GENEVA - UNHCR's top refugee protection official reminded governments Thursday that "refugees are people, not statistics or global trends" and that their protection is "a humanitarian necessity, not a ...

GENEVA, Dec. 14 (UNHCR) - After an unprecedented global recommitment to the principles of the 1951 Refugee Convention, work will now move forward on an Agenda for Protection to strengthen help for ...

I am a refugee living in a safe house because I helped expose a human trafficking network operating within a refugee camp.

In a recent decision denying asylum to a Salvadoran woman being stalked by gang members, the Board of Immigration Appeals — the highest administrative body for interpreting US immigration law — found ...

Refugees International expressed concern Friday over the deteriorating conditions faced by Sudanese refugees in Egypt, urging immediate international intervention to safeguard their rights. The ...

People granted refugee status will have to wait for three years before bringing relatives including spouses and children to ...

Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a ...

In an unprecedented policy shift that has ignited international debate, former President Donald Trump has issued an executive order prioritizing asylum for white South Africans, marking a dramatic ...

A refugee from Afghanistan sits in her family's tent at a makeshift camp in Samos, Greece, June 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Giorgos Moutafis, Reuters) The April 7 announcement by the U.S. Conference of ...

SAN ANTONIO — Thousands of Afghan refugees in the San Antonio community are at risk of deportation after the Trump administration announced it will end their temporary protected status, or TPS. The ...

A LEGISLATOR is pushing for the swift passage of a measure aimed at promoting and safeguarding the rights of refugees and ...

Associate Professor Phi Vân Nguyen is a historian in the Department of Social Science and Humanities at the Université de Saint-Boniface in Winnipeg, Canada. Her research examines war, migration, and ...