Refugees

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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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