Refugees, Displaced People And Migrants

Europe's Roma community still facing massive discrimination - 8 April 2009

Denied their rights to housing, employment, healthcare and education, Roma are often victims of forced evictions, racist attacks and police ill-treatment.

Paraguay's Indigenous Peoples in peril - 31 March 2009

The Paraguayan state is failing to adequately protect the rights of its Indigenous Peoples, forcing many to live in misery and effectively condemning some to death.

Renewed calls for humanitarian truce in Sri Lanka - 27 March 2009

Calls for a humanitarian truce between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces grow as fighting intensifies and the number of cas

Audio: The humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. - 27 March 2009

Tens of thousands of people are trapped in "safe zones" in the north eastern Wanni region of Sri Lanka.

Migrants languish in detention in US - 26 March 2009

The US immigrant-detention population has surged in the past decade, resulting in a lack of due process that has driven some detainees to attempt suicide.

Pope urged to address Church-linked forced evictions in Angola - 20 March 2009

From 2003 to 2006, the Angolan authorities forcibly evicted thousands of people in the Angolan capital of Luanda from land belonging to the Catholic Church.

International Criminal Court "working to protect African victims" - 5 March 2009

The International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, discusses the ICC's work in the wake of the court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan's Pr

Millions face starvation and disease as aid agencies are expelled from Darfur - 5 March 2009

The expulsions came soon after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, on charges of war crimes and crimes a

Thousands flee fighting and hunger in Afghanistan - 18 February 2009

Tens of thousands of Afghans displaced from their homes by escalating fighting and ongoing food shortages require immediate humanitarian assistance.

International community fails to protect Darfur - 17 February 2009

The Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudanese government were reported to have struck an agreement on Monday that paves the way for Darfur peace talks.