30 dead in fire at refugee camp in Thailand—officials
Thirty people were killed and many wounded Friday when a fire broke out in a camp in northern Thailand housing refugees from neighboring Myanmar, Thai officials said.
Thirty people were killed and many wounded Friday when a fire broke out in a camp in northern Thailand housing refugees from neighboring Myanmar, Thai officials said.
Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Wednesday visited a camp for Syrian refugees in northern Jordan as part of a trip to the Middle East, an official said.
The number of North Korean refugees fleeing to the South fell sharply last year, officials in Seoul said, with activists citing crackdowns and tighter border controls.
Crises in Libya, Sudan, Somalia and elsewhere prompted 800,000 people to flee their countries last year, the highest number in 11 years, the United Nations’ refugee agency has said.
Some 50 percent of Australians want an end to the nation’s immigration program because they believe the country has too many people, a poll showed Tuesday.
Malaysia and Australia on Monday signed a controversial deal to send hundreds of boatpeople to the Southeast Asian nation, despite heavy criticism from rights groups.
