Nearly 80 million people, or one percent of the world population, were displaced due to war, violence, and persecution by the end of last year, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency says.

Local sources in Syria report that a joint convoy for the US forces and the US-backed SDF group was attacked by unidentified gunmen.

The number of desperate people trying to reach Europe has not decreased despite ports being closed. For migrants fleeing war and persecution it is business as usual and the same goes for the coastguards trying to hold them back.

Troops from Niger’s contingent in the regional force carried out ‘aggressive reconnaissance’ on the banks of the Komadougou River.

The United Nations refugee agency says nearly one million displaced people in Yemen risk losing their shelter due to a dire lack of funding at a time when the county is already threatened by the new coronavirus pandemic.

Greek police fire tear gas to disperse migrants and refugees protesting about conditions in migrant camps on the island of Lesbos.

UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres urges the international community to carry out new strategies in order to improve the situations for refugees worldwide.

Hundreds of Syrian refugees return from Lebanon to their home villages and towns, liberated from foreign-backed terrorist groups by the Syrian army, state media say.

The United Nations senior refugee official said he is 'worried about Europe' if it 'does not feel that it has to share responsibility on children that have no homes, no families and no future'.

The head of the United Nations Refugee Agency has urged European countries to do more to help stranded migrants.