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US To Accept Only 7,500 Refugees Annually, Mostly From South Africa
The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday to drastically cut back the number of refugees to be accepted annually by the United States to a record low and give priority to white South Africans.
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4 Million People Have Fled Sudan Since Start Of War In 2023: UN
More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a "devastating milestone".
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Explained: Elon Musk, Donald Trump And Claims Of White Genocide In South Africa
US President Donald Trump granted refugee status to nearly 60 white Afrikaners from South Africa, citing unverified claims of a "white genocide." The US processed their asylum requests directly in South Africa and flew them out of Johannesburg on a s
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Over 67,000 South Africans Want To Move To US After Trump's Refugee Offer
Over 67,000 South Africans have shown interest in relocating to the United States after Washington offered to resettle Afrikaners facing alleged racial discrimination
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'Ridiculous': Trump's Proposal To Accept White Afrikaners As Refugees Mocked
Trump's executive order pulls the plug on all US funding to South Africa, including a major contribution to the country's HIV programme.
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Europe Braces For Over 150,000 Migrant Influx Due To Food Shortage
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East.
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Solar Energy Powers Clean Water, Business Opportunities For Refugees In Tanzania
Sadick Thenest remembers how his 8-year-old daughter had a narrow brush with death two years ago, when she contracted cholera after drinking contaminated water.
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Hundreds Rescued In Mediterranean As Migrant Arrivals In Italy Outpace 2016
Rescuers plucked around 900 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Friday while hundreds more were brought to Sicily, as Italian figures showed far more people are braving the crossing from North Africa this year than last.
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World Leaders At United Nation Approve Plan For Refugee Crisis
With more people forced to flee their homes than at any time since World War II, global leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and stoked divisions from Africa to Europe.
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US Sends Marines To South Sudan To Protect Americans
The US military in Africa said today it has sent 40 additional soldiers to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help secure American personnel and facilities in the war-torn city, while South Sudanese trying to flee the country by road reported attacks, killings and robberies by armed men.
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Pope Readies for Africa, Riskiest Trip of His Papacy
Pope Francis heads to Africa this week for the riskiest trip of his papacy, defying danger with an open-topped popemobile and visits to a slum, refugee camp and mosque despite security fears following jihadist attacks.
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In Quebec, Like France, Security Fears May Deepen Rift With Muslims
Reluctance among residents in Quebec to accept thousands of Syrian refugees is deepening a rift with the province's Muslim community, raising worries that more Muslims could become radicalized as they have in France and other European nations.
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Hungary's Viktor Orban Suspects Left-Wing Plot in Migrant Crisis
The tide of migrants coming to Europe from the Middle East and Africa may be part of a left-wing plot to pack the continent with sympathetic voters, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told a Swiss magazine.
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Cutting Support for Somalia Would Risk New Refugee Exodus: UN
Somalia has transformed itself from a "failed to recovering state" in recent years, but any cutbacks in support for it could spark a new exodus of refugees from the conflict-torn Horn of Africa nation, the U.N. Somalia envoy said on Monday.
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UN, World Bank Announce New Funds for Mideast Refugee Crisis
The UN and World Bank said Saturday they will increase financing for the Middle East and North Africa to help countries there deal with millions of refugees and rebuild after conflicts.
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US To Accept Only 7,500 Refugees Annually, Mostly From South Africa
The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday to drastically cut back the number of refugees to be accepted annually by the United States to a record low and give priority to white South Africans.
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4 Million People Have Fled Sudan Since Start Of War In 2023: UN
More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a "devastating milestone".
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Explained: Elon Musk, Donald Trump And Claims Of White Genocide In South Africa
US President Donald Trump granted refugee status to nearly 60 white Afrikaners from South Africa, citing unverified claims of a "white genocide." The US processed their asylum requests directly in South Africa and flew them out of Johannesburg on a s
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Over 67,000 South Africans Want To Move To US After Trump's Refugee Offer
Over 67,000 South Africans have shown interest in relocating to the United States after Washington offered to resettle Afrikaners facing alleged racial discrimination
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'Ridiculous': Trump's Proposal To Accept White Afrikaners As Refugees Mocked
Trump's executive order pulls the plug on all US funding to South Africa, including a major contribution to the country's HIV programme.
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Europe Braces For Over 150,000 Migrant Influx Due To Food Shortage
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East.
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Solar Energy Powers Clean Water, Business Opportunities For Refugees In Tanzania
Sadick Thenest remembers how his 8-year-old daughter had a narrow brush with death two years ago, when she contracted cholera after drinking contaminated water.
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Hundreds Rescued In Mediterranean As Migrant Arrivals In Italy Outpace 2016
Rescuers plucked around 900 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Friday while hundreds more were brought to Sicily, as Italian figures showed far more people are braving the crossing from North Africa this year than last.
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World Leaders At United Nation Approve Plan For Refugee Crisis
With more people forced to flee their homes than at any time since World War II, global leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and stoked divisions from Africa to Europe.
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US Sends Marines To South Sudan To Protect Americans
The US military in Africa said today it has sent 40 additional soldiers to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help secure American personnel and facilities in the war-torn city, while South Sudanese trying to flee the country by road reported attacks, killings and robberies by armed men.
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Pope Readies for Africa, Riskiest Trip of His Papacy
Pope Francis heads to Africa this week for the riskiest trip of his papacy, defying danger with an open-topped popemobile and visits to a slum, refugee camp and mosque despite security fears following jihadist attacks.
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In Quebec, Like France, Security Fears May Deepen Rift With Muslims
Reluctance among residents in Quebec to accept thousands of Syrian refugees is deepening a rift with the province's Muslim community, raising worries that more Muslims could become radicalized as they have in France and other European nations.
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Hungary's Viktor Orban Suspects Left-Wing Plot in Migrant Crisis
The tide of migrants coming to Europe from the Middle East and Africa may be part of a left-wing plot to pack the continent with sympathetic voters, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told a Swiss magazine.
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Cutting Support for Somalia Would Risk New Refugee Exodus: UN
Somalia has transformed itself from a "failed to recovering state" in recent years, but any cutbacks in support for it could spark a new exodus of refugees from the conflict-torn Horn of Africa nation, the U.N. Somalia envoy said on Monday.
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UN, World Bank Announce New Funds for Mideast Refugee Crisis
The UN and World Bank said Saturday they will increase financing for the Middle East and North Africa to help countries there deal with millions of refugees and rebuild after conflicts.
