The British government has said it will halt study visa applications for people from four countries, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan and Myanmar. It is also halting the application of work visas for people from Afghanistan.

Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), expressed concern over the escalation in the Middle East and the impact it will have on displaced persons.

Municipal police officers in Florence have helped a family of Afghan refugees including a mother, father and four young children. The parents and kids were found in a situation of extreme need in the area of the central station in t1

At least four migrants died and at least ten are missing after an incident involving a migrant boat off the coast of Tobruk in eastern Libya, confirmed UNHCR on Sunday (March 1).