GENEVA, June 20 (UNHCR) – Millions of people across the globe, led by artists, musicians and even chefs, are marking World Refugee Day with a series of celebratory events that stand in stark contrast ...

First we were put in offshore detention on Nauru. Even now in Australia, my family live on short-term bridging visas, with constant uncertainty about our future ...

A pilot that extended the move-on period from asylum accommodation to 56 days prevented refugee homelessness, Refugee Council ...

Yvette Cooper has temporarily suspended family reunion visas as she outlines her reforms to the asylum system. The Home Secretary said: “We are bringing forward new immigration rules this week to ...

Wasatch High School students are helping refugees in Kenya design and sell their art as well as water filters. The project is ...

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) -Bangladesh has no scope to allocate more resources for its 1.3 million Rohingya refugees, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Monday, urging the international ...

(RNS) — Twenty years ago, Bhuwan Pyakurel was a second-class citizen in his home country. Cast out by the Bhutanese government for his ethnic and religious identity, Pyakurel and other members of the ...

Rows of towering corn plants stretched into the sky, framed by a carpet of spinach, kale and beans, massive heads of cabbage and glistening red tomatoes on spindly vines. Among the plants, women and ...

KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) — Windswept and remote, set in the cattle-rustling lands of Kenya's northwest, Kakuma was never meant to be permanently settled. It became one of Africa's most famous refugee camps ...

Nigeria has over 250,000 refugees in Libya, South Sudan, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and other parts of the world. Conversely, at least 135,000 refugees live in Nigeria. Out of the 250,000 Nigerian refugees ...

GENEVA – From dance parties to food festivals and urban hikes, millions of people around the world are taking part in events to celebrate World Refugee Day at a time when the number of children, women ...