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Viral petition to expel Rohingya from Malaysia triggers hate speech warning

Malaysiaโ€™s human rights groups have warned of rising hostility towards Rohingya refugees after a petition shared widely on social media calling for the community to be โ€œremovedโ€ from the country amassed nearly half a million signatures. The petition, launched on Change.org late last month by an account using the name โ€œAku Anak Malaysiaโ€, urges the Malaysian government to consider resettling the Rohingya in another country or providing โ€œenhanced support in their home regionsโ€ in Myanmar. It...

Italy recovers 10 bodies as boat with nearly 60 on board capsizes off Malta

At least 990 refugees and migrants have died this year while attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.

Refugee women in CAR face childbirth risks amid US funding cuts

Limited staffing and supplies force pregnant women in CAR to give birth at home, increasing risks of preventable deaths.

Woman assaulted by Dutch police at asylum centre speaks to Al Jazeera

Malak Mahmoud, the pregnant woman filmed being thrown to the ground by a Dutch police officer has spoken to Al Jazeera.

22 killed as truck carrying refugees overturns in Afghanistan

22 people have been killed and 36 others injured when a truck carrying recently returned Afghan refugees overturned

Hundreds flee India crackdown on undocumented migrants

Hundreds flee India crackdown on undocumented migrants

She was told to marry in a country which bans girls' education. So she got in a taxi and fled

Nearly five years on from the school ban, young women say they have waved goodbye to their dreams.

78 years later: Palestinians are still denied their right to return.

78 years ago, 800,000 Palestinians were displaced by zionist militias. Today, their grandchildren are still refugees.