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A family who fled Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon warm themselves by a bonfire next to tents used as shelters in Beirut, Lebanon, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
April 3, 2026, 12:57 am
Rights group head warns of ‘alarming’ risk of long-term mass displacement in Lebanon
Claiming crisis ‘far more severe’ than in previous Israel-Hezbollah wars, International Organization for Migration’s Amy Pope says world doesn’t ‘understand the scale’ of problem
By Lisa Golden
A Palestinian boy walks through water in a temporary tent camp after heavy rainfall in Deir el-Balah, in the centra Gaza Strip, December 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
December 12, 2025, 4:38 pm
UN: Gaza-bound shelter materials refused entry, leaving displaced masses exposed
Hamas agency reports 11 deaths related to Storm Byron, including baby and young girl from cold and others from building collapses; COGAT says aiding humanitarian response for civilians
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A refugee child waits in a line after fleeing the war from neighboring Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland, on April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
April 14, 2022, 4:00 pm
After 50 days of war: UN says more than 4.7 million Ukrainians have fled
Women and children account for around 90% of those who have left the war-torn country, with men aged 18 to 60 eligible for military call-up and unable to leave
By AFP
Refugees from Ukraine board a train en route to Warsaw at the railway station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland, near the Polish-Ukrainian border on April 1, 2022. (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP)
April 2, 2022, 4:19 pm
UN: Over 4.1 million Ukrainians have fled country since Russia invaded
Nearly 6 out of 10 refugees have gone to neighboring Poland; United Nations says around a quarter of Ukraine’s pre-war population displaced
By AFP
Ukrainian evacuees stand outside the train station in Przemysl, near the Polish-Ukrainian border, on March 22, 2022, following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP)
March 22, 2022, 5:25 pm
UN says more than 3.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded
Another 6.5 million Ukrainians internally displaced; UN migration chief: ‘Scale of human suffering and forced displacement due to war far exceeds any worst-case scenario planning’
By Robin MILLARD
A boy stands with a group of people fleeing Ukraine as they stand in a line after arriving at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, on Monday, March 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
March 16, 2022, 6:44 pm
UN rushing to prevent human traffickers from capitalizing on Ukraine refugee exodus
Around half of more than 3 million people who have fled country since invasion began are children; International Organization for Migration warns that unaccompanied minors at risk
By Nina Larson
An aerial view of Ukrainian refugees waiting for transport at the border crossing at Medyka, Poland, March 13, 2022. (AP Photo)
March 15, 2022, 3:08 pm
UN: Number of refugees from Ukraine tops 3 million, nearly half of them children
Refugee agency says 1.7 million have entered Poland; Red Cross warns millions facing food and medicine shortage and danger from shelling, airstrikes
By Agencies
The body of a young man covered with an emergency blanket after being recovered by Spanish police from waters near the border between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
July 14, 2021, 4:11 pm
UN: Deaths at sea of Europe-bound migrants have nearly doubled
International Organization for Migration says the 1,146 fatalities recorded in January-June may be even higher due to unreported shipwrecks
By Renata Brito
File: A Thai worker picks decorative flower leafs in Kibbutz Sde Nitzan's flower farm, near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 20, 2014 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 29, 2018, 10:31 pm
Israel rejects ‘distorted’ BBC report on abysmal conditions of Thai farm workers
UK news broadcaster’s investigation said many agricultural laborers live in squalid quarters, are exposed to dangers of poor sanitation and pesticides
By Stuart Winer
In this file photo taken on March 19, 2018 US candidate to the head of International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ken Isaacs looks on during a press briefing in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
June 29, 2018, 6:21 pm
UN migration agency rejects Trump nominee accused of anti-Muslim bigotry
Washington set to lose its historic control of the organization; Ken Isaacs’ inflammatory tweets appear to have made him an untenable candidate
By Ben Simon
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, walk along a damaged street in eastern Raqqa, Syria, July 14, 2017. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)
August 11, 2017, 6:37 pm
US-backed Syrian fighters pressure IS in Raqqa
600,000 Syrians return home but more than 800,00 newly displaced, says UN migration agency
By Bassam Mroue
This file photo taken on May 24, 2016 shows African refugees waiting on a rubber boat to be rescued during an operation at sea, on May 24, 2016. (AFP/Gabriel Bouys)
March 17, 2017, 3:26 pm
Dozens of Somali refugees shot dead in Red Sea attack
Bodies of 33 people found, 80 survivors rescued and taken to hospital including 24 in ‘extremely critical’ condition
By AFP
Displaced residents from Mosul's al-Nasser neighborhood evacuate the area on March 14, 2017, as Iraqi forces continue to advance in the embattled city combating Islamic State jihadists. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
March 15, 2017, 2:28 pm
Nearly 100,000 Iraqis flee battle for west Mosul
Forces continue offensive to retake IS-held city, where refugee group estimates tens of thousands are trapped
By AFP
A fighter from Iraq's elite Counter-Terrorism Service takes cover inside a building in the Shuhada neighborhood of west Mosul on March 10, 2017, during an offensive to retake the western parts of the city from the jihadists. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
March 10, 2017, 6:17 pm
Iraqi forces advance in Mosul as IS resistance ‘weakens’
Army commander says jihadist group ‘beginning to collapse’ after string of military losses; 750,000 city residents said trapped by terrorist group
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
US actress and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie talking to a young Syrian refugee on February 23, 2014 at a refugee camp near the Lebanese village of Zahle in the Bekaa valley (photo credit: AFP PHOTO /HO /UNHCR/A.MCCONEEL)
January 28, 2017, 12:39 pm
UN urges US to continue ‘long tradition’ of welcoming refugees
After president suspends refugee arrivals and entry from 7 Muslim countries, international agencies urge him not to end vital resettlement programs
By AFP
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