War and poverty have forced 50 million children around the world from their homes, according to UNICEF. The number of child refugees has doubled in the last decade, the report "Uprooted: The growing crisis for refugee and migrant children" states.
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Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini will swim for joy in Olympics 2016 after swimming for her life
About a year ago, Yusra Mardini was swimming for her life through the Aegean Sea in a last-ditch attempt to survive a perilous sea crossing from...
"Schools, hospitals, mosques, water stations - they are all being turned into rubble," chief of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria says
More than 700 doctors and medical personnel have been killed in attacks on Syrian hospitals since the...
UNHCR Global Trends report finds 65.3 million people, or one person in 113, were displaced from their homes by conflict and persecution in 2015
The number of people displaced worldwide has hit a new record, with 65.3 million people forced...
UN special envoy for refugees and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie criticize the global response to the global refugee crisis and warned that none of us are immune to becoming refugees"
Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood actress and the UN's special envoy...
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is in a “downward spiral,” according to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Despite the worsening situation, attention paid to Afghanistan is inversely proportional to the humanitarian situation in the...
Western governments fearful of terror attacks and the potential threat posed by refugees are shortchanging human rights and adopting counterproductive policies in the name of security, Human Rights Watch said in its latest world report
European governments have allowed widespread...
There's one child born into conflict every two seconds: UNICEF
ISLAMABAD – Millions of babies around the world are born into life-threatening situations every year, according to UNICEF Report.
UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake said too many children were starting their lives...
RIYADH – Saudi Arabia has announced a 34-country Islamic military alliance to combat all such organizations which aim at terrorizing the innocent, spreading killing and corruption in the world.
The countries participating in the alliance along with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are: Jordan,...
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Premier Kathleen Wynne, Toronto Mayor John Tory and other dignitaries welcome first government plane of Syrian refugees.
TORONTO (Canada) — The first large group of Syrian refugees coming to Canada by government aircraft arrived in Toronto...
Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.
