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Refugee who fled war-torn Uganda wins prestigious Shakespeare scholarship

MELBOURNE: Seventeen-year-old Joel Loum Okumu fled war-torn Uganda not to seek fortune, but to protect himself from impending security dangers in his home country....

Game of Thrones actor surprises Syrian refugee now settled in Germany

"Game of Thrones" actor Liam Cunningham paid a surprise visit on Tuesday to a teenage Syrian refugee now in possession of a German visa...

Paris to open first refugee camp in mid-October

PARIS: Paris will open its first refugee camp in mid-October, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Tuesday, unveiling plans to take hundreds of people off the streets as France struggles to accommodate migrants.

Refugee influx leaves ‘Mama Merkel’ isolated in EU

BERLIN, GERMANY: One year after opening Germany's doors to a mass influx of refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel insists she was right and has stuck to her message that "we can do it".

Maldives ex-president says granted UK refugee status

LONDON:Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed says he has been granted refugee status in Britain, after being toppled from power and jailed in a "slide towards authoritarianism" that has forced him into exile.

EU launches emergency refugee aid scheme for Greece

BRUSSELS: The European Union, faced with a burgeoning refugee crisis in Greece, launched a new aid program on Wednesday worth an initial 700 million euros that mirrors the kind of disaster relief it offers developing nations.

EU backs refugee plan in teeth of east European opposition

BRUSSELS: The European Union approved a plan on Tuesday to share out 120,000 refugees across its 28 states, overriding vehement opposition from four ex-communist eastern nations.

Refugee crisis to test EU at summit of divided leaders

BRUSSELS/ LEIPZIG, GERMANY: Bitterly-divided European leaders will seek to find a credible response to the continent's worst migration crisis since World War Two at an emergency summit this week.

Charlie Hebdo makes fun of drowned Syrian boy Aylan

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo made fun of drowned Syrian refugee boy Aylan Kurdi, following up tis controversial antics.

In rich Gulf Arab states, some feel shamed by refugee response

CYPRUS: When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant refuge in the Arab world's richest states.

Pakistani migrant dies fleeing from Hungarian police

As the stand-off between Hungarian authorities and refugees escalated, a Pakistani migrant lost his life fleeing the police.

Islamic State takes 90 percent of Damascus refugee camp: monitor

DAMSCUS: Islamic State has taken control of 90 percent of a Palestinian refugee camp on the Damascus outskirts where 18,000 civilians have suffered years of bombing, army siege and militia control, a monitoring group said on Saturday.

Syrians largest refugee group after Palestinians: U.N.

GENEVA: Syrians have overtaken Afghans as the largest refugee population aside from Palestinians, fleeing to more than 100 countries to escape war in their homeland, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Reese Witherspoon finds lessons in ‘The Good Lie’

WASHINGTON: Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon chose a subdued role in her latest film "The Good Lie," a drama about Sudanese refugee children who end up in America, but there is nothing small in what she hopes to convey.

Syrian refugees top 3 million, half of all Syrians displaced – UN

GENEVA Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighbouring countries as of Friday, an exodus that began in March 2011 and shows no sign of abating, the United Nations said.
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