Refugees, Displaced People And Migrants
Kenya must provide shelter for 3,000 forcibly evicted in winter - 28 July 2009
The evictions appear to have been carried out as part of the government of Kenya's plans to build a new road, the Northern Bypass.Cambodian security forces forcibly evict 60 low-income families - 17 July 2009
The families dismantled their homes after three years of government harassment and intimidation, with no choice but to accept inadequate compensation rather than haveThousands more people forced to flee from Colombia’s armed conflict - 16 July 2009
With around another 380,000 Colombians having to leave their homes in 2008, the number of internally displaced people in the country is amongst the world's highest.Italian Senate must stop controversial bill - 29 June 2009
The Italian Senate is to decide whether or not to pass a controversial draft law that would violate the human rights of migrants and asylum-seekers and could lead toBurundian refugees in Tanzania intimidated into returning home - 29 June 2009
Some refugees have had their homes set on fire and others have been threatened with arson, to coerce them into returning home.Reaction to youtube video of expulsion - 19 June 2009
World Refugee Day: Lives in danger as governments deny refugees protection in Europe - 20 June 2009
Governments in Europe are putting lives at risk by denying refugees protection. On World Refugee Day, the doors to Europe are closing as the rights of those seekingNairobi slum-dwellers march for better conditions and basic human rights - 12 June 2009
Secretary General Irene Khan led the marchers who came from informal settlements all over Kenya's capital - a city where over half the population live in sluKenya High-Level Mission Slideshow
A slideshow of photographs taken during Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan's high-level mission to Kenya on 8-12 June. While in Kenya, Ms Khan visited two informal settl
Gaddafi visit to Italy amid protest against countries' 'illegal migration' agreement - 12 June 2009
Both Libyan and Italian leaders urged to make human rights an integral part of migration control policies and to uphold the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, an