Refugee crisis

Refugee crisis

Mohammed Mizanur Rahman – the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC). Illustration: TBS

For the Rohingya, self-reliance carries risks, but so does idleness: RRRC

With aid shrinking, armed-group activity rising and a growing young population facing an uncertain future, no Rohingya has yet been repatriated, says RRRC Commissioner Mohammed Mizanur Rahman in an...

A drone view shows refugee tents in the country side of Idlib, Syria, January 3, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano/File Photo

UNHCR says fewer people displaced worldwide in 2025 but long-term refugee crisis persists

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

UN to evaluate refugee strategy

Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Bandarban. File photo: TBS

58 Rohingyas detained while attempting to enter Bangladesh

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), speaks during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, December 13, 2023. Photo: Martial Trezzini/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

UN refugee agency says record 117 million people forcibly displaced in 2023

FILE PHOTO: Halime Adam Moussa, a Sudanese refugee who is seeking refuge in Chad for a second time, waits with other refugees to receive a food portion from World Food Programme (WFP), near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

UN refugee agency chief 'extremely worried' about funding

World Refugee Day: Powerful movies that represent the refugee experience

World Refugee Day: Powerful movies that represent the refugee experience

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World Refugee Day 2023: Date, history, significance

FILE PHOTO: Civilians who fled the war-torn Sudan following the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive atop a truck at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit centre in Renk, near the border crossing point in Renk County of Upper Nile State, South Sudan 1 May, 2023. REUTERS/Jok Solomun

More than 1 million people displaced by Sudan crisis - UN refugee agency

Sketch: TBS

The case of the refugee crisis, reparations and colonialism

Displaced people from Myanmar carry donated lunch boxes to their tents along the Thai side of the Moei River in Mae Sot, Thailand on Feb. 5, 2022. Thailand has sent thousands of people fleeing escalating violence by Myanmar’s military back home despite the risk to their lives, and despite international refugee laws that forbid the return of people to countries where their lives may be in danger. They are now living in limbo, forced to ricochet between both sides of the river dividing the two countries as the fighting in their home villages rages and briefly recedes. (AP Photo)

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

Blackouts, refugees and no food: Sri Lanka’s economic mess

Blackouts, refugees and no food: Sri Lanka’s economic mess

Photo: AP

Ukraine refugees near 4 million. Will exodus slowdown last?