Tag: Refuge crisis

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

  UN seeking US$ 738m to help neighboring countries receiving inflow of millions of Venezuelan refuges

  

  The United Nations said on Tuesday it was seeking US$ 738 million in 2019 to help neighboring countries cope with the inflow of millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, who have “no prospect for return in the short to medium term”.

• Monday, February 12th 2018 - 16:01 UTC

  Temer talks of “diplomatic confrontation” with Maduro over exodus of Venezuelans

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer criticized the government of neighboring Venezuela for leading that country into a crisis that is causing an exodus of refugees into northern Brazil. Brasilia has called for democratic reforms by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has consolidated power as his country’s economic crisis deepens with shortages of food and medicine.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 05:46 UTC

  Obama willing to work with Iran and Russia to end Syrian conflict, but not with President al-Assad

  

  The United States is willing to work with Iran and Russia to try to end the Syrian conflict, US President Barack Obama on Monday but insisted there could not be a return to the status quo under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 10:52 UTC

  Italy recalls ambassador on Brazil’s refusal to extradite four-murder terrorist

  

  Italy recalled its ambassador to Brazil on Friday after Brasilia refused to extradite a former left-wing guerrilla convicted of four murders. The decision by Brazil's Supreme Court earlier this week to uphold a government refusal to extradite Italian Cesare Battisti, allowing him to walk free, has brought relations between the two countries to a low point.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 04:58 UTC

  Refuge crisis in Libya: over a million people fleeing says UN

  

  More than one million people fleeing Libya and inside the country need humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Monday. The figures were issued by the world body's aid coordinator Valerie Amos as a refugee crisis built up around the borders of the North African country where a rebellion broke out last month against the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi.