- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securityrefugees
Ukraine: What Would a Russian Invasion Actually Look Like?
Despite suggestions to the contrary from the Kremlin, Ukraine remains surrounded by Russian troops, both along its long border with Russia and from within occupied Crimea. The Russian Federation has…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Poland preparing for potential influx of Ukrainian refugees -Interior Minister
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is preparing for "various scenarios" for a possible influx of refugees if Russia were to attack Ukraine, Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Sunday. Washington has…
Afghan refugees in UAE protest months-long wait for resettlement
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghans have launched a rare protest at a United Arab Emirates facility where they have been housed since fleeing their homeland last…
Asylum seekers shut out of financial system by some EU banks, watchdog finds
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Some European Union banks are shutting out asylum seekers and other types of customers in mishandled efforts to comply with anti-money laundering rules, the…
A Myanmar family flees to India with no plans to return soon
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Chanchinmawia FARKAWN, India (Reuters) - For more than a decade, Mah Tial said she ran a small store in Thantlang, a town in northwest Myanmar, making…
Indonesia says will allow stranded Rohingya boat to seek refuge
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will allow a boat packed with Rohingya which had become stranded off its coast to dock in the Southeast Asian country,…
U.N. urges Belarus, Poland to address refugees’ ‘dire conditions’
By Paul Carrel GENEVA (Reuters) - Belarus and Poland are pushing refugees back and forth across their border and leaving them with little if any food, clean water or shelter,…
Thailand sends refugees back to Myanmar as clashes continue
MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand has sent over 600 Myanmar refugees who fled fighting between the military and ethnic rebels back across the border, according to a senior Thai…
Refugees lack COVID shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits – documents
By Francesco Guarascio and Panu Wongcha-um BRUSSELS/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from a global programme because some major manufacturers are worried about…
Analysis-Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a ‘wake-up call’ for social media
By Rina Chandran and Avi Asher-Schapiro BANGKOK/LOS ANGELES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A landmark lawsuit by Rohingya refugees against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, is a "wake-up call"…
Germany won’t admit refugees from Belarus-Polish border -interior minister
WARSAW (Reuters) - Germany will not take in refugees stranded on the Belarus-Polish border, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Thursday after talks with his Polish counterpart. "If we took…
‘Tourists’ In Belarus Become Refugees in Poland
When Kamaran Mohammed travelled with his wife and three children to the Belarus capital Minsk last month from their home in northern Iraq, they went as tourists. They were among…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
