced plans to work together over the next four months. The two sides will attempt to document about one million Afghans thought to be living illegally…
2015-01-15 Central African Republic Refugees Fleeing to Cameroon
Thousands of people from the Central African Republic continue to flee Cameroon. They are escaping violence that continues even after a peace deal between the Muslim Seleka and Christian anti-balaka…
2015-01-12 Center Helps Refugees with American Life
NARRATOR: The first thing Than Than remembers about America is the weather. THAN THAN: “It was really cold. I never feel cold like this before. I was like ‘Mom, my…
2014-07-17 Syrian Widows Face Harder Time as Refugees
From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. A United Nations study says women are now heading more than 145,000 refugee families from the conflict in Syria. The U.N.…