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Refugees

Conflict, hunger and climate change have forced many to flee home in search of safety. The UN estimates that there were more than 117 million refugees worldwide in 2023.

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Displaced Palestinians in a makeshift plastic tent

Egypt: New asylum law could badly impact refugee rights

Egypt: New asylum law could badly impact refugee rights

Egypt will likely get a new refugee and asylum law. But will it streamline legislation at the expense of human rights?
PoliticsNovember 22, 2024
A CU of Mariam, a female refugee from Western Darfur

Schulze: Chad urgently needs support with Sudanese refugees

Schulze: Chad urgently needs support with Sudanese refugees

One of the poorest countries in the world, Chad is taking in hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighboring Sudan.
PoliticsNovember 22, 202404:38 min
Women who fled war in Sudan rest in a refugee camp in Adre, Chad, October 5, 2024.

From Sudan to Chad: survival in the face of adversity

From Sudan to Chad: survival in the face of adversity

In the midst of war and chaos, many Sudanese are fleeing to the desperately poor country of Chad.
PoliticsNovember 22, 2024
Fokus Berlin Tegel

Germany's largest refugee shelter

Germany's largest refugee shelter

A growing number of complaints at a refugee center in Tegel—including poor hygiene and bad food.
SocietyNovember 22, 202404:28 min
Overcrowded boat on the Mediterranean

African migration to Europe: A fact check

African migration to Europe: A fact check

Overloaded smugglers' boats risking the journey from Africa to Europe are only a small part of the bigger picture.
MigrationNovember 16, 2024
Several kids in a gym

How a German football club is making refugees feel at home

How a German football club is making refugees feel at home

German football club Hertha Bonn's project "Football Connects" helps refugee children integrate into the country.
SportsNovember 10, 2024
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Syrian refugee Fawsia, who fled Lebanon, uses a zimmerframe to walks towards a shelter at a refugee camp in Syria. The ground is hard earth and the makeshift shelters have canvas roofs tied down with ropes.

Fleeing yet another war: Syrian refugees escape from Lebanon

Tens of thousands of Syrians are fleeing Israeli bombs in Lebanon to return to their home country.
ConflictsOctober 16, 202402:26 min
Displaced Palestinians take shelter in a tent in the southern Gaza Strip

Has Israel-Hamas war displaced Palestinian refugees forever?

The plight of Palestinian refugees has worsened since the Israel-Hamas war began. DW explains their status.
ConflictsSeptember 28, 2024
Aerial view of a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Rohingya refugee: 'Myanmar soldiers put us in front'

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are reportedly being forced to fight in Myanmar's civil war. DW investigates.
ConflictsSeptember 24, 202402:13 min
Syrian migrant Abu Ali in his bakery in Libya

Libya welcomes Syrian refugees as skilled workers

Crisis-ridden Libya benefits from Syrian refugees, despite its lack of an official asylum policy and dire human rights.
PoliticsSeptember 13, 2024
A Bosnian Red Cross volunteer (right) puts a bandage around the knee of a Moroccan migrant while his two companions watch

Bosnia: More migrants taking the Balkan route once again

The area along the Drina River on the Bosnian-Serbian border is once again a bottleneck on the busy Balkan route.
MigrationSeptember 10, 2024
An office complex in the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Berlin plans new mass accommodation for refugees

Refugee accommodation centers in the German capital are full. Now, authorities are coming up with bright ideas.
SocietySeptember 9, 2024
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