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Nearly 4.14 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia’s full-scale invasion began on February 24, with tens of thousands continuing to flood into neighbouring countries each day, UN numbers show.

More than 4.1 million Ukrainian refugees flee war

April 2, 2022

Egyptian police have arbitrarily detained at least 30 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers, subjecting some to abuse and forced physical labour, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday.

HRW: Egypt police abusing Sudanese refugees

March 27, 2022

People arrive in Poland after fleeing Ukraine

U.N. refugee agency urges countries to give fleeing Ukrainians safe haven

February 24, 2022

FILE - People gather in support of a coup that ousted President Roch Kabore, dissolved government, suspended the constitution and closed borders in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Jan. 25, 2022.

UN: Insecurity, violence in Burkina Faso spur refugee exodus

February 5, 2022

Cameroonians who fled deadly intercommunal violence between Arab Choa herders and Mousgoum and Massa farming communities queue to receive food at a temporarily refugee camp on the outskirts of Ndjamena, Chad, Dec. 13, 2021.

UN appeals for $60 million for victims of violence in Cameroon

January 23, 2022

FILE - Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive with their furniture and donkey on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, Nov. 21, 2020.

UN says thousands of Eritrean refugees in Tigray dying as access to aid remains blocked

January 22, 2022

UNHCR: Cameroon refugee needs increasing, means limited

September 11, 2021

European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson speaks during a joint news conference with Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi, in the city of Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, March 29, 2021. REUTERS-Elias Marcou

EU official urges Greece to investigate asylum-seeker pushbacks

March 29, 2021

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Children beheaded in front of their mothers by ISIS-linked militants

March 16, 2021

The crowd dispersed in front of the headquarters of the Mouvement Coeur Unis (MCU), after the outgoing president and party member, Faustin Archange Touadera, cancelled a visit to his supporters in Bangui on January 5, 2021. – The country’s National Electoral Authority (ANE), late on January 4, 2020 declared Faustin Archange Touadera winner of the December 27, 2020 vote with 53.92 percent of the ballot, if confirmed by the CAR’s top court, it means a runoff will not be needed. (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES / AFP)

UN: 30,000 flee Central Africa over election unrest

January 8, 2021

Babar Baloch, spokesman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, told a Geneva news briefing: “Our extreme worry is that we hear about attacks, the fighting near the camps, we hear about abductions and forced removals, so this is very important for us to have that access to go and see what has happened over there.”

U.N. seeks access to 96,000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray where food running out

December 1, 2020

Tigray’s President Debretsion Gebremichael also said that his forces have been fighting Eritrean forces on several fronts for the past few days.

Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region bombed Eritrean capital – Tigray leader

November 15, 2020

Canada: We don’t grant asylum to individual applicants

November 13, 2020

The Canadian Government has informed Nigerians and other nationals that its immigration office does not accept refugee applications directly from people.

Canada clarifies on refugee application process

November 12, 2020

US announces N2.6 billion emergency health aid to Nigeria

March 28, 2020